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CULTURAL DIVERSITY: A GUIDE TO INFORMATION RESOURCES

KCMA Online Catalog

Useful SUBJECT HEADINGS for this topic:
LC Subject Headings
Health--cross cultural studies
Health behavior--cross cultural studies
Health--research--cross cultural studies
Medical ethics--cross cultural studies
Nursing--cross cultural studies
Transcultural medical care
Cross cultural studies
Cultural characteristics
Diversity
Ethnic Groups
Intercultural communication
Multiculturalism
Country--religion
Country--social life and customs
Family--country
Medical anthropology--country
Medical care--country
Medical policy--country
MeSH Subject Headings
Cross cultural comparison
Cultural diversity
Disease--ethnology
Ethnic groups
Transcultural nursing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Useful LC CALL NUMBERS on this subject:

E184-185.98Ethnic/racial elements in the US population
GN1-890Anthropology
GN301-674Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
GN537-674Etnic groups and races

Useful NLM CALL NUMBERS on this subject:

W84Health Services. Qualtiy of care
WA30Social,economic and environmental factors in public health
WA300Health problems of special popultion groups
WY107Transcultural nursing

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REFERENCE RESOURCES

R BL80.3 R45 2002Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices
R E184.A1 G14 1995Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
R GN307 .C68 2001Countries and Their Cultures
R GN307 .E53 1991Encyclopedia of World Cultures
R GN495.4 .E53 1993Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World
R GN495.4 .E63 2005Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities
R GT3150 .T25 2000Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia
R HQ1115 .G74 2003Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide
R W50 R279 2003Religious Traditions and Healthcare Decisions
R W84 AA1 P985g 2005Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care
R W84.1 A567 2005Cultural, Ethnic and Religious Reference Manual for Health Card Providers

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PERIODICAL INDEXES/DATABASES
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CINAHL (Nursing and Allied Health)
Index to over 1500 nursing and health publications
ProQuest Nursing Journals*
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Index to full-text articles from over 250 nursing journals.
MEDLINE
International index to journals in medicine
Electronic Journals Center
Full-text indexing service for over 2000 online scholarly and research journals including titles in health-related fields
Social Sciences Citation Index
Citations and cited references from over 1700 journals in the social sciences
Health Source (Academic)
Provides access to nearly 590 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 627 journals
Health Source (Academic)
Provides access to nearly 590 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 627 journals
Alt-Health Watch
Full text articles from 170+ peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, association & consumer newsletters on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care
Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering a wide variety of academic areas of study
Periodicals available in the KCMA library
Journal of Cultural Diversity
The Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
Periodicals available through the Electronic Journal Center
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Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

INTERNET RESOURCES ON THIS TOPIC
Below are some related sites on the World Wide Web:
CulturedMed
http://culturedmed.sunyit.edu/index.html
A web site and a resource center of print materials promoting culturally-competent health care for refugees and immigrants

Ethnicity Online
http://www.ethnicityonline.net/
This online resource is intended to help broaden awareness of the needs of ethnic groups using healthcare services – as well as the needs of healthcare staff from ethnic minorities

Multicultural Health Resources
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10360
A compilation of web resources from Kent State University

Minority Health
http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/weblinks/resources_by_topic.cfm?name=Minority%20Health
Recommended web resources on minority health from the Arizon Health Sciences Library.

Delivering Culturally Effective Healthcare to Adolescents
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/39/culturallyeffective.pdf
AMA report on delivery of healthcare to adolescents within the context of respectful understanding and appreciation of cultural distinctions

EthnoMed
http://ethnomed.org/
"The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world."

University of Kansas School of Medicine Office of Cultural Enhancement and Diversity
http://www2.kumc.edu/oced/links2.html
Links Related to Diversity in Health Care / Medical Education

AMSA Diversity in Medicine Web Site
http://www.amsa.org/div/
Resources on diversity in medicine from the American Medical Student Association.

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
http://www.xculture.org/
CCHCP serves as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate. Their web site provides access to a variety of resources.

Bioethics Resources on the Web: Culture and Ethnicity in Medicine
http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/culturalcomp.html
Selected links on cultural diversity and ethnicity in medicine from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Cultural Medicine
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Study/8276/CulturalMed.html
A collection of web sites maintained by Tanya Feddern, a librarian at the University of Miami School of Medicine who is also an occupational therapist.

Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links
http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/trannurs/index.shtml
A collection of web sites maintained by Ellen Bosman, a librarian at New Mexico State University, brings together a large collection of multicultural health resources.

Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Country Profiles
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html
The Country Profiles Series offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security.

Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.

World Fact Books
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/
Facts on individual counties of the world drawn from the CIA World Factbooks and other sources

World Health Organization: Countries
http://www.who.int/countries/en/
Health information on individual countries that are members of the World Health Organization

Culture Profiles
http://cp-pc.ca/english/index.html
Cultural profiles developed by the Canadian Department, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Religious Beliefs and Practices Affecting Health Care Select a religion from the links on the right.
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/chaplaincy/buddhism.cfm
Brief overview of beliefs and practices of major world religions that may affect health care, prepared by the Chaplaincy Services of the University of Virginia Health System

University of Michigan Health System: Program for Multicultural Health
http://www.med.umich.edu/multicultural/ccp/culture.htm
Provides brief overview of key cultural characteristics of numerous cultural groups