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Book Synopsis* How can HIV infection be reduced among commercial sex workers?* Why are alternative therapies becoming increasingly popular?* How can Eastern philosophies and therapies be integrated into Western therapies? These are just some examples of the practical problems and policy issues that Cultivating Health addresses.
Trade Review"…a thoughtful exploration of effective health promotion…" (Family Practice, October 2002
Table of ContentsAbout the Editor.
About the Authors.
Preface.
Cultivating Health (M. MacLachlan).
THE CONTEXT AND CULTIVATION OF HEALTH.
Cultivating Health through Multiculturalism (M. Mulatu & J.Berry).
'Good' Reasons for 'Bad' Records: the Social, Political andCultural Context of Vital Registration (G. Lewando-Hundt).
Cultivating Health and Preventing HIV/AIDS in the Dual EmploymentSystem of China (S.Wang & D. Keats).
Cultivating Health and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child(P. Cook ).
PLURALISM AND CULTIVATING HEALTH.
Asian Psychological Approaches and Western Therapy (D. Berkow &R. Page).
Cultivating Health through Complementary Medicine (A. Furnham &C. Vincent).
Boiled Nettles in May: Studies of Plural Medicine in Northern andSouthern Ireland (A. MacFarlane & P. Ginnety).
SPECIAL ISSUES IN CULTIVATING HEALTH.
Traditional Mechanisms for Cultivating Health in Africa (K.Peltzer).
Cultivating the Psychosocial Health of Refugees (A. Ager & M.Young).
Designing Sustainable Health Promotion: STD and HIV Prevention inSingapore (G. Bishop & M. Wong).
Index.
