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Salud: A Latina's Guide to Total Health

Author Jane L. Delgado
Publisher Rayo
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PublisherRayo
ISBN / ASIN0060006218
ISBN-139780060006211
Sales Rank6,115,128
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

Description

Featuring NEW resource lists of relevant books and NEW hotlines and organizations that help keep Latinas informed and healthy, this revised edition of Salud, compiled by a leading women's health care advocate and with authoritative guidance from the National Hispanic Women's Health Initiative, addresses with great sensitivity the special concerns of Latinas -- physiological, cultural, and spiritual. This essential resource discusses:

  • How to become a smarter health care consumer
  • How religious and spiritual traditions affect the way Latinas view their health
  • Prevention and treatment of the diseases that most commonly affect Latinas, such as diabetes, cervical cancer, and depression
  • Sexuality and reproductive health, from a Latina perspective
  • The essential roles of diet and lifestyle in preventing health problems