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Chapter 21 - Health Psychology

from Health and Well-Being

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2018

By
Regan A. R. Gurung
Edited by
Kenneth D. Keith
Kenneth D. Keith
Affiliation:
University of San Diego
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Summary

Efforts to increase cultural competence in the treatment of mental and physical health are promising, but the wider health care arena and the general public need to pay attention to the causes of health disparities and the role played by multicultural approaches to health. We need a better connection between healthcare and the community, so that individuals can seek out treatments that best fit their cultural needs and the manifold health disparities can be reduced. A great place to start this process is in our classrooms. Every time we teach health psychology, we have an opportunity to open minds to the variance in culture. 
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Culture across the Curriculum
A Psychology Teacher's Handbook
 , pp. 449 - 463
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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