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Immigration, acculturation, and health

by Reichman, Jill S.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: The new Americans Published by : LFB Scholarly Pub., (New York :) Physical details: xii, 291 p.
Subject(s): Mexican American women -- Health and hygiene -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe County. | Mexican Americans -- Medical care -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe County. | Health attitudes. | Electronic books.
Year: 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-288) and index.

Mexican immigrants, health care, and acculturation -- Modeling and measuring acculturation -- Methodological considerations, data collection, and analysis -- Sociodemographic profile -- Models of health, models of illness -- Change over time in health prescriptions -- Cognitive models of how people should behave when sick -- Therapeutic options: awareness and usage of complementary and alternative medicine -- Crossing boundaries: geographical, political, and religious -- Diagnosis and treatment efficacy -- Antibiotic usage and rate of acculturation -- Nervios, stress, sadness, depression: the evolution of a mind/body discourse -- Conclusion.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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