Immigration, acculturation, and health [electronic resource] : the Mexican diaspora / Jill S. Reichman.

By: Reichman, Jill SContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2006Description: xii, 291 pSubject(s): Mexican American women -- Health and hygiene -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe County | Mexican Americans -- Medical care -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe County | Health attitudesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.1089/6872078956 LOC classification: RA448.5.M4 | R45 2006Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Mexican immigrants, health care, and acculturation -- Modeling and measuring acculturation -- Methodological considerations, data collection, and analysis -- Sociodemographic profile -- Models of health, models of illness -- Change over time in health prescriptions -- Cognitive models of how people should behave when sick -- Therapeutic options: awareness and usage of complementary and alternative medicine -- Crossing boundaries: geographical, political, and religious -- Diagnosis and treatment efficacy -- Antibiotic usage and rate of acculturation -- Nervios, stress, sadness, depression: the evolution of a mind/body discourse -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-288) and index.

Mexican immigrants, health care, and acculturation -- Modeling and measuring acculturation -- Methodological considerations, data collection, and analysis -- Sociodemographic profile -- Models of health, models of illness -- Change over time in health prescriptions -- Cognitive models of how people should behave when sick -- Therapeutic options: awareness and usage of complementary and alternative medicine -- Crossing boundaries: geographical, political, and religious -- Diagnosis and treatment efficacy -- Antibiotic usage and rate of acculturation -- Nervios, stress, sadness, depression: the evolution of a mind/body discourse -- Conclusion.

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