Salud: A Latina's Guide to Total Health

By Jane L. Delgado

A trav?s de este texto, escrito por una mujer latina para otras mujeres latinas, se busca solucionar los problemas m?s comunes de las mujeres de cultura hispana, considerando que a menudo dejan el sistema de salud y que no poseen seguro m?dico. Adem?s tienen mayor probabilidad de contraer diabetes, enfermedades card?acas, enfermedades de transmisi?n sexual y depresi?n, que aquellas mujeres no hispanas. La autora del presente texto, sic?loga cl?nica y jefe de la alianza nacional para la salud hisp?nica, ha revisado la versi?n anterior de este volumen y ha actualizado la mayor?a de sus datos. A trav?s de las p?ginas del texto podremos encontrar informaci?n de ?ltima mano sobre: sexualidad, embarazo, anticoncepci?n, menopausia, enfermedades adquiridas, as? como consejos sobre nutrici?n, alcoholismo, artritis, c?ncer y otros males. Cada cap?tulo posee una lista de recursos actuales, incluyendo organizaciones, libros, folletos o sitios web.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060006218
• ISBN13: 9780060006211
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Rayo
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent reference book

It is a text to read slowly, do not end in a few days, the female readers can adapt to their lives making it a useful reference text everyday. There is depth on the issues, fits perfectly into the surroundings of Latins women.

Latina Health

The author lists many reasons for this necessity of this book. Until recently, few statistics were collected about Latino health concerns. When concerns were listed for women, they were based on white women. When concerns are listed for minority women, they are usually based upon African-American women. Further, Delgado noted that many Latinas are unfamiliar with the Anglo-American health care system, partially due to its cost. So many Latinas gather health knowledge by word of mouth. She wants this book to be a user-friendly resource. The book is divided into many timely topics, such as diet, diabetes, depression, and HIV/AIDS. She usually starts chapters with anecdotes from Latinas and ends them with a list of resources and national organizations or helplines. Delgado promotes a holistic approach in which concerns of the mind and heart are mixed in with concerns that are usually proscribed as just related to the body. She emphasizes health problems which disproportionately affect Latinas. While she compares Latinas to women of other races, I didn't see a single statistic that compared them to LatinO men. Hopefully, a LatinO expert will produce a male equivalent to this book. I am somewhat surprised that a Ph.D. wrote this, rather than an M.D. I am almost sure the book would have been different if written by a different expert. The pages are made of cheap brown paper which I am sure was done to make the text affordable; it's a lengthy book. Spanish phrases are thrown around, but this is a substantially English text, not a bilingual one. However, a Spanish translation is available. I think this book would be a great resource for Latinas with children. It's user-friendly which some readers may feel is dumbed-down. However, hopefully most readers will find this a useful text when they want to get some easy information about pressing health problems affecting a sizeable and growing part of the American population. Doctors and librarians in predominantly Latino neighborhoods should make sure they have this book available for their patients and patrons, respectively.

An insightful and comprehensive guide!

Dr. Delgado succeeds in providing an excellent "total health" guide for Latinas. The book is easy to read (also available in Spanish), comprehensive in scope and full of useful resources that readers can refer to. I particular like the fact that your mother, grandmother or sister would find it appealing and useful. Dr. Delgado's culturally sensitive approach to the subject matter makes this an indispensable book for anyone concerned with Hispanic women's health of mind and body.

Things Mama Couldn't Tell Us

Culture, conservative upbringings and sheer modesty have all been obstacles to Latinas in addressing their health needs and those of their families. Dr. Delgado defines, clarifies and demystifies the challenges particular to the Latina body, mind and spirit. And she does it all, somehow, without clinical coldness, but with great heart, common sense and uncommon sensitivity. Salud! will pull you in like an intimate conversation with a caring friend. With this book, Dr. Delgado may have singlehandedly pushed Latinas toward being proactive about health for themselves and their loved ones. She has done a great thing for women everywhere.

A great read for health care professionals

This book is a must for any person in the health care field who cares for Hispanic women. Latina's needs encompass not only the physical, but the sociocultural, emotional and spiritual. It is very important to understand the multifaceted lives of this segmented patient base. This book covers it all in an easy to read and informative manner.