{"product_id":"wellbeing-as-a-multidimensional-concept-9781498559409","title":"WellBeing as a Multidimensional Concept","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell-Being as a Multidimensional Concept highlights the ways that culture and community influence concepts of wellness, the experience of well-being, and health outcomes. This book includes both theoretical conceptualizations and practice-based explorations from a multidisciplinary group of contributors, including distinguished, widely celebrated senior experts as well as emerging voices in the fields of health promotion, health research, clinical practice, community engagement, and health system policy. Using a social science approach, the contributors explore the interface among culture, community, and well-being in terms of theory and research frameworks; culture, community, and relationships; food;  health systems; and collaboration, policy, messaging, and data. The chapters in this collection provide a broader understanding of well-being and its role as a culturally embedded and multidimensional concept. This collection furthers our ability to apprehend social and cultural constru\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book peels away the gloss and hype about ‘wellness’ to give an unvarnished view of the topic from the front lines, delivered with poignancy from those working in the trenches with the most vulnerable among us. Here, the importance of culture and community ring out as different chapter authors reveal perspectives of those who are disabled, infected, addicted, or lonely. Here, you’ll find the perspective of African-Americans reviving traditional food choices, of indigenous people grappling with historical trauma, of women beset by addiction struggling to keep their children while dealing with intergenerational trauma, and even resident physicians suffering abuse in a stressed, often toxic environment.” -- Art Kaufman, University of New Mexico\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Socially Determined? Frameworks for Thinking About Health Equity and Wellness \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Employing a Cultural Lens to Health Promotion Interventions to Enhance Health Equity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Community Wellbeing, Community Intervention, and Community Development: Changing Community Ecology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Culture and Practice in Relational Wellbeing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The Allure of Community: The Ethical Journey of People Living with HIV Disease in Philadelphia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: “Free Our People”: A Disability Studies Perspective on Wellbeing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Finding the “Culture” in Acculturation: Cultural Consonance and Health among Mexican Immigrant Women in Alabama \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Health and Wellbeing among Native American Indigenous Peoples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: “Speak your mind and heart in the Indian way”: Wellness and Agency among American Indian Elders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10:Starved for Company: Rural Seniors, Social Isolation, Food Charity, and Impact on Community Wellbeing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Technological Approaches to Food-Related Health Equity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Food Sovereignty and Wellness in Urban African American Communities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: From Cultural to Structural Competency: The Evolving Roles of Healthcare Providers and Medical Education Training to Address Persistent Disparities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Evolving from a Disease-Focused to a Health-Focused Healthcare System: from Pathogenesis to Salutogenesis \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: The Limits of Resiliency: Rethinking Wellness in a Family Medicine Residency Program\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: Milagro: An Innovative Program for Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17: Aligning Research with Action for Health and Wellbeing in the Columbia Gorge: The Community Health Advocacy and Research Alliance (CHARA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18: Shifting Narratives for Behavioral Health Justice: The #NMspeaksCrisis Campaign\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19: A Place-Based Approach to Assessing Wellness: The New Mexico Community Data Collaborative","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040777666903,"sku":"9781498559409","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498559409.jpg?v=1750947812","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wellbeing-as-a-multidimensional-concept-9781498559409","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}