Mao / Ahmed Culture, Migration, and Health Communication in a Global Context

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-315-40132-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 290 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Health Communication

Both international and internal migration brings new challenges to public health systems. This book aims to critically review theoretical frameworks and literature, as well as discuss new practices and lessons related to culture, migration, and health communication in different countries. It features research and applied projects conducted by scholars from various disciplines including media and communication, public health, medicine, and nursing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mao, Yuping

Ahmed, Rukhsana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Introduction

- An Interdisciplinary and Critical Review of Culture Related Health Communication Theories (Yuping Mao and Rukhsana Ahmed)

Part II Cultural Differences and Disparities in Immigrants’ Health Care Practices

- "For A Health Person Any Food Is Healthy": Eating Beliefs and Practices of Ukrainian Australians(Victoria Team)

- Negotiating the Culture of Risk: Chinese Migrant Mothers’ Perceptions of Health Messages and Healthcare Practices in the UK (Qian Gong)

- Health Information Disparities and Medical Tourism Use Among Korean Immigrants in the U.S. (Jungmi Jun)

- Immigrants’ Medicine Acculturation: A Personal and Societal Choice (Zhenyi Li)

Part III Media and Public Discourse on Health Issues in Cross-Cultural Contexts

- The Discourse of Regulation: Media Response to the Regulation of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Ontario, Canada (Michelle Deborah Majeed)

- Bilateral Agreements and the Recruitment of Foreign Health Workers in Portugal: An Exploratory Discourse Analysis of Online Journals (Filipa Maria Gouveia Augusto Joaquim et al.)

Part IV ICTs and Migrants’ Health Communication

- Exploring Cultural Differences in Tele-Health Interactions: A Case Study of a Virtual Clinic Operating Between North America and Sub-Saharan Africa (Devjani Sen and Neda Faregh)

- Bio-Cultural Diversities in a Global World: A ‘digital’ interpretation of human health (Sonia Massari)

- ‘Googling It’: Health Information Seeking and Migrant Social Networks in an Australian Multi-Ethnic Context (Olivia Guntarik et al.)

- Violence against Migrant Women Workers (MWWs) and the Role of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) (Bolanle Olaniran)

Part V Culturally Grounded and Community Based Health Intervention for Migrants

- A Critical Review and Evaluation of the PEN-3 Cultural Model: Health Communication for Africans and African Immigrants (James Olumide Olufowote)

- Empowering Women to Influence Breast Cancer Policy in Venezuela: Between Autonomy and Polarization (Isaac Nahon-Serfaty and Mahmoud Eid)

- Social Support and Dietary Acculturation: Social Control as A Key Mechanism (Zheng An)

Part VI Conclusion

- International Collaboration on Health Research: Strengths, Challenges, and Future Opportunities (Solina Richter and Kimberly Jarvis)

- Interdisciplinary Collaboration on Applied Health Communication Research: An Academic and Industrial Reflection (James Dearing and Jeff Cox)

- Mobility in/and the City: Walking Methodologies and Flows across Migratory Landscapes (Benjamin R. Bates)