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General Materials Available At The NMSU Library
Encyclopedias and Reference Materials
- American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation.
- Location: Zuhl Library - Reference
- Call Number: E184 .A1 A63448 1997
- This multi-volume set provides cultural background information on
161 ethnic groups in the United States. Each essay is signed by an
expert and concludes with suggestions for further research. Health
beliefs are not specifically mentioned, however readers will find
the articles to be a solid introduction to the immigrant experience
of a particular group.
- Culture & Nursing Care: a pocket guide.
- Location: Dona Ana Branch Library
- Call Number: RT86.54 .C83 1998
- Twenty-three ethnic groups are represented in this work, with each
group having a separate chapter. Uniform in organization, each chapter
covers: cultural/ethnic identity, communication, activities of daily
living, food practices, symptom management, birth rituals, care of
the new mother & baby, death rituals, family relationships, illness
beliefs, health practices, and suggestions for further reading. As
the title suggest, this is a pocket guide, therefore the entries are
brief. Populations covered include: American Indians, Arab Americans,
African Americans, Brazilians, Cambodians, Central Americans, Chinese
Americans, Colombians, Cubans, Ethiopians, Filipinos, Gypsies, Haitians,
Hmong, Iranians, Japanese Americans, Koreans, Mexican Americans, Puerto
Ricans, Russians, Samoans, South Asians, Vietnamese, and West Indians.
Religious groups include: Adventist, American Indian religions, Buddhist,
Catholic, Christian Scientist, Hindu, Islam, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish,
Mormon, and Protestant. Population tables and maps, world maps, and
an appendix exploring religious beliefs round out this handy guide.
- Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
- Location: Zuhl Library
- Call Number: E184.A1 G14 1995
- This excellent two volume set examines 100 ethnic groups, from Acadians
to the Yupiat. Each signed essay is divided into sections beginning
with an overview addressing a group's history, immigration and settlement
patterns. The section on acculturation and assimilation includes health
and mental illness, traditions, customs, beliefs, proverbs, superstitions,
cuisine, traditional costumes, and holidays. A section on language
contains a few phrases of greetings. Family and community explores
weddings, funeral customs, and education. Separate sections address
religion, employment and economic traditions, politics and government,
individual and group contributions to the arts, business, and academia.
Concludes with information about organizations and associations, museums
and research centers, and sources for additional study.
- Encyclopedia of Nursing Research.
- Location: Zuhl Library - Reference
- Call Number: RT81.5 .E53 1998
- Typical of encyclopedias, the information provided is intended to
give the reader a general introduction to a particular subject. Those
interested in transcultural/multicultural medicine will find the following
articles informative: Cultural/Transcultural Focus, Health of African
Americans, Immigrant Women, Minority Populations: Asian Americans,
and Minority Populations: Hispanic. Each article is signed by an expert
in the corresponding area, and the author's credentials are provided.
Includes a subject index and extensive references.
- Health, United States.
- Location: Branson Library - Government Documents
- Call Number: Reference Desk, Doc HE 20.7042/6:
- Issued annually by the Department of Health and Human Services,
this work contains statistics on a variety of health issues, including
health status of adults and children, risk factors, and access and
utilization of health care. Many charts address selected racial and
ethnic characteristics.
- Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands. by Terri Morrison, et.
al.
- Location: Zuhl Library - Reference
- Call Number: HF5389 .M67 1994
- Intended for business professionals, this handy guide includes cultural
overviews, behavior styles, negotiating techniques, and protocols
for dealing with persons from sixty countries. Health care providers
will gain interesting perspectives regarding how diverse populations
process information and make decisions. Proper forms of greeting,
titles of address, typical gestures, and behaviors to avoid are also
covered. Entries are alphabetically arranged by country, and average
five to seven pages in length. A valuable, non-medical approach.
- Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment. by Elaine
M. Geissler.
- Location: Zuhl Library - Reference
- Call Number: Reference, RT86.54 .G45 1994
- Designed to give a fast overview of people from 166 countries. Data
categories include health care beliefs, birth and death rites, food
preferences, perceptions of time, religion, infant feeding and child
rearing practices, touch practices, national immunization requirements,
pain reactions, dominance patterns, eye contact practices, language
and religion. Entries are very brief, contain suggestions for further
reading, and are arranged alphabetically by country.
