Mexican Americans and Health: ¡Sana! ¡Sana! (The Mexican American Experience) - Softcover

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By the middle of the twenty-first century, one out of every six Americans will be of Mexican descent; and as health care becomes of increasing concern to all Americans, the particular needs of Mexican Americans will have to be more thoroughly addressed. Mexican Americans and Health explains how the health of Mexican-origin people is often related to sociodemographic conditions and genetic factors, while historical and political factors influence how Mexican Americans enter the health care system and how they are treated once they access it. It considers such issues as occupational hazards for Mexican-origin agricultural workers—including pesticide poisoning, heat-related conditions, and musculoskeletal disorders—and women's health concerns, such as prenatal care, preventable cancers, and domestic violence. The authors clearly discuss the health status of Mexican Americans relative to the rest of the U.S. population, interweaving voices of everyday people to explain how today's most pressing health issues have special relevance to the Mexican American community:
- how values such as machismo, familismo, and marianismo influence care-seeking decisions and treatment of illness;
- how factors such as cultural values, socioeconomic status, peer pressure, and family concerns can contribute to substance abuse;
- how cultural attitudes toward sex can heighten the risk of AIDS—and how approaches to AIDS prevention and education need to reflect core cultural values such as familismo, respeto, and confianza. The book also addresses concerns of Mexican Americans regarding the health care system. These include not only access to care and to health insurance but also the shortage of bilingual and bicultural health care professionals. This coverage stresses not only the importance of linguistic competency but also the need to understand folklore illnesses, herbal remedies, and spiritual practices that can delay the treatment of illness and either complement or compromise treatment. Of all the issues that face the contemporary Mexican American community, none is as important to its very survival as health and health care. This timely book gives readers a broad understanding of these complex issues and points the way toward a healthier future for all people of Mexican origin. Mexican Americans and Health and Chicano Popular Culture are the first volumes in the series The Mexican American Experience, a cluster of modular texts designed to provide greater flexibility in undergraduate education. Each book deals with a single topic concerning the Mexican American population. Instructors can create a semester-length course from any combination of volumes, or may choose to use one or two volumes to complement other texts.

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Adela de la Torre is Director of Chicana/Chicano Studies at the University of California--Davis. Antonio Estrada is an associate professor of Public Health and Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona and has been chief investigator in several National Institute on Drug Abuse studies in AIDS research.
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Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and 60 percent of them are Mexican American. This book, by two professors of Mexican American studies and public health at the University of Arizona, is the first in a series aimed at undergraduates. Unlike Jane Delgado's recent ­Salud!: A Latina's Guide to Health (LJ 12/01), a broad-based clinical resource for women, this book deals specifically with policy issues affecting Mexican Americans in the Southwest. Drawing on interviews with Mexican Americans from various age groups and socioeconomic levels, the authors examine this population's experiences with healthcare, considering how such factors as language, cultural competency, immigration status, employment, and health insurance affect access to the healthcare system. They also note the need for culturally competent healthcare and the lack of Mexican American healthcare professionals. By identifying these problems, policymakers will be able to work toward improving the system. The text is ably designed to help students focus on the issues, offering not only notes and study questions but a list of acronyms, many statistical charts, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography of print and electronic resources. Useful for academic and public health collections as well as large public libraries. Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L.
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  • PublisherUniversity of Arizona Press
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0816519765
  • ISBN 13 9780816519767
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages156

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