Community Health Psychology

Victor De La Cancela is at Salud Management Associates and is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Jean Lau Chin is Executive Director at the South Cove Community Health Center in Boston. Yvonne M. Jenkins is Associate Psychologist at Harvard University Health Services. The three authors are widely published, including a co-authored book, Diversity in Psychotherapy:The Politics of Race Ethnicity and Gender (1993).

• J. Emilio Carrillo -- Foreword De La Cancela, Chin, and Jenkins -- Aims and Scope: What is Community Health Psychology?: Empowerment for Diverse CommunitiesSECTION I. HEALTH STATUS AND NEEDS OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIESSection Opener: Henry Tomes1. De La Cancela, Chin -- Health Care Needs of Communities of ColorCuerpo, Mente, y Espiritu: Health Praxis with Latinos/asYin-Yang: Healthy Balance with Asian Communities From Trauma to Wellness: Societal Health within African American CommunitiesCrosscutting Health Care NeedsG. Rita Dudley Grant -- Commentary2. De La Cancela, Chin, and Jenkins -- Strategies and Mechanisms for Meeting the Health Care Needs of Communities of ColorHealth Systems ReformAn Ideal Health Care Services ProgramCommunity-Oriented ServicesCommunity EmpowermentA Holistic ApproachCollaborationPublic Policy, Private Advocacy: An Asian ExamplePrevention as a FocusATOD Prevention: A Latino/a ExampleConclusionPamela Jumper Thurman -- Commentary 3. De La Cancela, Chin, and Jenkins -- Psychosocial and Cultural Impact on Health StatusGeneral Considerations: Differential ManifestationsAnatomy and PhysiologyPerspectives of Different Health Care SectorsCultural Definition of Common DisordersCultural Definition of Mental Health IssuesHealth Care Practices: NutritionExplanatory Models: Health BeliefsConclusionJane S. Lin-Fu -- CommentarySECTION II. APPROACHES TO CHANGE Section Opener: Nancy J. Kennedy4. Chin, De La Cancela, and Jenkins -- Community-Oriented Health Service Delivery: A Systemic Approach