- Medical Anthropology: cross-cultural studies in health and
illness.
- Location: Zuhl Library - Bound Journals
- Call Number: GN296 .M42
- "Publishes papers that situate the relationship between human behavior,
social life, and health within an anthropological context...[and]
exemplif[y] and expand upon ways of understanding the biological,
cultural, and politico-economic dimensions of illness and healing."
Topics vary widely, and may include papers on motherhood in Morocco,
cervical cancer screening in Brazil, or health status among Indians
in Mexico.
- Statistical Record of Health and Medicine.
- Location: Zuhl Library - Reference
- Call Number: RA407.3 .S74 1998
- Provides almost 1,000 statistical charts about health in the United
States. The sections entitled Health Status of Americans and
Lifestyles and Health will be the most useful for those seeking
statistics concerning the White, Black and Hispanic populations.
General Topics
- Caring for Patients from Different Cultures: case studies
from American Hospitals. By Geri-Ann Galanti
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RT86.54 .G35 2004
- 172 case studies of actual cultural conflicts focus on communication
and time orientation, pain, religion, dietary practices, family, gender,
staff relations, birth, death and dying, mental health, and folk medicine.
Readers should consult the subject index for quick access to case
studies concerning specific ethnic and religious groups. A great resource
for western medical personnel seeking examples of different cultural
and religious practices and beliefs. Check out the author's web site
Cultural Diversity
in Healthcare
- Case Studies in Cultural Diversity: a workbook.
By Vernice D. Ferguson.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RT86.54 .C37 1999
- "Contributors discuss how to facilitate care in a multicultural
environment and the impact of culture on care." Populations treated
include: African Americans, South Africans, Latinos, Jamaicans, Korean
Americans, the elderly, and home-care patients. The multiple essays
on inner city health concerns, the home bound patient, and care in
nontraditional settings, such as a homeless shelter, are important
contributions to this work. Also helpful are questions and analysis
& discuss areas at the end of each case study.
- Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness. By Rachel
E. Spector.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RA418.5.T73 S64 2004
- The author argues that health care providers have been "socialized
into a distinct provider-culture", and this book explores the provider's
self-awareness, patient's issues about health care delivery and acceptance
of health care, and traditional health beliefs in selected populations.
Divided into three units, the first unit focuses on the provider,
the second on health care delivery and acceptance, and the third looks
at specific populations. Asian American, African American, Hispanic
American, Native American, and White ethnic communities are explored.
A final chapter addresses the use of parteras (midwives) in
the Texas Rio Grande Valley. The book concludes with a large bibliography.
Unique features include a suggested course outline and activities
for teachers and a questionnaire for determining a patient's ethnic
heritage.
- Culture Care Diversity and Universality: a theory of nursing.
By Madeleine M. Leininger.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RT86.54 .C85 1993
- Leininger, founder of the Transcultural Nursing Society, edits this
definitive work featuring seven case studies exploring the basic tenets
and philosophy of transcultural care. Tables outline findings on the
cultural values of 23 different American cultures, including: African,
Italian, Mexican, Philippine, Japanese, Vietnamese, Haitian, Arab,
Chinese, Polish, German, Greek, Lithuanian, Swedish, Finnish, and
Danish. Additional information covers Amish, Jewish, Appalachian,
Gadsup Akuna of New covers Amish, Jewish, Appalachian, Gadsup Akuna
of New Guinea, North American Indians, and Southeast Indian Americans.
- Family Ethnicity: strength in diversity. By Harriette
Pipes McAdoo.
- Location: Zuhl Library
- Call Number: E184.A1 F33 1993
- Provides information about various cultural elements families draw
upon to define their existence. Part one provides general essays on
family ethnicity in America, while subsequent chapters focus specifically
on Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, Mexican Americans and Americans
of Spanish origins, African Americans, Muslim Americans, and Asian
Americans. Extensive suggestions for further reading, separate subject
and author indexes, and clearly credentialed authors.
- Rethinking Ethnicity and Health Care: a sociocultural perspective.
