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Handbook of Asian American Health
. Ed(S): Yoo, Grace J.; Le, Mai Nhung; Oda, Alan Y.
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Paperback. America's diverse Asian community defies the homogeneity usually ascribed to it, with hugely varying health concerns. This handbook consolidates a range of knowledge on the multitude of health issues confronted by Asian Americans, including cultural factors. Editor(s): Yoo, Grace J.; Le, Mai Nhung; Oda, Alan Y. Num Pages: 449 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 883.
Asian Americans encounter a range of health issues often unknown to the American public, policy makers, researchers and even clinicians. National research often combines Asian Americans into a single category, not taking into account the differences and complexity among Asian ethnic subgroups. The definition of Asian American derives from the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of Asian, which includes peoples from all the vast territories of the Far East, Southeast Asia and the South Asian Subcontinent. While Census classifications determine demographic measurements that affect equal opportunity programs, the broad rubric “Asian-American” can never describe accurately the more than 50 distinct Asian ... Read more
Asian Americans encounter a range of health issues often unknown to the American public, policy makers, researchers and even clinicians. National research often combines Asian Americans into a single category, not taking into account the differences and complexity among Asian ethnic subgroups. The definition of Asian American derives from the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of Asian, which includes peoples from all the vast territories of the Far East, Southeast Asia and the South Asian Subcontinent. While Census classifications determine demographic measurements that affect equal opportunity programs, the broad rubric “Asian-American” can never describe accurately the more than 50 distinct Asian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
449
Condition
New
Number of Pages
449
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493913442
SKU
V9781493913442
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Yoo, Grace J.; Le, Mai Nhung; Oda, Alan Y.
Grace J. Yoo MPH, Ph.D is a sociologist and professor of Asian American Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. Her research interests are understanding social support needs on a wide range of health care issues impacting Asian Americans including cancer control and cancer survivorship, management of chronic illnesses, aging and caregiving and health care ... Read more
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