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Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health by Bettina Rausa, Linda S. Lloyd (auth.), Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health about?

There is increasing interest in the scientific literature on immigrant health and its impact on disease transmission, disease prevention, health promotion, well-being on an individual and population level, health policy, and the cost of managing all these issues on an individual, institutional, national, and global level. The need for accurate and up-to-date information is particularly acute due to the increasing numbers of immigrants and refugees worldwide as the result of natural disasters, political turmoil, the growing numbers of immigrants to magnet countries, and the increasing costs of associated health care that are being felt by governments around the world. Format and Scope: The first portion of the encyclopedia contains chapters that are approximately 25 to 40 manuscript pages in length. Each overview chapter includes a list of references and suggested readings for cross referencing within the encyclopedia. The opening chapters are: Immigration in the Global Context, Immigration Processes and Health in the U.S.: A Brief History, Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Culture-Specific Diagnoses, Health Determinants, Occupational and Environmental Health, Methodological I

Who reads Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health?

Author

Bettina Rausa, Linda S. Lloyd (auth.), Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag New York

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781441956552

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Sociology