1st Edition
Culture, Migration, and Health Communication in a Global Context
Both international and internal migration brings new challenges to public health systems. This book aims to critically review theoretical frameworks and literature, as well as discuss new practices and lessons related to culture, migration, and health communication in different countries. It features research and applied projects conducted by scholars from various disciplines including media and communication, public health, medicine, and nursing.
Introduction: Health Communication at the Crossroads of Culture and Migration
Rukhsana Ahmed and Yuping Mao
Part I: Theoretical Discussion and Application
1. Acculturation, Identity Management, and Cultural Competence: Understanding Culture and Health Communication from Dynamic and Dyadic Approaches
Yuping Mao and Rukhsana Ahmed
2. On the Diffusion of People and Practices: Prospects for Health Communication Research James W. Dearing and Jeffrey G. Cox
3. Negotiating Health on Dirty Jobs: Culture-centered Constructions of Health among Migrant Construction Workers in Singapore
Mohan J. Dutta
Part II: Cultural Differences and Disparities in Immigrants’ Health Care Practices
4. Patient Involvement-- Exploring Differences in Doctor-Patient Interaction Among Immigrants and Non-Immigrants with Back Pain in Switzerland
Sarah Mantwill & Peter Schulz
5. Cultural Competence in Health: Understanding the Food Choices of Older Ukrainian Australians
Victoria Team, Lenore Manderson, & Milica Markovic
6. Chinese Migrant Mothers' Perceptions and Experiences of Health Risks in the UK
Qian (Sarah) Gong
7. Health Information Disparities and Medical Tourism Use Among Korean Immigrants in the U.S.
Jungmi Jun
Part III: ICTs and Migrants’ Health Communication
8. Spheres of Influence and New Technological Trajectories
Olivia Guntarik, Marsha Berry, & Emsie Arnoldi
9. Violence against Migrant Women Workers (MWWs) and the Role of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Bolanle A. Olaniran
Part IV: Culturally Grounded and Community Based Health Intervention for Migrants
10. A Critical Review a
Biography
Yuping Mao is Assistant Professor in Communication Studies at California State University, Long Beach, USA.
Rukhsana Ahmed is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication, University of Ottawa, Canada.
"This is is a major volume concerning the influence that culture has on how individuals perceive, receive, and provide health care. Understanding the cultural context in which one communicates about heath is a growing concern for practitioners, researchers, and patients alike. This collection of theoretically diverse applied research in health communication provides important insights into the ways in which socio-cultural constructs influence health care." Annette Madlock Gatison, Southern Connecticut State University
