Health and well-being : a social and cultural perspective / editor, Quynh Lê.

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2011], ©2011.

322 pages ; 27 cm.

Emotional intelligence and intercultural health care : concept and experience / Quynh Lê -- Education, health, and wellbeing / Dawn Penney -- Uncovering the ses-health myth : how modern society undermines our achievement of optimal health / Susan A. Korol -- Cultural stereotypes and metaphors in health : an intercultural communication perspective / Quynh Lê -- Volunteers : reflexive social agents / Christine Stirling -- Self-identity and risk-taking in adolescents / Derris Wood, Penny Allen, and Quynh Lê -- Social impacts of closure of maternity services in rural areas / Ha Hoang, Quynh Lê, and Rosa McManamey -- Building social capital : a case study : indirect benefits associated with a dental undergraduate clinical placement program / Rosemary J. Cane -- In praise of meaning : occupational predictors of longevity / Susan A. Korol and Rachel K. Baker -- Social determinants of overweight and obesity / Quynh Lê, Cecilia Chiu, and Au Bich Thuy -- Staying healthy : the case of cotton and cane growers in Australia / Karen Willis ... [et al.] -- Health, wellbeing, and community involvement of older people in rural Scotland / Jane Farmer ... [et al.] --

Accessing cultural expressions of 'being' and trauma through phenomenological investigation with male African entrants to Tasmania, Australia -- / Andrew J. Harris -- Maternity care experiences of Asia ethnic minorities in rural Tasmania, Australia : a mixed methods study / Ha Hoang, Quynh Lê, and Sue Kilpatrick -- International students : their health and education journey / Yun Yue and Quynh Lê -- Hepatitis C knowledge and beliefs among culturally and linguistically diverse drug users / Penny Allen and Lisa Maher -- Health and wellbeing issues facing intermarried Filipino women in rural Tasmania / Chona Hannah and Quynh Lê -- Does culture affect one's view of health informatics? : a study of the Vietnamese migrants in Australia / Quynh Lê and Cecilia Chiu -- Innovating community engagement in rural health : a quali-quantitative research method / Erica Bell -- Engaging local communities in primary health data collection : a case study in the Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania / Quynh Lê ... [et al.] -- Methodological considerations for health and wellness research with older adults / Tony Barnett and Sonia Allen -- Shortcomings in publicly available healthcare data for older Australians / Gerard Gill -- How well does e-health work? : a question of evaluation / Quynh Lê and Cecilia Chiu -- Research awareness in intercultural discourse : a sociolinguistic perspective / Quynh Lê.

Includes bibliographical references and index.