La mediación intercultural en la atención sanitaria a inmigrantes y minorías étnicas

La mediación intercultural en la atención sanitaria a inmigrantes y minorías étnicas
Author: Mendoza Berjano, Ramón
Publisher: Ediciones Díaz de Santos
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2018-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 8490522340

La mediación intercultural en los servicios sanitarios, en tanto en cuanto hace de puente entre culturas y lenguas distintas y, al mismo tiempo, contribuyea crear un entorno de respeto mutuo y de cercanía humana, se ha configurado como un elemento esencial de los servicios asistenciales y de los programas preventivos o de promoción de la salud cuando se atiende a una población que presenta diversidad cultural y social.El libro ofrece una visión internacional de diversos enfoques existentes en lamediación intercultural en la atención sanitaria. Para ello, aglutina aportaciones de cualificados autores de tres continentes, combinando la presentaciónde modelos organizativos para el desarrollo de la mediación intercultural, estudios empíricos con poblaciones migrantes, el análisis de programas modélicosen este campo y directrices para una práctica profesional sanitaria culturalmente competente.En conjunto, los autores de la obra constituyen un equipo multidisciplinar deprofesionales (del campo de la medicina, la enfermería, la sociología, la antropología, la psicología, el trabajo social, la interpretación y la propia mediación intercultural) que desarrollan su labor como gestores del sistema sanitario, como profesionales asistenciales, como profesores universitarios o investigadores, como funcionarios de organismos internacionales, como dirigentes deinstituciones relacionadas con la migración o las minorías étnicas, o bien como colaboradores de entidades sanitarias y sociales.En definitiva, se trata de una obra que recapitula la experiencia internacional en el campo de la mediación intercultural, que está emergiendo como una característica fundamental de la acreditación de los servicios, así como de los procesos de mejora de la calidad en los sistemas sanitarios de sociedades diversas.

Intercultural Experience and Education

Intercultural Experience and Education
Author: Geof Alred
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781853596063

This edited volume explores the educational significance of intercultural experience. It offers a broader conception of interculturality than commonly found in the area of foreign language teaching. Contributors represent a diverse range of academic and professional interests. The aim of the book is to encourage dialogue and interchange across this range, and beyond, to stimulate thinking about the educational value of intercultural experience.

Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, and the Brain

Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, and the Brain
Author: Astrid Nehlig
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2004-04-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0203618858

Coffee, tea, and chocolate are among the most frequently consumed products in the world. The pleasure that many experience from these edibles is accompanied by a range of favorable and adverse effects on the brain that have been the focus of a wealth of recent research. Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, and the Brain presents new information on the

Europe: Continent of Conspiracies

Europe: Continent of Conspiracies
Author: Andreas Önnerfors
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000373398

This edited volume investigates for the first time the impact of conspiracy theories upon the understanding of Europe as a geopolitical entity as well as an imagined political and cultural space. Focusing on recent developments, the individual chapters explore a range of conspiratorial positions related to Europe. In the current climate of fear and threat, new and old imaginaries of conspiracies such as Islamophobia and anti-Semitism have been mobilised. A dystopian or even apocalyptic image of Europe in terminal decline is evoked in Eastern European and particularly by Russian pro-Kremlin media, while the EU emerges as a screen upon which several narratives of conspiracy are projected trans-nationally, ranging from the Greek debt crisis to migration, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodological perspectives applied in this volume range from qualitative discourse and media analysis to quantitative social-psychological approaches, and there are a number of national and transnational case studies. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of extremism, conspiracy theories and European politics.

Migration and Mental Health

Migration and Mental Health
Author: Dinesh Bhugra
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2010-12-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1139494007

Human migration is a global phenomenon and is on the increase. It occurs as a result of 'push' factors (asylum, natural disaster), or as a result of 'pull' factors (seeking economic or educational improvement). Whatever the cause of the relocation, the outcome requires individuals to adjust to their new surroundings and cope with the stresses involved, and as a result, there is considerable potential for disruption to mental health. This volume explores all aspects of migration, on all scales, and its effect on mental health. It covers migration in the widest sense and does not limit itself to refugee studies. It covers issues specific to the elderly and the young, as well as providing practical tips for clinicians on how to improve their own cultural competence in the work setting. The book will be of interest to all mental health professionals and those involved in establishing health and social policy.

Sex at the Margins

Sex at the Margins
Author: Laura María Agustín
Publisher: Zed Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2007-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781842778609

Laura Agustín presents an analysis of the position prostitutes occupy within the global economy.

Healthcare Interpreting

Healthcare Interpreting
Author: Franz Pöchhacker
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027222398

This volume – the first-ever collection of research on healthcare interpreting – centers on three interrelated themes: cross-cultural communication in healthcare settings, the interactional role of persons serving as interpreters and the discourse patterns of interpreter-mediated interaction. The individual chapters, by seven innovative researchers in the area of community-based interpreting, represent a pioneering attempt to look beyond stereotypical perceptions of interpreter-mediated interactions. First published as a Special Issue of Interpreting 7:2 (2005), this volume offers insights into the impact of the interpreter – whether s/he is a trained professional or a member of the patient's family – including ways in which s/he may either facilitate or impair reliable communication between patient and healthcare provider. The five articles cover a range of settings and specialties, from general medicine to pediatrics, psychiatry and speech therapy, using languages as diverse as Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Italian and Spanish in combination with Danish, Dutch, English and French.

'Mixed Race' Studies

'Mixed Race' Studies
Author: Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2015-03-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135170711

Mixed race studies is one of the fastest growing, as well as one of the most important and controversial areas in the field of race and ethnic relations. Bringing together pioneering and controversial scholarship from both the social and the biological sciences, as well as the humanities, this reader charts the evolution of debates on 'race' and 'mixed race' from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The book is divided into three main sections: tracing the origins: miscegenation, moral degeneracy and genetics mapping contemporary and foundational discourses: 'mixed race', identities politics, and celebration debating definitions: multiraciality, census categories and critiques. This collection adds a new dimension to the growing body of literature on the topic and provides a comprehensive history of the origins and directions of 'mixed race' research as an intellectual movement. For students of anthropology, race and ethnicity, it is an invaluable resource for examining the complexities and paradoxes of 'racial' thinking across space, time and disciplines.

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2021-06-25
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9251345619

This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity, indigenous peoples’ governance systems, and links to traditional knowledge and indigenous languages. While enhancing the learning on Indigenous Peoples food systems, it will raise awareness on the need to enhance the protection of Indigenous Peoples' food systems as a source of livelihood for the 476 million indigenous inhabitants in the world, while contributing to the Zero Hunger Goal. In addition, the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) and the UN Food Systems Summit call on the enhancement of sustainable food systems and on the importance of diversifying diets with nutritious foods, while broadening the existing food base and preserving biodiversity. This is a feature characteristic of Indigenous Peoples' food systems since hundreds of years, which can provide answers to the current debate on sustainable food systems and resilience.