Salud: A Latina's Guide to Total Health

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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

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Latina Health.......2004-12-12

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.

Salud Spec Mkts: A Latina's Guide to Total Health

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Salud Spec Mkts: A Latina's Guide to Total Health
Jane L. Delgado
Manufacturer: Rayo
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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 consumerHow 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 depressionSexuality and reproductive health, from a Latina perspectiveThe essential roles of diet and lifestyle in preventing health problems

Salud!: A Latina's Guide to Total Health, Body, Mind and Spirit

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An insightful and comprehensive guide!
Things Mama Couldn't Tell Us
Mujer a mujer
A great read for health care professionals

Salud!: A Latina's Guide to Total Health, Body, Mind and Spirit
Jane L. Delgado
Manufacturer: Harper Collins Publisher
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ASIN: 0060951877

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For reasons ranging from the cultural to the physiological, Latinas have unique concerns when it comes to their health: they metabolize drugs differently, are more likely to develop cervical cancer, have a higher rate of diabetes, and are more likely to die from liver disease than other ethnic groups. Yet despite the fact that Hispanics are the fastest-growing population in America, very few resources address their special health needs.

Salud! is the first comprehensive reader-friendly health guide specifically designed with the Hispanic woman in mind. The first part of the book examines the problems Latinas often face in the new health care system, arming them with the real-life strategies they need to overcome them. Part two looks at female health problems from a Hispanic perspective, offering expert advice and the most up-to-date findings. Part three covers the diseases and disorders to which Latinas are especially vulnerable, and part four focuses on helping them maintain their health and achieve overall wellness.

Sensitively written by a Latina health care professional and featuring a combination of state-of-the-art medicine, advice, and anecdotes from Latinas, Salud! emphasizes a practical approach to staying healthy that is geared to Hispanic tastes and values. It is the guide the Latina community has been waiting for.

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An insightful and comprehensive guide!.......2000-08-24

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.......2000-07-06

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.

Mujer a mujer.......2000-06-28

Written by women, for women, this book is an important reference for people who care for and about Latina women's health. Dr. Delgado does a tremendous job of presenting the both sides of the latest health care options for women. Her extensive interviews with Latina women and health professionals present this information in a 'real world' format. The women's stories and experiences were for me, especially helpful. This book is a 'must buy'!

A great read for health care professionals.......2000-06-14

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.

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Salud!: A Latina's Guide to Total Health-Body, Mind, and Spirit
Jane L.; Initiative, the National Hispanic Women's Health Delgado
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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In mid-December 1942, after encircling the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, Soviet forces in southern Russia began a series of offensive operations which continued unabated into February 1943. In these offensives the Soviet High Command attempted to smash German resistance and encircle the bulk of two German army groups. For two months the German forces struck back. In a well co-ordinated counterstroke they inflicted a major operational defeat on the Soviets and stabilized the front until the summer.
The two-month period of Soviet offensive activity during the winter of 1942-1943 saw the Red Army test new operational and tactical techniques and experiment with forces and methods for conducting mobile armoured warfare. Through victory and defeat the Red Army learnt its lesson well. Out of this period, and the three month period of relative calm that followed, emerged the new Red Army, which would defeat blitzkreig at Kursk and would achieve two years of virtually uninterrupted battlefield success, culminating in their defeat of Nazi Germanu.

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interesting but incomplete.......2004-06-01

unfortunately, this book, with all of its very useful info, tells only the story of russian offesnsive in the south during winter 42/43 and of the rumyantsev operation in the summer of 43. It lacks the info about the southern and southwestern fronts offensive during summer 43, not mentioning the northern part of the theather. also missed the averall race to the dneper. Not an exhausting book. And the price is too high.

A balance of detail and readability unsurpassed.......2003-09-30

Glantz draws extensively, but not exclusively on Soviet sources, and gives detailed strategic and operational overview of the fighting in the Don area after Stalingrad. What I appreciated most was the detail in the perspective of situations facing the Germans and Russians, and where their planning differed in both time scale and flexibility. How Manstein managed to achieve a counteroffensive move whilst STAVKA still interpreted the moves as a withdrawl to the Dnepr is instructive.

The style used in this work is slightly less exhaustive than that used in Kursk and the better for it. Best estimates for the ground forces of both sides are given, but it would have been desirable to mention air assets and sortie information also (this is hardly a criticsm as this information is almost never included in WW2 studies).

