Multicultural Health serves as a comprehensive guide for healthcare workers in any cultural community.  By focusing on differences in cultural beliefs about health and illness and models for cross-cultural health and communication, this text helps students and professionals learn effective ways to implement health promotion programs and program evaluation across cultures. 

General Topics Include:

• What are culture, ethnicity, and race?
• Assimilation and acculturation
• Disparities in healthcare
• Cross-cultural communication
• Cultural theories and models related to health promotion and program planning
• Legal issues and standards related to providing health-care services to multicultural groups
• Cross-cultural ideologies about health and illness
• Health promotion, planning, and evaluation in multicultural settings
• Common health beliefs and practices among specific cultural groups
• Program planning and evaluation for specific cultural groups
• Tips for working with specific cultural groups