By Grace Xuequin Ma and George Henderson.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RA448.4 .R48 1999
- Essays by several health care providers are divided into four parts:
sociocultural dimensions of health care, health care service issues,
complementary/alternative medicine, and future issues. In-depth essays
cover ethnicity, race, access to health insurance, and responsiveness
of health care workers. Specific populations are addressed in articles
about Asian Americans, Native Americans, Alaskans, African Americans,
Chinese Americans and Mexican Americans. Interesting sub-topics examine
the role of healing and prophecy in "Black spiritual churches," the
impact of Chinese medicine on America, folk medicine in Mexican American
families, and mysticism and peyote in Native American health.
- Transcultural health care. by George Henderson,
Martha Primeaux
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RA448.4 .T7
- Transcultural health care issues and conditions.
by Madeleine Leininger
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RA418 .T69
- Transcultural Health Care: a culturally competent approach.
By Larry D. Purnell and Betty J. Paulanka.
- Location: Alamogordo Library
- Call Number: RA418.5.T73 T73 1998
- Intended to introduce a conceptual model for learning about culture
and to describe characteristics of selected ethnic groups. A basic
introduction to transcultural health care begins the book. The second
chapter presents Purnell's Model for Cultural Competence. The next
sixteen chapters examine specific ethnic groups, such as: African
American, Amish, Appalachians, Arab Americans, Chinese Americans,
Cuban Americans, Egyptian Americans, Filipino Americans, French Canadians,
Greek Americans, Iranians, Irish Americans, Jewish Americans, Mexican
Americans, Navajo Indians, and Vietnamese Americans. Each chapter
is co-authored by a health professional and, where possible, a member
of the specified community. The author's credentials are clearly stated,
each chapter begins with a list of key terms, and concludes with a
case study, study questions and suggested reading lists.
- Transcultural Nursing: assessment and intervention.
By Joyce Newman Giger and Ruth Elaine Davidhizar.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RT86.54 .T73 1999
- The third edition of this textbook is divided into two sections.
The first section addresses the "framework for cultural assessment
and intervention techniques" and covers topics such as communication,
personal space, social organization, time perceptions, environmental
control, and biological variations. The second, more lengthy part
of the book concerns individual ethnic groups who have settled in
the United States: African, Mexican, Russian, Irish, Japanese, Chinese,
Filipino, Vietnamese, Haitian, Jewish, and Korean Americans, as well
as Navajos, Appalachians, Eskimos, East Indiana Hindu, and French
Canadians of Quebec Origin. Each chapter begins with clearly stated
objectives, and proceeds to address the aforementioned framework topics
as the topics relate to each group. A case study, nursing care plan,
study questions and lengthy reading lists round out each chapter.
- Understanding Cultural Diversity: culture, curriculum, and
community in nursing. By Mary Lebreck Kelley and Virginia
Macken Fitzsimons.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: R737 .U55 2000
- The individually authored chapters of this book are divided into
four parts: culture, curriculum, community, and administrative metaphors.
The authors' primary focus is on the "cultural and philosophical underpinnings
of the teaching-learning experience...." Many of the chapters in the
community section address specific ethnic populations such as: men,
the homeless, Native, Filipino, Hispanic, Puerto Rican and Asian Indian
Americans. Readers interested in specific populations, integrating
cultural understanding into nursing curriculum, and enhancing nursing
faculty teaching styles through cultural sensitivity to nursing students
will find this book helpful.
Workbooks and Training Materials
- Culture and the Clinical Encounter: an intercultural sensitizer
for the health professional. By Rena C. Gropper.
- Location: Alamogordo Library
- Call Number: RA418.5.T73 G76 1996
- Contains a series of "critical incidents" involving various cultural
groups and settings. The reader, choosing one of four possible incident
solutions, is directed to other parts of the book which contain explanations
for each option selected. A separate, exceptionally brief chapter
provides a cursory discussion of body language, family roles, listening,
personal names, and truthfulness. Users should consult the index to
find culturally specific exercises.
- Experiential Activities for Intercultural Learning.
by H. Ned Seelye, ed.
- Location: Zuhl Library
- Call Number: LC1099.3 .E97 1996
- A unique collection of exercises designed "...to engender understanding
and skill in one facet or another of intercultural contact." A sampling
of topics includes stereotypes, self-disclosure, work values, racism,
and personal space. Useful to enhance personal or group cultural sensitivity.
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