Handbook of Cultural Health Psychology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124027717 ISBN 13: 9780124027718

Publisher: Academic Press, 2001

Synopsis

The Handbook of Cultural Health Psychology discusses the influence of cultural beliefs, norms and values on illness, health and health care. The major health problems that are confronting the global village are discussed from a cultural perspective. These include heart disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, pain, and suicide. The cultural beliefs and practices of several cultural groups and the unique health issues confronting them are also presented. The cultural groups discussed include Latinos, Aboriginal peoples, people of African heritage, and South Asians. The handbook contributes to increased personal awareness of the role of culture in health and illness behavior, and to the delivery of culturally relevant health care services.

• Many societies are culturally diverse or becoming so - the cultural approach is a unique and necessary addition to the health psychology area
• Satisfies the ever-increasing appetite of health psychologists for cultural issues in health and women's health issues
• Major and global health concerns are covered including heart disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, pain, suicide, and health promotion
• The health beliefs and practices of Latinos, people of African heritage, Aboriginal peoples, and South Asians are presented without stereotyping these cultural groups
• The handbook provides excellent information for health care researchers, practitioners, students, and policy-makers in culturally pluralistic communities
• References are thorough and completely up-to-date

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Consideration of culture in health research, practice and policy is an imperative in culturally pluralistic societies of the global village. This handbook provides a comprehensive discussion on the role of culture in health, and offers an authoritative resource on culturally competent approaches to research, practice, and policy in health and illness behavior. The editors of the handbook and their distinguished contributors describe cultural aspects of the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of ill-health, the understanding of the etiologic and diagnostic correlates of illness, disability and handicap, and advance culturally relevant health research, practice, and policy. All chapters include case study boxes with questions for discussion, summary, thorough and an up-to-date references, and lists of suggested readings. This handbook is essential reading for health care researchers, practitioners, students, and policy-makers. A culturally relevant psychology of health and a culturally competent health care system is the social, ethical and legal imperative of a culturally diverse community in the global village.

About the Author:

Dr. Shahe S. Kazarian is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of numerous books, chapters, journal articles and tests in the health field. He is the coeditor with David R. Evans of Cultural Clinical Psychology published by Oxford University Press. He is the author of Diversity Issues in Policing, which is now in its Second Edition and was written for the Police Foundations Program. His research interests involve the study of diversity and health, and diversity approaches to service delivery. For many years he was a Department Head and more recently a Manager of two clinical speciality programs at a major psychiatric facility in Ontario, Canada.

Dr. David R. Evans is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario and is a practicing psychologist in Ontario. He is a past President of the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Ontario Psychological Association. He is the author of numerous books, chapters, journal articles and tests. His most recent books include The Law, Standards of Practice, and Ethics in the Practice of Psychology published by Emond Montgomery; Essential Interviewing (5th Edn.) with Maragret Hearn, Max Uhlemann and Alen Ivey published by Brooks/Cole, and with Shahe S. Kazarian he is the coeditor of Cultural Clinical Psychology published by Oxford University Press. He is also the author with Robert Butcher of Ethical Reasoning in Policing, which was written for the Police Foundations Program. His research interests include factors that affect Quality of Life and health promotion.He is a consultant with a number of police services in Ontario, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0124027717
• ISBN 13: 9780124027718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 488
• Editor: Kazarian Shahe S., Evans David R.