Theory and Application of Health Acculturation

Yuxia Qian is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Rukhsana Ahmed is associate professor of communication and research associate at the Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Section I Migrant Communication Challenges in Healthcare

Chapter One: Communication Dimensions of Healthcare Engagement and Patient Health Literacy for Immigrant Populations: A Systematic Review

Seulgi Park and Rukhsana Ahmed

Chapter Two: Navigating the Healthcare Landscape: Unravelling Challenges Faced by Migrants

Keith Richards

Chapter Three: Communication about Acculturative Stressors in Latino Immigrant Families

Carolina Fernandez Branson, Carolina De La Rosa Mateo, and Rodolfo Gutierrez

Section II Migrant Health Acculturation Experiences

Chapter Four: Managing Uncertainties in Health Acculturation: Cases of Asian Migrants

Yuxia Qian, Rukhsana Ahmed, and Thi Van Anh Nguyen

Chapter Five: Health Acculturation Among Latina(o)s Suffering from Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: The Cases of Camila and Cedro

Corey Jay Liberman and Yu Lu

Chapter Six: Exploring Vaccine Confidence and Hesitancy Narratives among US Hispanic Migrants

Asya Cooley, Skye Cooley, Jared Johnson, and Juwon Hwang

Section III Community-Based Health Interventions for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities

Chapter Seven: The Culturally Adaptive Care Model: A Project ECHO Case Study

Nagesh Rao, R. Sam Larson, Caryn Medved, and James W. Dearing

Chapter Eight: Using Community Based-Participatory Action Research to Improve Health Acculturation and Equity of Immigrant/Minoritized Communities

M. Beatriz Torres, Shannon Pergament, Rebecca Shirley, Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Kristen Spargo, Walter Novillo, Amran Ahmed, Maria Arboleda, Anita Tamang, Munira Salad, Sey Lee, Roli Dwivedi, and Maiyia Y. Kasouaher

Chapter Nine: Using community-based participatory action research to develop, implement and disseminate a targeted eHealth communication intervention for Hmong-American parents and adolescents

Serena Xiong, M. Beatriz Torres, April Wilhelm, Tounhia Khang, Bai Vue, Kathleen Culhane-Pera, Jay Desai, Shannon Pergament, and Hee Yun Lee

Section IV Cross-Cultural Health Promotion & Media Coverage of Ethnic Medicines

Chapter Ten: Acculturation and Cross-Cultural Health Promotion

Julie Martin

Chapter Eleven: Journalists’ Reporting on Traditional Chinese Medicine during COVID-19: Integrating Medical Practices under Multiculturalism or Combating Misinformation?

Joseph Nicolai and Stephen Li

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