This chapter describes how South Asian American health has been left out of governmental health policies because of small population size and because the political moniker "Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander" (AANHOPI) tends to focus more on East Asian issues. Existing ...
The experiences of elderly South Asian (SA) men who have immigrated to Canada provide unique insights to men's health and illness and beliefs. In this article, we describe the connections between masculinity, culture, and health among a cohort of 14 SA immigrant men. The findings indicated tha...
Health in South Asia: Research cannot be funded when health itself has low priority In the theme issue on health in South Asia Sadana et al analysed the lack of health research in South Asian countries. Health is given the least priority i... AA Behranwala - 《Bmj》 被引量: 10发表: ...
“And then, of course, there was the total mindfuck that came with growing up Asian and male, in a society that saw us as nothing more than a bunch of derogatory stereotypes. Asian men were frequently depicted in Western media as awkward, nerdy and completely undatable—pretty much exactly ...
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This article focuses on a discussion of some of the norms around sexuality and their implications for sexual abuse of South Asian immigrant women. Based on the narratives of abused South Asian immigrant women, it explains how women define and understand their own experiences of sexual abuse. The...
The 1994 Cairo Plan of Action regards the empowerment of women and improved status as necessary for the success of population programs and national development. Most of the countries in Southeast Asia experienced fertility decline during 1990-95. Fertility in Asian countries declined faster than ...
Due to the common legal heritage, the current scenario of mental health legislation is largely similar in all the countries of the South Asian region. Health is comparatively a low priority for all the countries in the region and mental health is further neglected. Most of the dedicated mental...
- 《Journal of Public Health》 被引量: 72发表: 2012年 High resolution simulation of the South Asian monsoon using a variable resolution global climate model This study examines the feasibility of using a variable resolution global general circulation model (GCM), with telescopic zooming and ...
Table3describes female strangulation across each of the four cities by population group. In South Africa, the terms "White", "Black", "Coloured" (referring to mixed heritage) and "Asian" refer to various population groups. The use of these terms is contentious and does not imply acceptance ...