Speaking from the Body - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Speaking from the Body write by Angie Chabram. This book was released on 2008-11-20. Speaking from the Body available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In compelling first-person accounts, Latinas speak freely about dealing with serious health episodes as patients, family caregivers, or friends. They show how the complex interweaving of gender, class, and race impacts the health status of Latinas—and how family, spirituality, and culture affect the experience of illness. Here are stories of Latinas living with conditions common to many: hypertension, breast cancer, obesity, diabetes, depression, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, dementia, Parkinson’s, lupus, and hyper/hypothyroidism. By bringing these narratives out from the shadows of private lives, they demonstrate how such ailments form part of the larger whole of Latina lives that encompasses family, community, the medical profession, and society. They show how personal identity and community intersect to affect the interpretation of illness, compliance with treatment, and the utilization of allopathic medicine, alternative therapies, and traditional healing practices. The book also includes a retrospective analysis of the narratives and a discussion of Latina health issues and policy recommendations. These Latina cultural narratives illustrate important aspects of the social contexts and real-world family relationships crucial to understanding illness. Speaking from the Body is a trailblazing collection of personal testimonies that integrates professional and personal perspectives and shows that our understanding of health remains incomplete if Latina cultural narratives are not included.
Speaking of Health
Speaking of Health - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Speaking of Health write by Institute of Medicine. This book was released on 2002-12-11. Speaking of Health available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We are what we eat. That old expression seems particularly poignant every time we have our blood drawn for a routine physical to check our cholesterol levels. And, it's not just what we eat that affects our health. Whole ranges of behaviors ultimately make a difference in how we feel and how we maintain our health. Lifestyle choices have enormous impact on our health and well being. But, how do we communicate the language of good health so that it is uniformly received-and accepted-by people from different cultures and backgrounds? Take, for example, the case of a 66 year old Latina. She has been told by her doctor that she should have a mammogram. But her sense of fatalism tells her that it is better not to know if anything is wrong. To know that something is wrong will cause her distress and this may well lead to even more health problems. Before she leaves her doctor's office she has decided not to have a mammogram-that is until her doctor points out that having a mammogram is a way to take care of herself so that she can continue to take care of her family. In this way, the decision to have a mammogram feels like a positive step. Public health communicators and health professionals face dilemmas like this every day. Speaking of Health looks at the challenges of delivering important messages to different audiences. Using case studies in the areas of diabetes, mammography, and mass communication campaigns, it examines the ways in which messages must be adapted to the unique informational needs of their audiences if they are to have any real impact. Speaking of Health looks at basic theories of communication and behavior change and focuses on where they apply and where they don't. By suggesting creative strategies and guidelines for speaking to diverse audiences now and in the future, the Institute of Medicine seeks to take health communication into the 21st century. In an age where we are inundated by multiple messages every day, this book will be a critical tool for all who are interested in communicating with diverse communities about health issues.
Writing, Speaking, & Communication Skills for Health Professionals
Writing, Speaking, & Communication Skills for Health Professionals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Writing, Speaking, & Communication Skills for Health Professionals write by Stephanie Barnard. This book was released on 2001-01-01. Writing, Speaking, & Communication Skills for Health Professionals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Strong communication skills are required of today's health care practitioners. This guide contains practical advice on a broad range of essential communication skills for health-care practitioners.
Professionally Speaking
Professionally Speaking - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Professionally Speaking write by Frank De Piano. This book was released on 2014-04-04. Professionally Speaking available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Your knees are shaking, your throat is dry, and out in front of you in the Lerenbaum Room of the Ramada Inn is the 167th Annual Meeting of the Tucson Dentists Weekend Warrior Organization. You step to the podium, there’s a short crackle of microphone feedback, and all eyes are on you. What do you say? Are you prepared enough? Will your audience love you? Hate you? If these are your fears, put them away and open up Professionally Speaking: Public Speaking for Health Professionals. In it, you’ll learn how to turn weak knees and wishy-washy introductions into confident gestures and words of wisdom. Packed with examples and proven tips and techniques from the front lines of public convention speaking, this helpful volume has everything you need to transform your next presentation from so-so to successful. Professionally Speaking will help you in both professional speaking and teaching scenarios. You’ll find its practical advice and helpful guidelines will enhance your performance at the podium by one hundred percent. Specifically, you’ll get page after page of useful direction in these and other important but seldom-talked-about areas: how to select, write, and deliver a talk use of voice speech preparation and the use of slides icebreakers giving good introductions and avoiding trail-offs keeping on the audience’s “good side” chalk talks the proper use of humor Anyone who has faced or will face the potential disaster of addressing a large audience of colleagues--mental health professionals, dentists, physicians, pharmacists, for example--will want to consult Professionally Speaking before his or her next scheduled speech. Useful as an introductory guide for beginners or a supplementary text for seasoned veterans, this practical, one-of-a-kind look at public speaking will change the way you see your audience and improve the way they listen to you.
The Black Women's Health Book
The Black Women's Health Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Black Women's Health Book write by Evelyn C. White. This book was released on 1994. The Black Women's Health Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More than fifty Black women write about the health issues that affect them and their communities, and includes essays by Toni Morrison, bell hooks, and Zora Neale Hurston
