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Materials Available at the NMSU Library: Hispanic
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- Good Neighbors: Communicating with the Mexicans.
by John C. Condon
- Location: Zuhl Library
- Call Number: F1210 .C658 1985
- This concise book shows "...how the cultures of Mexico and the U.S.
differ, how Mexicans and North Americans misperceive each other, and,
perhaps most important, what can be done to bridge the gap." Individualism,
importance of family, sex roles and sexuality, concept of time, and
general communication issues are addressed.
- Guía para la buena salud para los hispanos (Guide to healthy
living for Hispanics)
- Call Number: RA448.5.H57 G8 1999
- Health issues in the Latino community. by Marilyn
Aguirre-Molina, et.al.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RA448.5.H57 H395 2001
- Health outcomes among Hispanic subgroups : data from the National
Health Interview Survey, 1992-95.
- Location: Branson Library - Government Documents
- Call Number: Doc HE 20.6209/3:310
- Hispanic Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook
- Location: Zuhl Library - Reference
- Call Number: E184.S75 H5655
- Published each year, this work contains charts examining general population
statistics, including social, family, education, labor, income characteristics.
Some health information included each year, but topics vary.
- Hispanic voices : Hispanic health educators speak out.
by Sara Torres.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RA448.5.H57 H574 1999
- Latina realities : essays on healing, migration, and sexuality.
Oliva M. Espín
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC451.4.M58 E84 1997
- Latino families in therapy : a guide to multicultural practice.
by Celia Jaes Falicov
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC451.5.H57 F35 1998
- Latino health in the US : a growing challenge.
- The Latino patient : a cultural guide for health care providers.
by Nilda Chong.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RA448.5.H57 C56 2002
- The Latino psychiatric patient : assessment and treatment.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC451.5.H57 L38 2001
- Medicalizing ethnicity : the construction of Latino identity
in a psychiatric setting. by Vilma Santiago-Irizarry
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC451.5.H57 S26 2001
- Neuropsychology and the Hispanic patient : a clinical handbook.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC386.6.N48 N494 2001
- Psychological interventions and research with Latino populations.
- Location: Branson Library
- Call Number: RC451.5.H57 P77 1997
- Contains information on how socioeconomic and cultural factors affect
health seeking behavior and delivery. Linguistic barriers, sex and HIV
prevention, drub abuse, disabilities, and violence are a few of the
interesting topics addressed. Particularly noteworthy is the chapter
on African influences on Latino culture and health-related behaviors.
- Statistical Record of Hispanic Americans
- Location: Zuhl Library - Reference
- Call Number: E184.S75 S743
- Includes 112 statistical charts concerning the health of Hispanic
Americans. Charts are divided into: births and deaths, abortion, AIDS,
body weight, cancer, contraception, dental health, diabetes, lung disease,
mental illness, nutrition, oral hygiene, organ donors, pollution, substance
abuse, tobacco, medical tests and examinations, hospitals, prenatal
care, psychiatric care, substance abuse treatment, and health insurance.
The section on culture addresses language and opinions on abortion.
An extremely useful resource.
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