Immigration, acculturation, and health : the Mexican diaspora / Jill S. Reichman.
by
Reichman, Jill S.
ISBN
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9781593322250
Title
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Immigration, acculturation, and health : the Mexican diaspora / Jill S. Reichman.
Author
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Reichman, Jill S.
Personal Author
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Reichman, Jill S.
Publication Information
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New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2006.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xii, 291 pages).
Series
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The new Americans.
Contents
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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.
Local Note
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Subject Term
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Mexican American women -- Health and hygiene -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe County.
Mexican Americans -- Medical care -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe County.
Health attitudes.
Geographic Term
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Mexico.
New Mexico.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2006
Publication Information
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New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2006.
Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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362.10896872078956 22 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |