Download or read book South Asian Heart Preventing Heart Disease from the Heart to the Edge of the Diaspora written by Rambihar. V. S. (Vivian Srinivas) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book South Asian Heart written by Vivian Srinivas Rambihar and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians written by South Asian Health Foundation and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-01-11 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains a number of papers derived from a conference organised by the South Asian Health Foundation in 2004 and involving a multidisciplinary group of leading researchers, experts and healthcare professionals. The purpose of the conference was to explore the impact of coronary heart disease on South Asian communities living in Britain and to discuss public health policy responses in relation to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and management strategies.
Download or read book How to Beat the Heart Disease Epidemic Among South Asians written by Enas A. Enas and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among South Asians written by Mihir Patel and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION: South Asians are a rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population. Despite improvements in the care of coronary artery disease over the last half century, the prevalence remains disproportionately high in this population. Much of this is felt to due to the early acquisition and high prevalence of lifestyle related risk factors. To appropriately address these risk factors, we must understand the culture barriers that make it difficult for South Asians to modify these behaviors. Individuals from Bangladesh comprise a South Asian sub-ethnic group that has the highest prevalence of CVD risk factors and the highest rates of mortality from CVD. To address lifestyle behavior modification in this population, we must first understand their perceptions regarding illness and cardiovascular disease. MANUSCRIPT I - Barriers to Lifestyle Behavioral Change in Migrant South Asian Populations. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this literature review is to describe and assess the cultural barriers to behavior change in migrant South Asians, given the high morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease in this population. DESIGN: We reviewed studies that explored the relationship between South Asian culture in the Diaspora and lifestyle behaviors. RESULTS: Our review produced 91 studies, of which 25 discussed the relationship between various aspects of South Asians' belief system and their approach to modifying lifestyle habits. We identify 6 specific categories of beliefs which play the largest role in the difficulties South Asians describe with behavior change: gender roles, body image, physical activity misconceptions, cultural priorities, cultural identity, and explanatory model of disease. DISCUSSION: Cultural beliefs and practices play a substantial role in South Asians' approach to diet and exercise modification. Future research and interventions should account for these cultural factors to successfully improve dietary habits and physical activity levels in migrant South Asian populations. MANUSCRIPT 2 - Attitudes and Beliefs regarding Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Bangladeshi Immigrants in the U.S. OBJECTIVE: To apply Kleinman's Explanatory Model of Disease as a framework to elicit perspectives on cardiovascular disease in order to address behavior change among a cohort of Bangladeshi immigrants. DESIGN: This was a qualitative study using individual in-depth interviews to explore attitudes towards and difficulties with modifying CVD related behaviors. Interviews were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed by using grounded theory. RESULTS: We interviewed 55 patients before reaching data saturation. Patients' responses to the meaning of heart disease were grouped into 3 categories: 1) fear of consequences of heart disease; 2) symptoms of heart disease; 3) causes of heart disease. When specifically asked d about what they felt caused heart disease, responses fell into 2 categories: 1) behavioral causes; 2) psychological causes. When asked to discuss the difficulties in addressing the causes of heart disease, responses fell into 2 categories: 1) internal forces such as self motivation; 2) external forces such as lack of time due to work and family responsibilities and stress. Patients were able to discuss the behavioral causes of CVD, but felt that either they themselves or others in their community lacked the time needed, due to socioeconomic reasons, to address these causes. DISCUSSION: Bangladeshi patients in our study are aware and scared of CVD, but feel unable to address behavioral risk factors. They cite a combination of internal and external factors as barriers to lifestyle modification in their community. Interventions to address these barriers must account for these factors, simultaneously addressing self-efficacy and work-life balance. OVERALL CONCLUSION: Cultural beliefs influence South Asian's approach to behavior modification and their attitudes regarding illness. Interventions need to address a community's attitudes and cultural beliefs towards illness to be successful.
Download or read book Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes written by Raj S. Bhopal and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In South Asian's, the cardiovascular diseases of stroke and coronary heart disease (CVD) are epidemic, and diabetes mellitus (type 2) is pandemic. This book presents a synthesis that can help guide prevention, clinical care and research.
Download or read book Complexity and Healthcare Organization written by David Kernick and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistics and evidence-based medicine are assessed in most postgraduate and undergraduate medical examinations and degrees in health sciences. All clinicians have to acquire skills in this area. This book aims to provide a brief overview of basic medical statistics and the numerical aspects of evidence-based medicine to give realistic worked examples to illustrate the interpretation of studies relevant to clinical practice and to allow examination practice. It aims to cover all major topics covered in the undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. Each chapter begins with an overview and summary of the main points followed by worked examples and exercises with full answers. It will be ideal for all postgraduate medical examination candidates. Other clincians and undergraduate students in medicine and health sciences will also find it useful.
Download or read book Diabetes and Its Management written by Peter J. Watkins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition (Endocrinology) Judges’ summary: “Beautifully and clearly written to appeal to all levels of healthcare professional knowledge. A wealth of practical experience is freely donated to the reader in a friendly and accessible way. Each section is easily found and any member of the team could care for a patient with that particular problem to a high standard with this book in their hand. I would unhesitatingly recommend to all diabetes doctors – both senior and junior, and every diabetes unit should have a copy. This new edition is excellent and should be considered for an award.” Diabetes and its Management, Sixth Edition, continues to provide a practical clinical guide to the management of patients with diabetes. The author team has been expanded and now also includes a Nurse Practitioner specialising in diabetes to provide the nursing perspective. It is a concise manual that distils the essential recent developments into practical advice.