Overall one of the best works on the development of operations on the Eastern Front showing understanding of the problems facing both sides.

A very good and detailed account of Russian Front operations.......2000-04-05

"From the Don to the Dnepr" is a very detailed operational account, primarily from the Russian point of view, of offensive Soviet operations on the Southern Front in the period after the encirclement of Stalingrad to the post-Kursk offensive to retake Kharkov.

As usual in Glantz's books the level of detail is very impressive, especially when one considers that, due to the age of the book, it was written with relatively less access to Soviet sources. The OBs presented, for instance, lack the thoroughness that one has come to expect in his latest books.

On the other hand, it is drier and more "professional" in approach, without the somewhat irritating flights of rethoric or use of hackneyed expressions that sometimes afflict his latest work, in special "Operation Mars" and "The Battle for Kursk". Maps are somewhat rudimentary, but much more plentiful and easier to read than in the books mentioned above.

The book is esential reading for anyone interested in the history of the Russian Front, especially as it covers in great detail a period that tends to be overshadowed by Stalingrad and Kursk.

Incidentally, it is worth mentioning that Operation Rumyantsev, the Soviet counterattack after the defeat of the German offensive at Kursk, is covered in far greater detail in this book than in his subsequent work.

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A detailed description of the homes, synagogues and workplaces along with the practices and beliefs that comprised the Jewish world of Eastern Europe for hundreds of years until the Holocaust, including an intimate look at who and what remains today. Layers excerpts from oral histories, literary reflections and poems with the author's own interviews, research and photographs to form a rich, multi-dimensional tapestry of a vanished world.

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extraordinary book.......2006-12-18

Ruth Gruber has written an extraordinary and unusual book. She has a unique way of writing, revealing a country and the people present and vanished in clear, powerful, beautiful ways. For example,she describes how you notice the empty spaces on doorposts where the mezuzahs used to be. This small, perceptive insight will be one that stays with me and I know when I visit eastern Europe in the Spring I shall be looking at doorposts.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, HoloMAS 2005, held in Copenhagen, Denmark in August 2005. The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on theoretical and methodological issues, algorithms and technologies, implementation and validation aspects, applications, and supply chain management.

Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications: First KES International Symposium, KES-AMSTA 2007, Wroclaw, Poland, May 31-June 1, 2007, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications: First KES International Symposium, KES-AMSTA 2007, Wroclaw, Poland, May 31-June 1, 2007, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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ASIN: 3540728295

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems - Technologies and Applications, KES-AMSTA 2007, held in Wroclaw, Poland in May/June 2007. China in November 2006.

The 110 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 464 submissions and contain 4 papers from the doctoral track, and 38 papers from 3 special sessions. The papers are organized in topical sections representing the following conference tracks: methodological aspects of agent systems, agent-oriented Web applications, mobility aspects of agent systems and ontology management, multi-agent resource allocation, negotiating agents, agents for network management, agent approaches to robotic systems, market agents and other applications; the doctoral track; special sessions on mobile agent application and its development, agent on networked media and its applications on next-generation convergence network, as well as on intelligent and secure agent for digital content management.

An Application Science for Multi-Agent Systems (MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS, ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES, AND SIMULATED ORGANIZATIONS)

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An Application Science for Multi-Agent Systems (MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS, ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES, AND SIMULATED ORGANIZATIONS)
T. A., Ed. Wagner
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ASIN: 1402078676

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An Application Science For Multi-Agent Systems addresses the complexity of choosing which multi-agent control technologies are appropriate for a given problem domain or a given application. Without such knowledge, when faced with a new application domain, agent developers must rely on past experience and intuition to determine whether a multi-agent system is the right approach, and if so, how to structure the agents, how to decompose the problem, and how to coordinate the activities of the agents, and so forth. This unique collection of contributions, written by leading international researchers in the agent community, provides valuable insight into the issues of deciding which technique to apply and when it is appropriate to use them. The contributions also discuss potential trade-offs or caveats involved with each decision.

An Application Science For Multi-Agent Systems is an excellent reference for anyone involved in developing multi-agent systems.

Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Jerome, Ed. Euzenat
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ASIN: 3540409300

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications, AIMSA 2006, held in Varna, Bulgaria in September 2006.

The 28 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of 2 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on agents, constraints and optimization, user concerns, decision support, models and ontologies, machine learning, ontology manipulation, natural language processing, and applications.

