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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Health Communication at the Crossroads of Culture and Migration -- PART I: Theoretical Discussion and Application -- 1 Acculturation, Identity Management, and Cultural Competence: Understanding Culture and Health Communication from Dynamic and Dyadic Approaches -- 2 On the Diffusion of People and Practices: Prospects for Health Communication Research -- 3 Negotiating Health on Dirty Jobs: Culture-Centered Constructions of Health among Migrant Construction Workers in Singapore -- PART II: Cultural Differences and Disparities in Immigrants' Health Care Practices -- 4 Patient Involvement: Exploring Differences in Doctor-Patient Interaction among Immigrants and Non-immigrants with Back Pain in Switzerland -- 5 Cultural Competence in Health: Understanding the Food Choices of Older Ukrainian Australians -- 6 Chinese Migrant Mothers' Perceptions and Experiences of Health Risks in the UK -- 7 Health Information Disparities and Medical tourism Use among Korean Immigrants in the US -- PART III: ICTs and Migrants' Health Communication -- 8 Spheres of Influence and New technological trajectories -- 9 Violence against Migrant Women Workers (MWWs) and the Role of Information Communication t echnologies (ICTs) -- PART IV: Culturally Grounded and Community-Based Health Intervention for Migrants -- 10 The PEN-3 Cultural Model: A Critical Review of Health Communication for Africans and African Immigrants -- 11 Women, Polarization, and Communication for Social Change: Breast Cancer Policy in Venezuela -- 12 Social Support, Social Control, and Dietary Acculturation among Asian Immigrants Living in the United States -- PART V: Methodological Reeflctions