Preface
Acknowledgments
Section 1 Culture and the Human Condition – An Introduction
Chapter 1 There is Health, and There is Health: An Introductory Conversation about Health from Different Cultural Perspectives.
Chapter 2 The Starting Point: Defining Culture, Defining Health
Section 2 Tools and Perspectives for Understanding the Relationship between Culture and Health
Chapter 3 Ethnomedicine: Cultural Health Systems of Related Knowledge and Practice
Chapter 4 Ethnomedicine II – Cultural Systems of Psychology, Mental and Emotional Health
Chapter 5 The Moral Dimension – The Relationship of Etiology to Morality (and Stigma) in Cultural Beliefs and Practices Related to Health
Chapter 6 Culture, Healers, and the Institutions of Health
Chapter 7 Socio-Cultural Ecologies of Disease and Illness: The Creation of Vulnerability
Chapter 8 Culture, Subculture and Constructions of Health Risk
Section 3 Applying Concepts of Cultural Diversity to Health Promotion
Chapter 9 The Dimensions of Culture and a Sampling of Current Public Health Challenges
Chapter 10 Research Strategies to Help Identify Cultural Factors: A Brief Primer
Chapter 11 Incorporating Cultural Knowledge in Public Health Interventions: Selected Examples
Chapter 12 Wrapping Up: Cultural Competence in Public Health
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