Handbook of Asian American Health

ISBN-13: 9781461422266 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 449 str.

Grace J. Yoo; Mai Nhung Le; Alan Y. Oda

Opis

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 American subgroups, who together comprise multifaceted diversity across cultural ethnicities, socio-economic status, languages, religions and generations. This volume rectifies that situation by exploring the unique needs and health concerns of particular subgroups within the Asian American community. It consolidates a wide range of knowledge on various health issues impacting Asian Americans while also providing a discussion into the cultural, social, and structural forces impacting morbidity, mortality and quality of life. The volume is designed to advance the understanding of Asian American health by explaining key challenges and identifying emerging trends faced in specific ethnic groups and diseases/illnesses, innovative community-based interventions and the future needed areas of research.

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Preface

Section I: Ethnicity and Health

Chapter 1    Ethnicity and Health by Fang Gong and David T.  Takeuchi

Chapter 2    Critical Issues Impacting Asian Indian Americans  by Ranjita Misra

Chapter 3   Chinese Americans and Health: The Impact of Culture on Disease Prevention and Management by Angela Sun

Chapter  4   The Health of Filipino/a Americans: Challenges and Opportunities for Change by Richard Sean Magbual and Roderick Raña Daus-Magbual,

Chapter 5   Japanese Americans: Current Health Issues and Directions for Future Research by Tazuko Shibusawa

Chapter 6   Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Health in the Korean American Community  by Grace J. Yoo and Sachiko Wood

Chapter  7   Social and Cultural Influences on the Health of the Vietnamese American Population Vietnamese Americans  by Mai Nhung Le and Tu-Uyen Nguyen

Chapter 8 Emerging  South Asian Americans and Health by Shilpa Patel and Nadia  Islam

Chapter  9  Southeast Asian American Health: Sociohistorical and Cultural Perspectives  by Khatharya Um

Chapter 10 Mixed Asian Americans and Health: Navigating Uncharted Waters  by  Cathy J. Tashiro

Section II:   Social Determinants of Health

Chapter 11   Acculturation and Culture: A Critical Factor for Asian Americans' Health  by Yijie Wang and Su Yeong Kim

Chapter 12    Asian Americans and Racism: Mental Health and Health Consequences by Alvin N. Alvarez and Jayoung Shin

Chapter 13    Asian Americans, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: Current Findings and Future Concerns  by Wei Zhang

Section III:  Critical Health Issues Facing Asian Americans

Chapter 14 Perceptions and Culturally Responsive Care of Asian Americans with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias by Linda  A. Gerdner and Gwen Yeo

Chapter 15 Cancer: An Ongoing Risk for Asian American Communities by Giang T. Nguyen

Chapter 16 Heterogeneity in Cardiovascular Health among Asian American subgroups: Risk Factors, Outcomes, Treatment and Prevention, and Future Research Opportunities by Ariel T. Holland and  Latha P. Palaniappan

Chapter 17 Diabetes: A Growing Concern in the Asian American Community by Ranjita Misra

Chapter 18 Obesity and Asian Americans: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Future Research Directions  by May C. Wang

Chapter 19 Hepatitis B and Asian Americans by Tung T. Nguyen, Vicky Taylor,  Annette Maxwell, Moon S. Chen Jr., Roshan Bastani, and Susan Stewart

Chapter 20 Severe Mental Illness in Asian Americans: Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder by Russell F. Lim and Francis G. Liu

Chapter 21    Asian American Violence: Scope, Context, and Implications by Deborah A. Goebert,  Thao N. Le, and  Jeanelle J. Sugimoto-Matsuda

Section IV: Health Care Delivery

Chapter 22  Falling through the Cracks: Models, Barriers, and the Future of Health Care Access for Asian Americans Access by Stephen Vong and Ricky Choi

Chapter 23  Quality of Health Care for Asian Americans by Dara H Sorkin, Heather Ngai, and Quyen Ngo-Metzger