Balancing Reactivity And Social Deliberation In Multi-agent Systems: From RoboCup to Real-World Applications (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)

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Balancing Reactivity And Social Deliberation In Multi-agent Systems: From RoboCup to Real-World Applications (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)
M., Ed. Hannebauer
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ASIN: 3540423273

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This book presents a subselection of papers presented at the ECAI 2000 Workshop on Balancing Reactivity and Social Deliberation in Multi-Agent Systems together with additional papers from well-known researchers in the field. The 13 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the present book. Besides two introductory survey papers, the book offers topical sections on architectures and frameworks, enhanced reactivity, and controlled social deliberation.

Computer Science - Theory and Applications: Second International Symposium on Computer Science in Russia, CSR 2007, Ekaterinburg, Russia, September 3-7, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Computer Science - Theory and Applications: Second International Symposium on Computer Science in Russia, CSR 2007, Ekaterinburg, Russia, September 3-7, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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ASIN: 3540745092

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Computer Science in Russia, CSR 2007, held in Ekaterinburg, Russia, September 3-7, 2007

The 35 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. All major areas in computer science are addressed; the theory track deals with algorithms, protocols, and data structures; complexity and cryptography; formal languages, automata and their applications to computer science; computational models and concepts; proof theory and applications of logic to computer science. The application part comprises programming and languages; computer architecture and hardware design; symbolic computing and numerical applications; application software; artificial intelligence and robotics.

Defence Applications of Multi-Agent Systems: International Workshop, DAMAS 2005, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 25, 2005, Revised and Invited Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Defence Applications of Multi-Agent Systems: International Workshop, DAMAS 2005, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 25, 2005, Revised and Invited Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Defence applications are subject to some of the worldâ€™s most demanding requirements for reliability, controllability, security, flexibility, and synchronization. The evolution of defence processes towards network enabled systems and rapid deployment scenarios, is creating an urgent demand for highly adaptive and autonomous information support systems. In particular there are requirements for reduced manpower in support roles, autonomous IT infrastructures, and automated logistics and planning, all of which provide significant scope for an agent-oriented solution set. The workshop addresses the use of agent systems and agent applications applied to defence scenarios in support of these requirements.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the International Workshop on Defence Applications of Multi-Agent Systems, DAMAS 2005, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands in July 2005 as an associated event of AAMAS 2005, the main international conference on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The 10 revised full papers presented together with 1 invited article are organized in topical sections on decision support and simulation, unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as on systems and security.

Defense Industry Applications of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing)

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Defense Industry Applications of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing)

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In all modern military doctrines the mission effectiveness shall be dramatically increased by the robust networking of all forces, sharing of information and distributed intelligent information processing, generating situational awareness and providing decision support. In addition, these principles also offer an effective way to improve security systems that support the fight against terrorists and organized crime. Intelligent Agents are a key technology to realize such modern defence and security systems and are therefore increasingly investigated by researchers and practioners in that field.

This book is a collection of recent published and refereed papers drawn from workshops and other colloquia held in various venues around the world in the last two years. Papers in this book describe work in the development of command and control systems, military communications systems, information systems, surveillance systems, autonomous vehicles, simulators and HCI. The broad nature of the application domain is matched by the diversity of techniques used in the papers that are included in the collection.

The collection provides, for the first time, an overview of the most significant work being performed by the leading workers in this area. It provides a single reference point for the state of the art in the field at the moment and will be of interest to Computer Science professionals working in the defence sector, and academics and students investigating the technology of Intelligent Agents that are curious to see how the technology is applied in practice. The book also provides valuable decision support for planners and strategists in defence- and security-related companies, organizations, ministries and departments.

Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems: UKMAS Workshop 1996-2000, Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems: UKMAS Workshop 1996-2000, Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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ASIN: 3540439625

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This book presents revised full versions of papers contributed to UK Workshops on Multi-Agent Systems, UKMAS, during 1996 and 2000.
From the early days of MAS research, the UK community has been a particularly productive one with numerous key contributions. The 15 papers by internationally reputed researchers deal with various aspects of agent technology, with a certain emphasis on foundational issues in multi-agent systems.

Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing: First International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, HoloMAS ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing: First International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, HoloMAS ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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ASIN: 3540407510

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, HoloMAS 2003, held in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2003.

The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on holonic manufacturing systems-device control, foundations and platforms, sheduling and resource allocation, simulation and integration, multi-agent systems, and applications.

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