Download or read book Disease and Mortality in Sub Saharan Africa written by Dean T. Jamison and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current data and trends in morbidity and mortality for the sub-Saharan Region as presented in this new edition reflect the heavy toll that HIV/AIDS has had on health indicators, leading to either a stalling or reversal of the gains made, not just for communicable disorders, but for cancers, as well as mental and neurological disorders.
Download or read book The Heartsick Diaspora written by Elaine Chiew and published by Myriad Editions. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in different cities around the world, Elaine Chiew's award-winning stories travel into the heart of the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese diasporas to explore the lives of those torn between cultures and juggling divided selves. In the title story, four writers find their cultural bonds of friendship tested when a handsome young Asian writer joins their group. In other stories, a brother searches for his sister forced to serve as a comfort woman during World War Two; three Singaporean sisters run a French gourmet restaurant in New York; a woman raps about being a Tiger Mother in Belgravia; and a filmmaker struggles to document the lives of samsui women—Singapore's thrifty, hardworking construction workers. > Acutely observed, wry and playful, her stories are as worldly and emotionally resonant as the characters themselves. This fabulous debut collection heralds an exciting new literary voice.
Download or read book Braunwald s Heart Disease E Book written by Douglas P. Zipes and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 2040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trusted by generations of cardiologists for the latest, most reliable guidance in the field, Braunwald’s Heart Disease, 11th Edition, remains your #1 source of information on rapidly changing clinical science, clinical and translational research, and evidence-based medicine. This award-winning text has been completely updated, providing a superior multimedia reference for every aspect of this fast-changing field, including new material about almost every topic in cardiology.
Download or read book The Vine of Desire written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved characters of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s bestselling novel Sister of My Heart are reunited in this powerful narrative that challenges the emotional bond between two lifelong friends, as the husband of one becomes dangerously attracted to the other. Anju and Sudha formed an astounding, almost psychic connection during their childhood in India. When Anju invites Sudha, a single mother in Calcutta, to come live with her and her husband, Sunil, in California, Sudha foolishly accepts, knowing full well that Sunil has long desired her. As Sunil’s attraction rises to the surface, the trio must struggle to make sense of the freedoms of America–and of the ties that bind them to India and to one another.
Download or read book After the Caliphate written by Colin P. Clarke and published by Polity. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it was short-lived. Three years on, the caliphate was destroyed, leaving its surviving fighters – many of whom were foreign recruits – to retreat and scatter across the globe. So what happens now? Is this the beginning of the end of IS? Or can it adapt and regroup after the physical fall of the caliphate? In this timely analysis, terrorism expert Colin P. Clarke takes stock of IS – its roots, its evolution, and its monumental setbacks – to assess the road ahead. The caliphate, he argues, was an anomaly. The future of the global jihadist movement will look very much like its past – with peripatetic and divided groups of militants dispersing to new battlefields, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, where they will join existing civil wars, establish safe havens and sanctuaries, and seek ways of conducting spectacular attacks in the West that inspire new followers. In this fragmented and atomized form, Clarke cautions, IS could become even more dangerous and challenging for counterterrorism forces, as its splinter groups threaten renewed and heightened violence across the globe.
Download or read book Ordering the Human written by Eram Alam and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern science and ideas of race have long been entangled, sharing notions of order, classification, and hierarchy. Ordering the Human presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the racialization of science in various global contexts, illuminating how racial logics have been deployed to classify, marginalize, and oppress. These wide-ranging essays—written by experts in genetics, forensics, public health, history, sociology, and anthropology—investigate the influence of racial concepts in scientific knowledge production across regions and eras. Chapters excavate the mechanisms by which racialized science serves projects of power and domination, and they explore different forms of resistance. Topics range from skull collecting by eighteenth-century German and Dutch scientists to the use of biology to reinforce notions of purity in present-day South Korea and Brazil. The authors investigate the colonial legacies of the pathologization of weight for the Maori people, the scientific presumption of coronary artery disease risk among South Asians, and the role of racial categories in COVID-19 statistics and responses, among many other cases. Tracing the pernicious consequences of the racialization of science, Ordering the Human shines a light on how the naturalization of racial categories continues to shape health and inequality today.
Download or read book Diaspora A Very Short Introduction written by Kevin Kenny and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction examines the origins of diaspora as a concept, its changing meanings over time, its current popularity, and its utility in explaining human migration. The book proposes a flexible approach to diaspora based on examples drawn mainly from Jewish, African, Irish, and Asian history.
Download or read book Essential Essays Volume 2 written by Stuart Hall and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his arrival in Britain in the 1950s and involvement in the New Left, to founding the field of cultural studies and examining race and identity in the 1990s and early 2000s, Stuart Hall has been central to shaping many of the cultural and political debates of our time. Essential Essays—a landmark two-volume set—brings together Stuart Hall's most influential and foundational works. Spanning the whole of his career, these volumes reflect the breadth and depth of his intellectual and political projects while demonstrating their continued vitality and importance. Volume 2: Identity and Diaspora draws from Hall's later essays, in which he investigated questions of colonialism, empire, and race. It opens with “Gramsci's Relevance for the Study of Race and Ethnicity,” which frames the volume and finds Hall rethinking received notions of racial essentialism. In addition to essays on multiculturalism and globalization, black popular culture, and Western modernity's racial underpinnings, Volume 2 contains three interviews with Hall, in which he reflects on his life to theorize his identity as a colonial and diasporic subject.