Chapter 24   Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Asian Americans: Is Integrative Medicine the Ticket into the US Healthcare System by Isha Weerasinghe, Lixin Zhang, and Simona C. Kwon

Chapter 25   A Passage to a Good Death: End of Life Care for  Asian Americans by Evaon Wong-Kim and Nancy J. Burke

Section V: Social Movements, Health and the Asian American Community

Chapter 26    Early Chinese Immigrants Organizing for Healthcare: The Establishment of the Chinese Hospital of San Francisco: by Laureen D. Hom

Chapter 27  Lives Were Saved: The Asian American Donor Program by Jonathan Leong, Kira Donnell, and Emily Avera

Chapter 28   HIV/AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States by Don Operario, Judy Tan, and Caroline Kuo

Chapter 29  Evolution of an Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Cancer Advocacy Movement: Heroes Among Us by Susan Matsuko Shinagawa and Alan Oda

Chapter 30 The Versailles Social Movement and Implications for Asian American Environmental Health in Post- Katrina New Orleans by Maureen Lichtveld and Vy Dao

Chapter 31 The Role of Asian Americans in Ending Hepatitis B by Ted Fang and Jason Liu

 About the Editors and Contributors

Index

O autorze

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 access. She has published in a wide range of peer-reviewed journals including AAPI Nexus, Supportive Cancer Care, Cross-Cultural Gerontology and Ethnicity and Health.

Mai-Nhung Le, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. is an associate professor in the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University. She has interests in understanding social, cultural, and health issues impacting Asian Americans and Asians abroad. She has conducted a significant amount of research on the spread of STDs in both Vietnam and the United States. Her work has appeared in peer reviewed journals such as AIDS and Behavior, Journal of Sex Research and Journal of Cancer Education. She is currently editing a Vietnamese American Anthology titled Vietnamese Americans: Experiences and Perspectives. In recent years, she has shifted her area of research to Asian Americans and cancer, particularly on cancer survivorship.

Alan Y. Oda, Ph.D. is a professor of undergraduate psychology at Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California. His research includes parenting and family relations, adolescence, Asian American and other minority American populations, and faith development. Currently, he is investigating the future role of the Asian American church in providing care for the elderly, and is also studying interventions aimed at Latino adolescent females at risk for suicide. He served as the executive director of the Asian American Christian Counseling Service (AACCS) and continues as a member of the agency’s board of directors. Oda participates on the Committee of Diversity Issues for the National Collegiate Honors Council. He is also involved with CRASH Japan, an organization providing relief services to victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku area of Japan.

Blurb

As a rapidly growing population, America’s Asian community is gaining increased attention from the research and policy sectors. This large, diverse group tends to be viewed as a single entity, yet its subgroups reveal great variety in terms of health, from disease rates and mortality rates to attitudes toward illness and access to care.

 

The Handbook of Asian American Health makes significant inroads toward rectifying this situation by exploring the unique needs and health concerns of particular subgroups within the Asian American community. It consolidates a wide range of knowledge on various health issues impacting Asian Americans while also providing cogent discussion on cultural, social, and structural forces impacting morbidity, mortality and quality of life. Contributors identify key challenges and emerging trends faced by specific ethnic groups regarding diseases and illnesses, describe innovative community-based interventions, and spotlight research areas that need additional study to further advance the understanding of this dynamic population’s complex health concerns.

 

Included in the Handbook:

 

• Ethnicity and health: perspectives from nine different Asian-American groups.
• Social determinants of health: culture, acculturation, socioeconomic status, racism, and more.
• Critical health/mental health concerns facing Asian Americans, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s.
• Issues in health care delivery: access, quality, and end-of-life care.
• Social advocacy, health, and the Asian-American community.
• Complementary and alternative medicine use.

 

The Handbook of Asian American Health breaks new ground for policymakers, social workers, researchers, and academics specializing in Asian-American issues, as well as immigration specialists and health care workers.