Immigrant Women's Health

This is a significant and timely book. The chapters are rich indescribing clinical considerations and approaches to the immigrantpatient in a broad range of disease areas. I recommAnd this book toall administrators and clinicians who serve or plan to serve thegrowing immigrant populations in the United States. --Henry Chung, medical director, Chinatown Health Clinic, New York,New York Immigrant Women's Health offers doctors, nurses, and administratorsthe knowledge and tools they need to meet the challenge to providequality care for one of the United States' most vulnerable patientpopulations?immigrant women. Providing readers insights into the knowledge, attitudes, healthbeliefs, health care practices, and health care seeking behavior ofimmigrant women, the contributors offer effective strategies forproviding culturally-competent, high-quality, cost-effective careto migrant women. Health care planners, policy makers, andadministrators who seek a clear understanding of the issuessurrounding health services utilization by immigrants and thedevastating effects of recent changes to federal policies will findthis book a vital and practical reference.

BACKGROUND. Demographics, Definitions, and Data Limitations (E. Kramer, etal.). Culture and Multicultural Competence (E. Ferran, et al.). Linguistic Issues (S. Riddick). Health Services Utilization and Access to Care (S. Ivey). Utilization of Mental Health Services (K. Chun & P.Akutsu). The Impact of Recent Legislation on the Delivery of Health Care toImmigrants Welfare and Immigration Reforms in 1996 and 1997 (S.Ivey). Proposition 187: California's Anti-Immigration Statute (N.Mizoguchi). HEALTH PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS. Screening, Infectious Diseases, and Nutritional Concerns InitialAssessment, Screening, and Immunizations (S.Ivey & S.Faust). Infectious Diseases (R. Avery). Nutritional Assessment and Dietary Intervention (M. Lee & S.Huang). Prenatal and Reproductive Health Care (F. Taylor, et al.). Chronic Diseases Cardiovascular Disease (S. Ivey & G.Gardner). Hypertension (D. Lieberman, et al.0> Diabetes Mellitus (E. Kramer & W. Bateman). Breast and Cervical Cancer (B. Wismer). Osteoporosis (E. Siegler & E. Kramer). EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOSOMATIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND MENTAL HEALTHPROBLEMS. Domestic and Sexual Violence Domestic Violence (S. Srinivasan &S. Ivey). Sexual Violence, Rape, and War (K. Compton & D.Chechile). Female Genital Mutilation (K. Compton & D. Chechile). Depression and Anxiety Disorders (L. Tracy & S. Mattar). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (L. Tracy). Somatization, Neurasthenia, and Culture-Bound SyndromesSomatization Disorders (C. Hoover, et al.). Culture-Bound Syndromes (A. Ng). MEETING THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN: MODEL PROGRAMSAND TOOLS. Applications of Linguistic Strategies in Health Care Settings (S.Riddick). A Model Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Support Group for CambodianWomen (J. Shepherd). An Educational Program for Families on Intergenerational Conflict(Y. Ying). The Korean Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Demonstration (B.Wismer, et al.). A Case Study of Asian Health Services (S. Hirota). A Cultural Competence Curriculum (E. Kramer & W.Bateman). Cultural Competence Assessment of Practices, Clinics, and HealthCare Facilities (D. Andrulis).