Cultural Diversity Resources

Local Resources

• InterReligouis Council of Central New York
• La Liga
• Spanish Action League

Cultural Competence

• National Center for Cultural Competence - Georgetown University
• Cultural Competence - The Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care

Health Care Proxy - Other Languages

• New York State Department of Health

Links

• ACCESS to Healthcare Information for Culturally Diverse Populations - Onedia County
• Asian American Health
• CDC Para el Control y la Prevencion de Enfermedades (Spanish Language CDC)
• Diversity Rx
• EhtnoMed - Ethnic medicine information from Harborview Medical Center
• Health Information for Minority Women
• Multicultural Health Clearinghouse - Univ of Illinois
• The National Alliance for Hispanic Health
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Home Page
• Office of Minority Health - Dept of Health & Human Services

Native American

• Native American Resources - Health Sciences Library

Spanish Language Health Information

• Healthfinder® Español
• MEDLINEplus-Informacion de Salud
• Merck Manual Home Edition Spanish
• Health Links In Spanish - PlaneTree Health Library
• Spanish & Non-English Links
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Home Page

  National Alliance for Hispanic Health

• Health Fact Sheets
• Booklets and Brochures
• Video - Colorectal Cancer

Translations of Health Information

• ACCESS to Healthcare Information for Culturally Diverse Populations - Onedia County
• EthnoMed
• EurasiaHealth - Central, Eastern Europe & Former Soviet Union
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Home Page - Spanish
• NSW Multicultural Health Communication

  Mental Health

  • Coping with War Fact Sheets
  • Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Food Pyramids For Other Cultures

• SEMDA - Southeastern Michigan Dietetic Association

Electronic Books From NetLibrary

• Handbook of cross-cultural and multicultural personality assessment [electronic resource] edited by Richard H. Dana.
  Publisher Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000.

• Handbook of gender, culture, and health [electronic resource] edited by Richard M. Eisler, Michel Hersen.
  Publisher Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000.
  

Books held by the Health Sciences Library

Nursing

• Culture & Nursing Care: A Pocket Guide . Juliene Lipson et al. UCSF Nursing Press 1996. Three locations:
  1. Consumer Health WY 87 U5885c 1996 (HIC) 1st floor
  2. WY 87 U5885c 1996 3rd floor
  3. Ref WY 87 U5885c 1996 Quick Ref 1st floor

• Transcultural nursing. assessment & intervention edited by Joyce Newman Giger. .Mosby, 2004
  WY 107 T772 2004 3rd Floor

• Transcultural nursing: concepts, theories, research and practice. Madeleine Leinger. 3rd ed.
  McGraw-Hill, 2002. WY 87 L531t 2002 3rd Floor.

• Understanding cultural diversity : culture, curriculum, and community in nursing edited by Mary Lebreck Kelley. Jones and Bartlett, 2000.
  WY 107 U55 2000 3rd Floor
  

  Assessment

• Handbook of multicultural assessment : clinical, psychological, and educational applications. Lisa A. Suzuki Jossey-Bass, 2001.
  BF 176 H236 2001 3rd Floor

• Assessing and Treating Culturally Diverse Clients: A Practical Guide. Feddy Paniagua. Sage Pub. 1998
  WA 305 192a 1998 3rd floor.

• Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment. Elaine M. Geissler, Mosby. Library owns 2 Editions.
  WY87 B313p 1998 and WY 87 b313P 1994. 3rd Floor.

  Mental Health

• Cultural diversity, mental health and psychiatry : the struggle against racism. Suman Fernando. : Brunner-Routledge, 2003.
  WM 30 F363c 2003 3rd Floor.



• The Latino psychiatric patient : assessment and treatment edited by Alberto G. López, Ernestina Carrillo. American Psychiatric Pub, 2001
  WM 140 L357 2001 3rd Floor

  Hospital Handbooks

• A Hospital Handbook on Multiculturalism and Religion. Neville Kirkwood Millenium Books, 1993. Three locations:
  1. Consumer Health WX 158.5 K59h 1993 (HIC 1st floor)
  2. WX 158.5 K59h 1993 3rd floor
  3. Ref WX 158.5 K59h 1993 Quick Ref 1st floor

• Diversity Awareness Guide:UCH Tapestry : Pride in Our Diversity University of Chicago Hospitals 1999. (loose-leaf)
  Consumer Health Office Ref W 85 U58d 1999
  
  
• Cultural, Ethnic, Religious Reference Manual for Health Care Providers / Janice Dobbins Andrews. Publisher : Winston-Salem, NC : JAMARDA Resources, 1995
  Consumer Health Office Ref W 62 An26c 1995

• Multicultural Clients: A Professional Handbook for Health Care Providers and Social Workers. Sybil Lassiter Greenwood Press, 1995.
  Ref WA 300 L347m 1995 1st floor.

• Cultural diversity in health & illness. Rachel E. Spector. Prentice Hall Health, 2000.
  WA 30 S741c 2000 3rd Floor.
  

  Policy

• In the nation's compelling interest : ensuring diversity in the health care workforce ... Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004
  W 76 I 355 2004 3rd Floor
  
  Other
  
• Cross-cultural medicine edited by JudyAnn Bigby. Publisher Philadelphia : American College of Physicians, c2003.
  W 76 I 355 2004 3rd Floor

• Transcultural health care : a culturally competent approach / edited byLarry D. Purnell, Betty J. Paulanka. 2nd ed. Publisher Philadelphia, PA : F.A. Davis, c2003.
  W 84 DA2 T7 2003 3rd Floor
  

Videos

• Cultural diversity in healthcare: a different point of view. Envision Incorporated. 23 minutes.
  Consumer Health Video W 84.1 C9685 1994 (HIC 1st floor)

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