Transcultural Aspects of Perinatal Health Care

by Shah, Mary Ann; Campbell, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9781581100976
• ISBN10: 1581100973
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Amer Academy of Pediatrics

Summary

Focusing on perinatal care, this new information-rich resource raises awareness of multiple cultural, ethnic, and religious issues to help health care providers become "culturally competent" by incorporating a knowledge of cultural values and beliefs in their practice. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Contributors	iv
Disclaimer	xiv
Preface	xv
Foreword	xxx
Cultural Competence: An Overview	xxxiii
Professional Competence: Cultural/Religious Efficacy and the Principles of Family-Centered Care	xxxv
Spiritual Competence: Addressing Spirituality in the Medical Encounter	xliii
Cultural/Religious Groups
1. Perinatal Health Care Issues of African American Women	1	(34)
2. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Old Order Amish Women	35	(12)
3. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Cambodian Women	47	(16)
4. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Chinese Women	63	(22)
5. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Cuban Women	85	(38)
6. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Hmong Women	123	(10)
7. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Jamaican Women	133	(32)
8. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Japanese Women	165	(20)
9. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Jewish Women	185	(28)
10. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Korean Women	213	(14)
11. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Mexican Women	227	(18)
12. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Mormon Women	245	(14)
13. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Native American Women: Tribes of the Northern Plains and Great Basin	259	(14)
14. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Pakistani Women	273	(18)
15. Perinatal Health Care Issues of Seventh-Day Adventist Women	291