Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Health in South Asian Americans

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Health in South Asian Americans

   • Edward C. Chang, Marisa J. Perera, Casey N.-H. Batterbee, Zunaira Jilani

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3. Correction to: Cancer Risk, Risk Reduction, and Screening and Treatment Access among U.S. South Asians

   • Francesca Gany, Anuradha Hashemi, Jennifer Leng, Sayyeda Ayesha Ahmed

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4. History of South Asian Americans

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   2. South Asian Immigration to United States: A Brief History Within the Context of Race, Politics, and Identity

      • Sunil Bhatia, Anjali Ram

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   3. South Asian Identity in the United States

      • Anju Kaduvettoor-Davidson, Ryan D. Weatherford

      Pages 33-49

5. Models of Health in South Asian Americans

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Biological Models of Health

      • Namratha R. Kandula, Manasi A. Tirodkar

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   3. Psychological Models of Health

      • Zunaira Jilani, Edward C. Chang, Jerin Lee, Casey N.-H. Batterbee

      Pages 71-94

   4. South Asian American Health: Perspectives and Recommendations on Sociocultural Influences

      • Riddhi Sandil, Ranjana Srinivasan

      Pages 95-117

6. Major Health Conditions in South Asian Americans

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South Asian Americans

      • Suhaila Khan, Nilay Shah, Nisha Parikh, Divya Iyer, Latha Palaniappan

      Pages 121-147

   3. Cancer Risk, Risk Reduction, and Screening and Treatment Access among U.S. South Asians

      • Francesca Gany, Anuradha Hashemi, Jennifer Leng, Sayyeda Ayesha Ahmed

      Pages 149-169

   4. Mental Health Conditions among South Asians in the United States

      • Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Anita Deshpande

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7. Barriers to Promoting Health in South Asian Americans

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   2. Issues in Counseling South Asian Americans

      • Farah A. Ibrahim, Jianna R. Heuer

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   3. South Asian American Health Research and Policy

      • Chandak Ghosh

      Pages 215-233

8. Conclusion

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   2. A Call for Healthy South Asian Americans: Need to Shape Intervention by Providers, Policies, and Prospects

      • Marisa J. Perera, Edward C. Chang

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This volume is the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary text to holistically improve understanding of the health of South Asians residing in the United States by considering biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors of health. The vast literatures of diverse fields – psychology, medicine, public health, social work, and health policy – are integrated by leading scholars, scientists, and practitioners in these areas to explore the impact of South Asian cultural factors on health, health risk, and illness. Chapters incorporate available theoretical and empirical information on the status of chronic health conditions in South Asians in the United States, with consideration of future directions to improve understanding of the health of this group. Cultural and ethnic insights imperative for clinical/community/medical practitioners to provide effective and culturally-appropriate care and treatment from an interdisciplinary lens are provided.

• Biopsychosocial Approaches in South Asian Health
• Chronic Cardiovascular Conditions in South Asian Americans
• Counseling South Asian Americans
• Health Workforce and South Asian Americans
• Healthy South Asian Americans
• Holistic Understanding Health in South Asian Americans
• Mental Health Conditions in South Asian Americans
• Models of Health pertaining to in South Asian Americans
• Preventative Health in South Asian Americans
• Promoting Health in South Asian Americans
• Sociocultural Models of Health in South Asian Americans
• South Asian American Health
• South Asian Culture
• South Asian Immigration to the United States
• Weight-Related Health Conditions in South Asian Americans

• Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

  Marisa J. Perera

• Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  Edward C. Chang

Marisa J. Perera is a doctoral candidate in Health Clinical Psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. She received her M.S. in Clinical Psychology with specialization in Clinical Science, and a B.A. with a double major in Psychology (with honors) and Spanish from the University of Michigan. Her interests concern elucidating the bio-behavioral determinants of cultural and ethnic health disparities in chronic disease, particularly in diabetes and cardiovascular disease among Hispanic/Latino and South Asian populations in the United States.



Edward C. Chang is Professor of Psychology and Social Work in the Department of Psychology and the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. His interests involve optimism/pessimism, perfectionism, coping, and cultural influences on behavior. 

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