Community Health Psychology

Empowerment for Diverse Communities

Victor De La Cancela, Jean Lau Chin, Yvonne Jenkins

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317721901
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology

As the number of people of color rapidly grows within the US population, health providers in these communities have become increasingly aware of the need to address the concerns and problems particular to each group. It's also become clear that as the delivery of our health care systems evolve, a new approach must be summoned to build systems both cost-effective and socially responsible.

Community Health Psychology offers a new and different perspective for redressing the gaps in our systems of care. The authors contend that in order to begin an attempt at eradicating the more intractable societal problems, health providers need to tailor themselves to a more culturally competent approach, which addresses all members of a community they claim to serve.

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Index

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A

Action for Primary Care Legislation, 159

activism, 105, 106; community, 188, 229; health reform, 107, 122, 200

acupuncture, 39, 62, 103, 120, 194–195, 233; and HIV/AIDS, 195

advocacy, 2, 3, 9, 17, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38–39, 40, 49, 50, 69, 85, 87, 89, 90, 117, 132, 229; and managed care, 179, 190; community, 95, 101, 105, 111, 120, 160, 190, 192, 195; macro-level, 65, 93, 197; professional, 156, 224, 231

affirmative action, 39, 93; anti-, 116

African American(s), xiii, 5, 9, 10, 13, 14, 21–26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 36, 65, 75, 80, 225; and AIDS/HIV, 23–24; and community service networks, 109–112; and hypertension, 68–69, 124; and medical apartheid, 22–23; and preventable illnesses, 23, 77–78; and treatment of stress and pain, 25, 68, 70; communities, 6, 21–26, 29, 109, 111–112; health status and needs, 22–26; mothers, 111, 214

African(s): slaves, 214; South, 70; students, 206; traditions, 106; West, 68

agencies, 139, 195; collaboration between, 37–38

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 15

AIDS/HIV, 2, 11, 13, 20, 31, 40, 42, 43, 48, 81, 111, 123, 128, 130, 150, 154, 163, 195, 198, 233

alternative healing, 27, 76, 103, 120, 197

American Hospital Association (AHA), 158

American Indian(s), 5, 5n, 14, ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Aims and Scope:What is Community Health Psychology?: Empowerment for Diverse Communities
• Section I. Health Status and Needs of Diverse Communities
• Section II. Approaches to Change
• Section III. Toward New Models
• Afterword
• References
• Notes on Contributors
• Index