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| List of Figures | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Acronyms Used in the Text | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| "I'm healthy but ...": Introduction | |
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| Overview of Health Care Issues for People of Mexican Origin | |
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| Interviewee Personal Profiles | |
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| Notes | |
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| "It was just an ideal location": An Introduction to the Mexican-Origin Population | |
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| Political-Geographic Concentration of the Mexican-Origin Population | |
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| Historical Concentration of the Mexican-Origin Population | |
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| Language Status | |
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| Educational Level | |
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| Occupational Location | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Exercises | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| "It's about having a healthy body": The Health Status of Mexican Americans | |
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| The Historical Context of Health and Disease | |
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| The Sociocultural Basis of Health and Disease | |
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| Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Mexican American Community | |
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| The Health Status of Mexican American Subgroups | |
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| The Mexican American Morbidity and Mortality Paradox | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Exercises | |
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| Notes | |
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| "One starts with marijuana ...": Understanding Substance Abuse and aids | |
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| Prevalence of Drug Use among Mexican American Adolescents and Adults | |
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| Causal Factors in Substance Use | |
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| The Co-occurrence of Violence and Substance Use among Mexican American Adolescents | |
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| Adverse Health Consequences of Drug Use | |
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| Prevention Issues among Hispanic Youth and Adolescents | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Exercises | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| "Treated like second-class citizens": Health Care Access | |
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| What Is Health Care Access? | |
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| Who Are the Uninsured? | |
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| Financial Access to Care: A Crisis for Mexican-Origin Patients | |
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| Risk Factors That Influence the Health Insurance Coverage of the Mexican-Origin Population | |
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| The Role of Minority Health Care Professionals in Access to Care | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Exercises | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| "My doctor doesn't care": Cultural Competency in Health Care Services | |
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| Linguistic Competency: A Significant Component of Cultural Competency | |
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| The Impact of Mexican Folklore, Language, and Health | |
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| Cultural Competency: Implications for the Mexican-Origin Population | |
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| Understanding the Role of Gender and Cultural Competency | |
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| Implementation of Cultural Competency: Implications for the Mexican-Origin Population | |
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| A Patient's Guide for Assessing the Cultural Competency of a Health Care Provider | |
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| Beyond Cultural Competency: Some Final Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Exercises | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| "This is about healing, about people getting better prevention": Future Trends in Mexican American Health | |
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| Mexican American Health Policy in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Note | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |