Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
pp. vii-xii

Chapter 1
New Empowerment Models on Practical Strategies for Wellbeing
(Tokie Anme, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)
pp. 1-16

Chapter 2
Empowerment as a Tool for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
(Lindsay A. Phillips, Jennifer McIntyre, Zach Greth, Chris Kichline and Esther Bird, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA, and others)
pp. 17-26

Chapter 3
Empowerment to Enhance Social Integration among Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong
(Chau-kiu Cheung, City University of Hong Kong, China)
pp. 27-44

Chapter 4
Sexual Objectification: A Double-Edged Sword for Female Empowerment
(Gemma Sáez, Inmaculada Valor-Segura, Francisca Expósito, University of Granada, Spain)
pp. 45-60

Chapter 5
Empowerment of Women in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry in Asia
(Catherine Cheung, Tom Baum, Georgie Passalaris, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China)
pp. 61-70

Chapter 6
Love and Power: Empowerment and Self-Help Groups among the Wives of Alcoholics in Brazil
(Luciana Araujo Gomes and Carla de Meis, Psychologist of the Department of Social Welfare of Angra dos Reis, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, Associated Professor of the Department of Psychiatry of the Medical School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
pp. 71-86

Chapter 7
Characteristics of the Empowerment of Japanese Families Rearing Children
(Rie Wakimizu and Hiroshi Fujioka, Department of Child Health Care Nursing, Division of Health Innovation and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan, and others)
pp. 87-106

Chapter 8
Assessing Hope in HIV-Positive Women Living in Rural West Nile Uganda: The Development and Pilot Implementation of a Field Tool
(Brenna Lynn McGuire, Katherine Gnauck, Lynne Fullerton, Moses Anguzu and Lucy Adiru, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, USA, and others)
pp. 107-118

Chapter 9
Fostering Independence and Equality: Lessons Learned from an Economic Empowerment Model in West Nile Uganda
(Brenda Seevers and Katherine Gnauck, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA, and others)
pp. 119-134

Chapter 10
An Economic Empowerment Initiative Partnered with Prevention Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programs for HIV-Positive Women in West Nile Uganda: Does Participation Increase Self-Efficacy Related to HIV-AIDS Stigma?
(Katherine Gnauck, Teresa Kate Leslie, Lynne Fullerton, Brenna Lynn McGuire, Lucy Adiru, Brenda Seevers, and Moses Anguzu, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA, and others)
pp. 135-152

Index
pp. 153-163