Editors:
Provides cultural background and insights essential for clinical/community practitioners to provide effective, culturally appropriate interventions within mental health and medical perspectives
Chapters provide theoretical and empirical background with focus on implications for practice and secondary emphasis on implications for training and future research
Extensive case studies are provided throughout
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Arab American Culture
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The Psychosocial Development of Arab Americans
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Health and Disease: Risks and Resilience
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About this book
This book introduces an interdisciplinary lens by bringing together vital research on culture, psychosocial development, and key aspects of health and disease to address a wide range of salient concerns. Its scholarship mirrors the diversity of the Arab American population, exploring ethnic concepts in socio-historical and political contexts before reviewing findings on major health issues, including diabetes, cancer, substance abuse, mental illness, and maternal/child health. And by including policy and program strategies for disease prevention, health promotion, and environmental health, the book offers practitioners--and their clients--opportunities for proactive care. Featured in the coverage:
- Family, gender and social identity issues
- Arab Americans and the aging process
- Acculturation and ethnic identity across the lifespan
- Arab refugees: Trauma, resilience, and recovery
- Cancer: Crossroads of ethnicity and environment
- Health and well-being: Biopsychosocial prevention approaches
- Arab American health disparities: A call for advocacy
Rich in cultural information and clinical insights, Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans is an important reference that can enhance health practices across the disciplines of medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, social work, counseling, and psychology.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Curriculum and Instruction, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Sylvia C. Nassar-McMillan
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Department of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, USA
Kristine J. Ajrouch
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Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Julie Hakim-Larson
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans
Book Subtitle: Culture, Development, and Health
Editors: Sylvia C. Nassar-McMillan, Kristine J. Ajrouch, Julie Hakim-Larson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8238-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8237-6Published: 24 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7639-0Published: 11 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-8238-3Published: 24 September 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 413
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations