1st Edition

Hmong American Concepts of Health

By Dia Cha Copyright 2003
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

America's healthcare system in the twenty-first century faces a variety of pressures and challenges, not the least of which is that posed by the increasingly multicultural nature of American society itself. Large numbers among the Hmong, immigrants from the landlocked Asian nation of Laos, continue to prefer their own ancient medical traditions. That these Hmong Americans should continue to... Read more
Chapter 1 The Impact of Christianity and Refugee Resettlement on Hmong Society and Health Care; Chapter 2 The Hmong Health System: A Literature Review; Chapter 3 Hmong American Health Care in Colorado; Chapter 4 Hmong Cultural Beliefs Related to Health, Healing, and Illness; Chapter 5 Hmong Health Behavior: Summary and Conclusions;

Biography

Dia Cha