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Community health narratives : a reader / edited by Emily Mendenhall and Kathy Wollner ; foreword by Bechara Choucair ; illustrations by Hannah Adams Burque ; contributors Brian Ackerman [and twenty one others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Choucair, Bechara, author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community health services--Cross-cultural studies.
- Community health services.
- Public health--Cross-cultural studies.
- Public health.
- Medical care--Cross-cultural studies.
- Medical care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque, [New Mexico] : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <em>Community Health Narratives: A Reader</em> along with its companions <em>Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth</em> and <em>Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth </em>(UNM Press), provides a comprehensive curriculum that examines people's health experiences across cultures and nations.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword / Bechara Choucair; Acknowledgments; Introduction / Emily Mendenhall; Section I: Social Ties; 1: Seeking Success / Lauren Slubowski Keenan-Devlin; 2: The Big Fat Truth / Judi Marcin; 3: Dadi's Chart / Lesley Jo Weaver; 4: Mai'suka, My Island / Kelley Alison Smith and Chandra Y. Osborn; 5: Thiago and the Beach / Brian Ackerman; COMMUNITIES IN ACTION: The Gay-Straight Alliance Network / Kathy Wollner; Section II: Gender & Sexuality; 6: Slow Motion / Patrick Klacza; 7: Nditai's Initiation / Fiona Cresswell
- 8: Chris Not Christina / Judi Marcin9: Ariana's Decision / Kathy Wollner; 10: My Body, My Self / Molly O'Brien and Aunchalee E. L. Palmquist; COMMUNITIES IN ACTION: Texas Freedom Network / Kathy Wollner; Section III: Mental Health; 11: The Ties That Bind / Neely Myers; 12: Chantalle's Secret / Ashley Hagaman; 13: A Homecoming / Erin P. Finley; 14: Tenzin's Dream / Sara Lewis; COMMUNITIES IN ACTION: Sangath / Kathy Wollner; Section IV: Violence; 15: Paris of the West / Ember Keighley; 16: We All Fight / Charlie Speicher; 17: Nelson's Soweto / Emily Mendenhall
- 18: The Grove / Suzanne Farrell SmithCOMMUNITIES IN ACTION: Cure Violence / Kathy Wollner; Section V: Prevention; 19: Gone Goes the Worm / Adam Koon; 20: A Pandemic Pig Tale / Erica Gibson; 21: Route 100 / Suzanne Farrell Smith; 22: Girl Parts / Judi Marcin; COMMUNITIES IN ACTION: Sabin Vaccine Institute / Kathy Wollner; Section VI: Health-Care Access; 23: Scars / Stephen Lavenberg; 24: Mandy and the Motorized Wheelchair / Patrick Klacza; 25: Open Secrets and Breaking Hearts / Heather Wurtz; 26: There Will Always Be More Struggles to Win / Lesley Jo Weaver and David Meek
- COMMUNITIES IN ACTION: BRAC / Kathy WollnerPostscript / Emily Mendenhall; Teaching Guide / Kathy Wollner; Contributors; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8263-5560-9
- OCLC:
- 904249362
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