Overview
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- Focuses on the relationship between migration, health, and illness of Arab Americans
- Provides an application for the diabetes cultural belief models to improve diabetic care
- Examines the chronic illness—diabetes cultural beliefs and its relation to health management
Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Migration (IPMI)
Part of the book sub series: South-South Migration (SSM)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This open access book provides a unique perspective on the relationship between immigration, culture, and health. It presents a cross-cultural perspective between culture and illness. It touches upon identity struggles, the notion of not feeling “safe, understood, accepted,” and its relation to Arab American health. The book provides a comprehensive review of the history of Muslims in America and discusses better healthcare services for chronic illness—diabetes. It provides an ethnographic framework for building cultural belief models of illness, which helps study any illness among any population. It is a must-read for everyone interested in understanding the relationship among culture, health, and immigration, as well as the importance of building cultural belief models of illness and their possible impact on providing better healthcare services. The book is of interest to scholars, caregivers, and those living with diabetes.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Shaikha H. Al-Kuwari is an assistant professor of Anthropology at Qatar University. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Florida, USA, in 2018. Her research focuses in studying the relation between culture and health. She is interested in building cultural models of illnesses using the latest methodological advances in social science. Her goal is to create culturally based precision medicine where the culture of people is taken in consideration in providing healthcare-related services.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Arab Americans in the United States
Book Subtitle: Immigration, Culture and Health
Authors: Shaikha H. Al-Kuwari
Series Title: International Perspectives on Migration
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7417-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-7416-0Published: 03 January 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-7419-1Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-7417-7Published: 02 January 2024
Series ISSN: 2214-9805
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9813
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 107
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime, Migration, Public Health