by Mario A. Tovar (2017)
"Providing in-depth coverage of the Mexican American population from social, cultural, and psychological (clinical) perspectives, this book promotes the understanding of cultural practices and sociological characteristics of this important ethnic group. There are now more than 32 million Mexican Americans living in the United States. As a result, the odds that a clinician will work with a member of this population--one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States--is extremely high. Understanding the culture, society, psyche, acculturation, assimilation, and linguistics specific to Mexican Americans, as well as their crises and appropriate interventions, is imperative to provide counseling/therapy services and culturally sensitive assessments. In this book, author Mario Tovar explains how Mexican American history and society affects the needs of this group and how services to Mexican Americans require adjustments as a result. Tovar documents significant differences among Mexican Americans depending on whether they are documented or undocumented immigrants, and on their place of origin--rural versus urban areas of Mexico, and northern versus southern Mexico, for example. Readers will understand how the region of the United States in which Mexican Americans settle can influence the development of certain traits for them and learn about mental and physical health care practices common to Mexican Americans, including folk medicine and 'healers' who often include grandmothers and elder neighbors. This book addresses the characteristics of members of this large and growing group of Americans as distinct from the generalized ethnic group of 'Latino Americans;' covers long-time U.S. residents and recent immigrants from Mexico as well as second and later generation Mexican Americans; provides extensive information about the Mexican American population from different perspectives that gives readers better insight and understanding about this important ethnic group; promotes cultural sensitivity when working with Mexican Americans in different settings; and describes specific clinical strategies that can be effective when working with Mexican Americans"--Provided by publisher.
Dianne R. Kelso and Carolyn L. Attneave
1363 references to journal articles of interest to human behaviorists and to personnel engaged in mental health service delivery. Comprehensive, including 700 relevant documents written during the 1970's. Each entry gives bibliographical information, descriptors, and identifiers. Glossary; lists culture areas and tribes. Descriptor, author indexes.
Miriam Jacobs and Barbara Dinham
This book focuses on the widely overlooked area of gender issues in pesticide use, and its repercussions on women. In many societies, most work in the fields is done by women rather than men. As a result, not only are more women than men often exposed to pesticides, but the toxic effects impact on women in specific physiological ways. The information in this volume documents this and makes clear the urgent need for more systematic attention to gender issues in pesticide and sustainable agriculture-related research and action.
Jo Garcia, Robert Kilpatrick, Martin Richards
Maternity care was the subject of intense campaigning early in this century. This collection of essays brings together historical and social perspectives to put these debates in context and chart how the present situation arose.
James D. Slack
"In this first empirical study of AIDS-related practices and attitudes in the workplace, James D. Slack analyzes in detail issues of reasonable accommodation and undue hardship as they apply to HIV/AIDS and the workplace and outlines the workplace costs of managing the epidemic."--BOOK JACKET. "The book concludes with specific recommendations about how management must empower itself to accept the primary responsibility for finding solutions to the workplace ramifications of HIV/AIDS. It also suggests concrete ways in which the federal government can assist management to empower itself."--BOOK JACKET.