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Well-Being as a Multidimensional Concept contributes to our understanding of the ways that culture and community influence concepts of wellness, the experience of well-being, and health outcomes. This book includes both theoretical conceptualizations and practice-based explorations.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Socially Determined? Frameworks for Thinking About Health Equity and Wellness
Chapter 2: Employing a Cultural Lens to Health Promotion Interventions to Enhance Health Equity
Chapter 3: Community Wellbeing, Community Intervention, and Community Development: Changing Community Ecology
Chapter 4: Culture and Practice in Relational Wellbeing
Chapter 5: The Allure of Community: The Ethical Journey of People Living with HIV Disease in Philadelphia
Chapter 6: "Free Our People": A Disability Studies Perspective on Wellbeing
Chapter 7: Finding the "Culture" in Acculturation: Cultural Consonance and Health among Mexican Immigrant Women in Alabama
Chapter 8: Health and Wellbeing among Native American Indigenous Peoples
Chapter 9: "Speak your mind and heart in the Indian way": Wellness and Agency among American Indian Elders
Chapter 10:Starved for Company: Rural Seniors, Social Isolation, Food Charity, and Impact on Community Wellbeing
Chapter 11: Technological Approaches to Food-Related Health Equity
Chapter 12: Food Sovereignty and Wellness in Urban African American Communities
Chapter 13: From Cultural to Structural Competency: The Evolving Roles of Healthcare Providers and Medical Education Training to Address Persistent Disparities
Chapter 14: Evolving from a Disease-Focused to a Health-Focused Healthcare System: from Pathogenesis to Salutogenesis
Chapter 15: The Limits of Resiliency: Rethinking Wellness in a Family Medicine Residency Program
Chapter 16: Milagro: An Innovative Program for Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 17: Aligning Research with Action for Health and Wellbeing in the Columbia Gorge: The Community Health Advocacy and Research Alliance (CHARA)
Chapter 18: Shifting Narratives for Behavioral Health Justice: The #NMspeaksCrisis Campaign
Chapter 19: A Place-Based Approach to Assessing Wellness: The New Mexico Community Data Collaborative
About the author
Edited by Janet M. Page-Reeves - Contributions by John Andazola; Courtney Andrews; Melinda Davis; Jaelyn deMaría; Kristen Dillon; Alicia Edwards; Sarah Gopman; C. Estela Vasquez Guzman; Gale G. Hannigan; Rodney C. Haring; Emily Haozous; Anthony Ryan Hatch
Summary
Well-Being as a Multidimensional Concept contributes to our understanding of the ways that culture and community influence concepts of wellness, the experience of well-being, and health outcomes. This book includes both theoretical conceptualizations and practice-based explorations.
