Arab Americans in the United States
Arab Americans in the United States Immigration, Culture and Health - Singapore Springer Nature 2024 - 1 online resource (107 p.) - International Perspectives on Migration; South-South Migration .
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.
Creative Commons
English
978-981-99-7417-7 9789819974160 9789819974177
10.1007/978-981-99-7417-7 doi
Crime & criminology
Migration, immigration & emigration
Public health & preventive medicine
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.
Creative Commons
English
978-981-99-7417-7 9789819974160 9789819974177
10.1007/978-981-99-7417-7 doi
Crime & criminology
Migration, immigration & emigration
Public health & preventive medicine