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Tables of Contents for Medical Anthropology and African American Health
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
I. Medical Anthropology, Culture and Ethnic Populations Health Issues
1
44
Medical Anthropology and Health Care
3
16
Ethnic Populations in the United States: Health Beliefs and Treatment Actions
19
26
II. African American Health Care
45
62
African American Health Care: A Cultural Relativistic Perspective
47
14
African American Health Care: A Health Data and Current Research Studies Perspective
61
28
African American Alternative Medical Practices
89
18
III. How To Do Medical Anthropological Fieldwork
107
26
Strategies for Applied Medical Anthropology Health Care Research
109
24
IV. Medical Anthropology Case Studies: Clinic, Community and Public Health Settings
133
90
Fieldwork in a Cardiopulmonary Clinic
135
8
Psychosociocultural Stress and African American Women
143
6
Fieldwork in a Detroit Hospital
149
8
A Needs Assessment of a Prenatal Intervention Program
157
12
Culturally Competent Health Screening Programs
169
8
The Diabetic Patient's Adaptation to Outpatient Clinic
177
12
HIV/AIDS Counseling and the African American Community
189
16
A Community's Perception of the Health Care System: Issues of Equity
205
18
V. Culture and Health: The Future of African American Health Care Research
223
28
Cultural Health Care Strategies for African Americans
225
26
Index
251