Leading experts explore a wide range of topics, including the context of culture, cross-cultural perceptions of health, conceptual approaches to multicultural health promotion, health disparities, and the contributions of multicultural populations. Using the Cultural Assessment Framework (CAF), this proven handbook includes a focus on six specific populations (Hispanic/Latino, African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian American, Pacific Islanders, and Arab Americans).The text concludes with a set of tips for working cross-culturally and a discussion about where the field is heading with respect to research and practice in the 21st century.

Culture, health promotion, and cultural competence / Robert M. Huff, Michael V. Kline, and Darleen Peterson -- Cross-cultural concepts of health and disease / Robert M. Huff and Soheila Yasharpour -- The ethics of health promotion intervention in culturally diverse populations / Aimie F. Kachingwe and Robert M. Huff -- Models, theories, and principles of health promotion and their use with multicultural populations / C. James Frankish, Chris Y. Lavato, and Iraj Poureslami -- Health disparities in multicultural populations: an overview / Gregory D. Stevens, Michael R. Cousiuneau, and Christina Vane -- The cultural assessment framework / Robert M. Huff, Michael V. Kline, and Diane Visencio Dobbins -- Planning health promotion and disease prevention programs in multicultural populations / Michael V. Kline -- Cross-cultural communication and health literacy in multicultural populations / Lourades A. Baezconde-Garbanati and Tess Boley Cruz -- Hispanic/Latino health, cancer, and disease / Amelie G. Ramirez and Ian M. Thompson -- Promoting health among Black Americans / Joyce W. Hopp and R. Patti Herring -- Health and disease of American Indians and Alaska Native populations in the United States: an overview / Felicia Schanche Hodge and Christopher Elliott Hodge -- Asian American health and disease: an overview / Marjorie Kagawa Singer and Christine Kho -- Pacific Islanders health and disease: an overview / Paula Healani Palmer -- Promoting health in Arab American populations / Sondos M.S. Islam and Shayma Alzubi -- Diffusion acceleration: a model for behavior change and social mobilization / Amelie G. Ramirez, Patricia Chalela, Kipling Gallion, and Alfred McAlister -- Tribal-based participatory research: the wellness circles project / Christopher Elliott Hodge, Felicia Schanche Hodge, and Janelle F. Palacios -- Improving Pacific Islander health through community participation: a case study / Paula Healani Palmer -- Access to mental health services for low income immigrant and refugee Arab -- Americans: case study / Sawssan R. Ahmed and Omar M. Mahmood -- Health promotion tips for the practitioner and student / Darleen V. Peterson, Michael V. Kline, and Robert M. Huff -- Closing thoughts and emerging issues in multicultural health promotion and disease prevention / Robert M. Huff, Michael V. Kline, and Darleen V. Peterson -- Index.