The biopsychosocial study of Arab Americans yields compelling
insights into innovative theoretical and applied initiatives. In
the context of a growing population of Arab Americans, coupled with
the current tenure of xenophobia and exposed structural racism in
the US, clinical and community practitioners must be attuned to
their clients of Arab ancestry, whose experiences, development, and
health concerns are distinctly different than that of their White
counterparts. This second edition, with its uniquely interwoven
sections of culture, psychosocial development, and health and
disease, provides a rich overview of timely, critical topics. The
audience for the text includes counselors, social workers,
psychologists, nurses, psychiatrists, sociologists, and any other
public and mental health practitioners, researchers, and policy
makers who work with and on behalf of clients and patients of Arab
descent. The authors represent a team of leading experts spanning
disciplines of sociology, clinical mental health, and community
public health. "This edition draws on leading experts in
Arab American health and sociology who document the complexity of
this population's immigration and acculturation experience. It
offers critical and current research that speaks to the centrality
of context and diversity in treating Americans of Arab descent.
Contributors explore the complex and limited racial framework
within which Arabs in the U.S. form their identities, and the
impact of structural racism on their lives and health. This
collection offers practitioners much needed insights on a
population often hidden or rendered invisible by data limitations,
and yet misrepresented by cultural stereotypes." Â Helen
Hatab Samhan, Former Executive Director, Arab American
Institute/Foundation. Â "Nassar, Ajrouch, Hakim-Larson, and
Dallo’s breakthrough work in the area of culturally competent
health care has been inspiring across interdisciplinary fields and
to the communities they serve. Their work on Arab American health
issues, in particular, has greatly improved clinical practice at
the community and national levels. I heartily recommend taking the
time to become familiar with their important body of work and this
latest text." Ismael Ahmed, Former Michigan State Director of
Health and Human Services.
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