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This open access book provides a unique perspective on the relationship between immigration, culture, and health. It presents a cross-cultural perspective between culture and illness. It touches upon identity struggles, the notion of not feeling “safe, understood, accepted,” and its relation to Arab...

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Έκδοση: Springer Nature 2024
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-869722024-01-15T17:36:52Z Arab Americans in the United States Al-Kuwari, Shaikha H. Immigration and Health Arab Americans Culture and Health Diabetes Cultural Beliefs Diabetes and Culture Migrants Health bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKV Crime & criminology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFN Migration, immigration & emigration bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine This open access book provides a unique perspective on the relationship between immigration, culture, and health. It presents a cross-cultural perspective between culture and illness. It touches upon identity struggles, the notion of not feeling “safe, understood, accepted,” and its relation to Arab American health. The book provides a comprehensive review of the history of Muslims in America and discusses better healthcare services for chronic illness—diabetes. It provides an ethnographic framework for building cultural belief models of illness, which helps study any illness among any population. It is a must-read for everyone interested in understanding the relationship among culture, health, and immigration, as well as the importance of building cultural belief models of illness and their possible impact on providing better healthcare services. The book is of interest to scholars, caregivers, and those living with diabetes. 2024-01-15T16:47:12Z 2024-01-15T16:47:12Z 2024 book ONIX_20240115_9789819974177_70 9789819974177 9789819974160 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86972 eng International Perspectives on Migration; South-South Migration application/pdf n/a 978-981-99-7417-7.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-981-99-7417-7 Springer Nature Springer Nature Singapore 10.1007/978-981-99-7417-7 10.1007/978-981-99-7417-7 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 9789819974177 9789819974160 Springer Nature Singapore 107 Singapore open access
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