Main description:

Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health: A Multicultural Perspective provides a critical analysis of non-allopathic healing practices, including their uses, limitations, and scientific basis. The evidence-based discussion explores complementary, alternative, and integrative health (CAIH) across various cultural and ethnic groups both in the U.S. and internationally, to give you a greater understanding of the different modalities including a literature-backed examination of proven methods and questionable practices within a cross-cultural framework. Each chapter highlights the scientific analysis of the practices relevant to each group, and guides you toward independent analysis of the risks and benefits of the practices discussed. Emphasizing the student as a future health professional, this book includes case studies, examples, questions, and discussion problems that underscore the role of health educators in educating consumers about CAIH practices.

Contents:

Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii About the Editors xv About the Contributors xvii Chapter 1 Exploring Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health: Overview, Limits, and Controversies 1 Cyndi Guerra, Cheryl Hickey, and Helda Pinzon-Perez Chapter 2 Mind-Body Medicine 29 Catherine L. Zeman Chapter 3 Natural Complementary and Alternative Medicine Modalities 57 Cheryl Hickey and Cyndi Guerra Chapter 4 Manipulative and Body-Based Practices 83 Kathleen Rindahl, Helda Pinzon-Perez, and Georgina Castle Chapter 5 Ayurveda and Other Complementary Health Approaches 121 Peter Garcia and Monika Joshi Chapter 6 The Role of Spirituality in Healing 145 Dominick L. Sturz Chapter 7 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among American Indians and Alaska Natives 177 Vickie D. Krenz and Amber Huhndorf Chapter 8 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among Hispanics/Latinos 207 Raffy R. Luquis and Joel Arboleda Castillo Chapter 9 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among African Americans 235 Pierre E. Wright and Steven B. Owens Chapter 10 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders 259 Liliana Rojas-Guyler and Mariamma K. Mathai Chapter 11 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among Caucasian/European Americans 283 Kara N. Zografos Chapter 12 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Approaches among West Asian American Communities 305 Gina Marie Piane and Brandon M. Eggleston Chapter 13 Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health: Beyond the Paradigm of CAM 323 Helda Pinzon-Perez, Miguel A. Perez, and Raffy R. Luquis Index 351