African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases / Eric J. Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Eric J., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Health and hygiene.

African Americans.

Alternative medicine--United States.

Alternative medicine.

African Americans--Diseases.

Chronic diseases--Alternative treatment.

Chronic diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In order to examine the importance of alternative medicine to the African American population, this book focuses on the African American health belief system and the treatment strategies often used and documented. This book includes a cultural-historical view of alternative medicine's use within the African American community and shows how it was an integral part of African American culture. The author highlights a number of studies that examine alternative and complementary therapies associated with specific diseases among African Americans. Case studies are presented to show the types of alternative and complementary medicines used for specific diseases and to determine whether the alternative and complementary therapy was effective or not. Moreover, the cultural perceptions of the specific disease are presented to provide reasons why African Americans tend to use the particular alternative and complementary medical therapy for the disease. The book serves as a resource guide for students, healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public.

Contents:

Cover

African American Alternative Medicine

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I The Current Status of Alternative Medicine

Chapter 1 Alternative Medicine in the United States

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

INTRODUCTION

Americans' Use of Alternative Treatment Therapies

African Americans' Use of Alternative Treatment Therapies

GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Research

Research Training

Communications

MY RESEARCH INTEREST IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

CONCLUSION

POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

WEB SITES OF SIGNIFICANCE

Chapter 2 Mainstream American Alternative Medicine

ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

RECENT STUDIES ON MAINSTREAM ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

MAINSTREAM AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEMS

Acupuncture

Homeopathy

Ayurvedic Medicine

Naturopathy

Chiropractic Therapy

Herbal Medicine

Part II Alternative Medicine and African Americans

Chapter 3 African American Alternative Medicine

RECENT STUDIES OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS

REASONS FOR THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Illness/Disease Perception

Alternative Treatment Actions: Naturalistic Causation

Self-Care

Caregiving Network

Alternative Indigenous Health Practitioners

Formal Health Practitioners

Alternative Treatment Actions: Unnatural Causation

Chapter 4 Cultural Historical Review of African American Alternative Medicine

EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.

African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina

African Americans in Detroit, Michigan

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

BIBLIOGRAPY

Part III How to Do Applied Medical Anthropological Fieldwork

Chapter 5 Strategies for Collecting Qualitative Alternative Medicine Data

PREPARING AND ADAPTING TO THE FIELD

MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELDWORK TECHNIQUES

Observation

Participant Observation

Informants

Type of Interviews

Focus Group Interviews

Focus Group Studies

Focus Group Procedures and Guidelines

Preparing for the Focus Group

Conducting the Focus Group

Individual In-Depth Profiles

Procedure for Individual In-Depth Profiles

Types of General Individual In-Depth Questions

Sampling

Ethnographic Fieldwork Data Analyses

Quantitative Analyses

Qualitative Analyses

Ethnographic Method

Life History Analyses

Individual In-Depth Analyses

Theme and Pattern Analyses

Reflective Comments

ETHICS OF HEALTH CARE RESEARCH: PERSON OF COLOR ISSUES

Part IV Disease-Focused Alternative Treatment Practices: Research Including African Americans

Chapter 6 Hypertension and Alternative Treatment Therapies

BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION

CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF HYPERTENSION

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR HYPERTENSION

Diuretics

Beta Blockers

ACE Inhibitors

Angiotensin Antagonists

Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs)

Alpha Blockers

Alpha-Beta Blockers

Nervous System Inhibitors

Vasodilators

CLINICAL TESTING OF AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY.

IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY

Chapter 7 Cancer and Alternative Treatment Therapies

BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER

CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF CANCER

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR CANCER

Cyrosurgery

Chemotherapy

Radiotherapy

Other Treatment Methods

Angiogenesis Inhibitors

Laser Therapy

Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem

Gene Therapy

Cancer Vaccine

CLINICAL TESTING OF AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT REGIMEN

IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY

Chapter 8 Diabetes Mellitus and Alternative Treatment Therapies

BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DIABETES MELLITUS

CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR DIABETES MELLITUS

Chapter 9 Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) and Alternative Treatment Therapies

BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES

CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF STROKE

Theme 1: Discovering Stroke

Theme 2: Delaying Treatment

Theme 3: Living with Uncertainty

Theme 4: Discovering the Impact of Stroke

Theme 5: Reconstructing Life

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR STROKE

IMPLEMENTATION OF A CULTURALLY ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THERAPY.

POST-EVALUATION QUESTIONS

Chapter 10 Mental Health and Alternative Treatment Therapies

BIOMEDICAL DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH

CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS

Chapter 11 Conclusion: Culture and Alternative Medicine

CULTURE AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS

Mainstream Society and Alternative Medicine

Defining African American Alternative Medicine

AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH CARE-SEEKING

Improving Health Status and Reducing Health Disparity

Cultural Perception and Cultural Acceptance

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400607493

9786610927876

9781280927874

1280927879

9780313012853

0313012857

OCLC:

53369843

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798400607493 doi