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Library Guide 2

Ethnic Groups and Health in USA

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CONTENTS

Background Sources
Directories 
Internet Sources
Statistical Sources
Online Indexes to Journal and Report Literature
Selected Journals
Searching Library Catalogs
Other Sources

A guide to selected, recent resources on ethnic groups and health. All materials are located in the Public Health Library unless otherwise noted.

Background Sources

African American alternative medicine : using alternative medicine to prevent and control chronic diseases. Eric J. Bailey. RA448.5.N4.B248 2002

An American health dilemma: the medical history of African Americans and the problem of race. W. M. Byrd and L. A. Clayton. RA448.5.N4 B97 2000

American Indian health: innovations in health care, promotion, and policy. E. R. Rhoades, ed. RA448.5.I5.A597 2000

Caregiving across cultures : working with dementing illness and ethnically diverse populations. Ramon Valle. RC521.V34 1998

Caring for women cross-culturally. Edited by Patricia F. St. Hill, Juliene G. Lipson, Afaf Ibrahim Meleis. RT86.54.C365 2003

Critical perspectives on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life. RA564.8.C75 2004

Cross-cultural medicine. Edited by JudyAnn Bigby. RA448.4.C759 2003

Culture Care : guide to heritage assessment and health traditions. Rachel E. Spector. RA418.5.T73.S643 2004

Cultural competence compendium. A.M.A. RA448.4.C84 1999 Reference-Handbooks

Cultural diversity in health & illness. 6th ed. Rachel E. Spector. RA418.S75 2004

The culture of health: Asian communities in the United States. RA448.5.C45 M2 1999

Death and dying in ethnic America: a research study. R726.8.D3782 2000

Directing health messages toward African Americans: attitudes toward health care and the mass media. RA448.5.N4 S95 1998

Ethnocultural factors in substance abuse treatment. S. L. A. Straussner, ed. RC564.E785 2001

Health care in the Black community: empowerment, knowledge, skills, and the problem of race. Social Welfare RA448.5.N4 H385 2000

Health in America: a multicultural perspective. RA448.4.N35 1999

Health issues for minority adolescents. RJ102 .H39 1996

Health issues in the Black community, 2nd ed. RA448.5N4H395 2001

Health issues in the Latino community. RA448.5.H57 H395 2001

Immigrant women's health: problems and solutions. RA448.5.I44 I44 1999

The Latino patient : a cultural guide for health care providers.  Nilda Chong. RA448.5.H57 C56 2002

Lay my burden down : unraveling suicide and the mental health crisis among African-Americans. Alvin F. Poussaint, Amy Alexander. E185.625 .P68 2000

Medicine ways : disease, health, and survival among Native Americans. Edited by Clifford E. Trafzer and Diane Weiner. E98.M4 M43 2001

Minorities, aging, and health. Edited by Kyriakos S. Markides, Manuel R. Miranda. RA408.M54.M55 1997

Minority health and disparities-related issues. Optometry RA563.M56.M56 2005

Minority health in America: findings and policy implications from the Commonwealth Fund minority health survey. RA448.4.M566 2000

Multicultural clients : a professional handbook for healthcare providers and social workers. Sybil M. Lassiter. RA418.5.T73.L37 1995. 2 copies. Copy 1 in Reference Handbooks, Textbooks.

Primary care of Native American patients: diagnosis, therapy, and epidemiology. RA448.5.I5 P75 1999 Reference Handbooks

A primer for cultural proficiency: towards quality health services for Hispanics. RA448.5.H57 P75 2001

Psychosocial aspects of chronic illness and disability among African Americans. RA448.5.N4 B35 1998

Putting risk in perspective: Black teenage lives in the era of AIDS. R. T. White. HQ27.5.W48 1999

Race, ethnicity, and health : a public health reader. Thomas A. LaVeist, editor. RA563.M56.R325 2002

Racial and ethnic disparities in access to health insurance and health care. HG9396.R23 2000

Refugee and immigrant health : a handbook for health professionals. Charles Kemp. RA418.5.T73.K45 2004

Relative deprivation, inequality, and mortality. Angus Deaton. Business H62.5.U5 N351 no.8099 2001

Serving minority elders in the 21st century. HQ1064.U5 S469 1999

Substance abuse prevention: a multicultural perspective. HV4999.2 .S795 1999

Tobacco use by Native North Americans : sacred smoke and silent killer. Edited by Joseph C. Winter.  Main E98.T6 T63 2000. NativAmer E98.T6 T63 2000

Transcultural health care: a culturally competent approach. 2nd ed. RA418.5.T73 T73 2003 Reference Handbooks

The unequal burden of cancer: an assessment of NIH research and programs for ethnic minorities and the medically underserved. RC267 .A77 1999

Unequal treatment : confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, et al RA563.M56.U53 2003

Urban Indian health. Ralph Forquera. RA448.5.I5 F67 2001

Directories

The Big Blue Book. Directory of human services for Alameda County. (Includes target group index listing agencies serving ethnic minorities) HV98.A73.D46 Reference-Directories

Pocket guide to minority health resources. RA563.M56 P63 Current issue only Reference Directories 

Internet Sources

See the Public Health Library's Ethnic Groups Health Resources web page.

