HEDU 5300: Diversity & Health
A course guide for Jackie Farnsworth's class
8 Great Starting Points to Learn More About Your Population
- Minority population profilesHealth Profiles for Blacks/African Americans; American Indians/Alaska Natives; Asian Americans,
Hispanics/Latinos; Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders - Refugee health profilesAvailable refugee health profiles include:
Bhutanese Refugees
Burmese Refugees
Central American (Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran) Minor Refugees
Congolese Refugees
Iraqi, Somali, & Syrian Refugees
- Gale encyclopedia of multicultural AmericaPublication Date: 2014Has chapters on African Americans, Bosnian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Sudanese Americans, Tibetan Americans, Navajo (Dine), Iraqi Americans, Syrian Americans, etc.
- Textbook for transcultural health care : a population approach: Cultural competence concepts in nursing care byISBN: 9783030513993Publication Date: 2021Updated and expanded edition of the Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care edited by Larry. D Purnell in 2014.
- Health promotion in multicultural populations: A handbook for practioners and students by ".... the Third Edition of Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations offers both students and practitioners an indispensable resource on assessment and implementation guidelines for promoting health and enhancing behaviors that optimize health in any cultural community. Leading experts explore a wide range of topics, including the context of culture, cross-cultural perceptions of health, conceptual approaches to multicultural health promotion, health disparities, and the contributions of multicultural populations. Using the Cultural Assessment Framework (CAF), this proven handbook includes a focus on six specific populations (Hispanic/Latino, African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian American, Pacific Islanders, and Arab Americans)....".Call Number: RA427.8 .H432 2015ISBN: 9781452276960Publication Date: 2014
- Handbook of psychotherapy and religious diversity by ..."his volume presents detailed information about the beliefs, practices, and clinical issues of clients from many of the Western and Eastern religions that are influential in the world and in North America, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, as well as some racial and ethnic traditions (e.g., African American and Asian American religions). It will help psychotherapists more fully honor and incorporate the unique religious beliefs and spiritual resources of clients who belong to a particular religious denomination or spiritual tradition...."ISBN: 9781433817359Publication Date: 2014
- Physical activity in diverse populations by The health benefits associated with regular physical activity are now widely recognized. This book examines how social determinants such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation and disability can impact on physical activity and its associated health outcomes. It explores the social, cultural, political and environmental factors that influence engagement in physical activity in a range of diverse populations and presents evidence-based, culturally appropriate strategies for targeting and promoting physical activity participation. Each chapter considers how the social determinants that impact on health are formed by the environments in which people live, work, learn and play. Incorporating a series of original case studies, this book analyzes physical activity behaviors in groups such as: African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and Native Americans military veterans and physically disabled populations low-income populations rural populations LGBT populations. It also includes a variety of useful features such as key terms, summary points and critical thinking questions, as well as a chapter on international perspectives. Physical Activity in Diverse Populations: Evidence and Practice is vital reading for any course touching on social factors in physical activity behavior.ISBN: 9781317200826Publication Date: 2017
- Guide to culturally competent health care byISBN: 0803639627Publication Date: 2014"The Purnell Model is your guide as you explore 34 different cultures and the issues that you need to be sensitive to...including cultural variations regarding personal space, dietary preferences, communication, symptom management, activities of daily living, and religious and health practices."
Healthy People 2030
Health Inequality in the US
- Health Inequity in the United States: A PrimerBy José J. Escarce, MD, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles
December 2019
- Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed ResearchDavid R. Williams, Jourdyn A. Lawrence, and Brigette A. Davis.
January 2019
Annual Review of Public Health
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