Promoting health and wellness in underserved communities : multidisciplinary perspectives through service learning / edited by Anabel Pelham and Elizabeth Sills ; foreword by Robert A. Corrigan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pelham, Anabel O.

Sills, Elizabeth, 1971-

Series:

Service learning for civic engagement series.

Service learning for civic engagement series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health promotion.

Community health services.

Medically underserved areas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Va. : Stylus, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Starting from the premise that our health status, vulnerability to accidents and disease, and life spans - as individuals and communities - are determined by the organization, delivery, and financing (or lack thereof) of health care, this book explores how educators and community caretakers teach the complex web of inter-connection between the micro level of individual health and well-being and the macro level of larger social structures. Through the lenses of courses in anthropology, ESL, gerontology, management information systems, nursing, nutrition, psychology, public health, and sociology

Contents:

section 1. Models of community engagement

section 2. Cross-cultural competencies

section 3. Community partnerships.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-00-344653-1

1-000-97387-5

1-003-44653-1

1-57922-567-5

9781003446538

OCLC:

779851039