Arab Americans in the United States
Immigration, Culture and Health
(Sprache: Englisch)
This open access book provides a unique perspective on the relationship between immigration, culture, and health. It presents a cross-cultural perspective between culture and illness. It touches upon identity struggles, the notion of not feeling "safe,...
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This open access book provides a unique perspective on the relationship between immigration, culture, and health. It presents a cross-cultural perspective between culture and illness. It touches upon identity struggles, the notion of not feeling "safe, understood, accepted," and its relation to Arab American health. The book provides a comprehensive review of the history of Muslims in America and discusses better healthcare services for chronic illness-diabetes. It provides an ethnographic framework for building cultural belief models of illness, which helps study any illness among any population. It is a must-read for everyone interested in understanding the relationship among culture, health, and immigration, as well as the importance of building cultural belief models of illness and their possible impact on providing better healthcare services. The book is of interest to scholars, caregivers, and those living with diabetes.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Arab Americans in the United States “
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Diabetes in Cross Cultural Perspective.- Chapter 3: History and Culture of Muslims in America.- Chapter 4: Research Setting and Design.- Chapter 5: Arab Americans' Cultural Beliefs of Diabetes.- Chapter 6: Diabetes and Cultural Consensus.- Chapter 7: What is Next?.- Chapter 8: Discussion and Conclusion.- Appendices.Autoren-Porträt von Shaikha H. Al-Kuwari
Shaikha H. Al-Kuwari is an assistant professor of Anthropology at Qatar University. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Florida, USA, in 2018. Her research focuses in studying the relation between culture and health. She is interested in building cultural models of illnesses using the latest methodological advances in social science. Her goal is to create culturally based precision medicine where the culture of people is taken in consideration in providing healthcare-related services.
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- Autor: Shaikha H. Al-Kuwari
- 2024, 1st ed. 2024, XI, 107 Seiten, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 981997416X
- ISBN-13: 9789819974160
Sprache:
Englisch
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