Statistical Sources

GENERAL

Black Americans: a statistical sourcebook. E185.86 B42 Latest on Reference-Statistics

Health United States. RA407.3A2313 Latest on Reference-Statistics

Hispanic Americans: a statistical sourcebook. E184.S75.H5715 Latest on Reference-Statistics

Racial and ethnic diversity. C. Russell. E184.A1.R87 2000 Reference-Statistics

Statistical abstract of the United States. HA203.A3 Latest on Reference-Statistics

SPECIALIZED

2002 national survey of Latinos : summary of findings. Mollyann Brodie et al. E184.S75 A18 2002 Reference Statistics

Cancer facts & figures for African Americans. RC282.B55 C35 Latest on Reference Statistics

Cancer facts & figures for Hispanic Americans. RC282.H57.C36 Latest on Reference Statistics

Drug use among racial/ethnic minorities. HV5824.E85.D76 1998 Reference Statistics

Ensuring health access for Latinas. RA448.5.H57 E57 1999 Reference-Statistics

Men and heart disease: an atlas of racial and ethnic disparities in mortality. E. Barnett, et al. G1201.E51 M46 2001 Reference-Statistics

U.S. minority health: a chartbook. K. S. Collins, et al. RA563.M56.C65 1999 Reference-Statistics

Women and heart disease: an atlas of racial and ethnic disparities in mortality. M. L. Casper, et al. G1201.E51 W6 2000 Reference-Statistics

Women of color health data book: adolescents to seniors. 3rd edition 2006 available online; RA564.86. L45 1998 Reference Statistics

Online Indexes to Journal and Report Literature

PubMed 1950 to date.

Journal articles indexed by the National Library of Medicine.
Selected population subject headings include:

Continental Population Groups
African Continental Ancestry Group
African Americans
American Native Continental Ancestry Group
Indians, Central American
Indians, North American
Indians, South American
Inuits
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Asian Americans
European Continental Ancestry Group
Oceanic Ancestry Group
Ethnic Groups
African Americans
Arabs
Gypsies
Hispanic Americans
Mexican Americans
Inuits
Jews
Minority groups
Refugees
Because PubMed indexes articles about ethnic groups in all countries of the world, it may be useful to limit searches to groups in the United States. One way to do this is by using the Boolean operator AND with the name of a country or geographic region AND the health subject. For example, to retrieve articles about hypertension in African Americans in California, enter "African Americans AND California AND hypertension" in the search field.

The subheading ETHNOLOGY is added to a geographic term for place of origin of people living outside their native land. For example, for articles on immigrants from Asia, enter "Asia/ethnology" AND "United States." A health term may also be added, e.g. "Asia/ethnology AND United States AND asthma." The subheading ETHNOLOGY is also used with disease and health behavior terms including "Alcohol Drinking", "Aging", "Attitude to health", "Food Habits", "Smoking" to denote ethnic, cultural, or racial aspects.

PsycINFO 1806 to date. (Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students)

Journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, and book chapters indexed by the American Psychological Association. Subject headings include: "Minority Groups", "Asians", "Blacks", "Hispanics", "Ethnic Groups". Check the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms at the Reference Desk for a complete list of subject headings, or use the Thesaurus Search feature of the database.

Ethnic NewsWatch 1990 to date. (Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students)

The Ethnic NewsWatch database contains news, culture and history from 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press. Nearly 500,000 full text articles dating back to 1990 are available, along with archival material dating back to the mid 1980's. More than 7,500 new articles are added each month. Ethnic NewsWatch is searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages; more than 100,000 articles are in Spanish.

Chicano Database 1967 to present. (Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students)

Use the Chicano Database to retrieve records for all types of materials in the areas of Mexican-American topics, and since 1992, materials on other Latino cultures--e.g., Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. Subject coverage includes art, language, sociology, public policy, economics, history, literature, politics, and law. The database is produced by the Chicano Studies Library, University of California.

Sociological Abstracts 1963 to date. (Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students)

Subject headings include Minority Groups, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged, Black Americans, Black White Differences, Hispanic Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Cultural Groups, American Indians (Native Americans used 1979-85). Population subject terms may be combined with specific health terms (e.g. Health Care Utilization, Health Problems, Health Services. See Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms).

Social Work Abstracts 1977 to date. (Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students)

The Social Work Abstracts database, produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., contains more than 35,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.

Selected Journals

Journals labeled UNCL are shelved alphabetically by title in the upper level Unclassified area

UC and UCB patrons may have access to full text electronic versions of some of these journals. See the Public Health Library's Electronic Journals Guide for information.

American Indian and Alaska native mental health research: Journal of the National Center. RC451.5.I5 A43
American journal of public health. RA421.A4 and UNCL
Asian American and Pacific Islander journal of health. RA448.5.A83 A85
Closing the gap : a newsletter of the Office of Minority Health. RA563.M56.C56
Ethnicity & Disease. UNCL
HIV impact. Office of Minority Health.RA644.A25.H2
Journal of Gender, Culture, and Health. RA418.A1 G46
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. RA418.5.P6.J68
Journal of Immigrant Health. RA564.9.I46 J68
Journal of the National Medical Association. R15.N34
Revista de Salud Fronteriza = Journal of Border Health. RA446.5.M49.B675

Searching Library Catalogs

To find other books or journals, search the library catalog in either the title or keyword field, unless you know the Library of Congress Subject Heading for the subject you are researching. Subject headings frequently differ from commonly used terms. For example, to find works on Native Americans, you would have to search using the subject term "Indians of North America" - if you didn't know this subject heading, you would have better luck searching for Title words "Native Americans health" and then looking at the subject headings assigned to appropriate works to then do a subject search.

Other Sources

Ethnic Studies Library, 30 Stephens Hall, 643-1234
Includes the Asian American Studies Library Collection, Chicano Studies Library Collection, Native American Studies Library Collection, and the Comparative Ethnic Studies Collection.

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