Cultural Issues in Health Care
Scope
This guide provides the user with a starting point for locating sources and finding information on cultural issues in health care.
Books, ebooks and audiovisual resources
Use the Moraine Park Catalog to find books, e-books, and videos on this subject.
Sample subject searches:
culture + health
diversity +health
grief
bereavement
culture +death
death and afterlife
ethnicity and health
Haitian American
Hmong
minority health
Periodical Articles
Use the following databases to find articles on this topic.
Ebsco
The following databases within EBSCO would be good places to search; Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Basic, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, and MasterFile Premier.
Health Reference Center- Academic
Information from a variety of health related publications.
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source access to over 650 journals in full text. The database also includes Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets from the Joanna Briggs Institute.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on a variety of health related topics.
Websites
American Indian Health
http://Americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov
This is a portal to "issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians". The topics covered include traditional healing, environmental health, tribal information, and health care access.
Asian American Health
http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
This National Library of Medicine site addresses the health needs of Asian-Americans. The topics covered include health and diseases, behavioral issues, and complementary and alternative medicine.
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP):
http://www.xculture.org/
Since 1992, the CCHCP has been addressing broad cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families in ethnic minority communities in Seattle and nationwide. Through a combination of cultural competency trainings, interpreter trainings, research projects, and other services, the CCHCP serves as a bridge between communities and health care institutions.
Cultural Competency in Medicine
http://www.amsa.org/programs/gpit/cultural.cfm
This page is produced by the American Medical Student Association and contains a great deal of information on how to deal with an ethnically diverse population. The page contains a number of case studies and a good list of references.
Cultural Diversity in Health Care:
www.ggalanti.com
This website covers all types of resources that include articles, books, and web links on health issues of diverse population.
EthnoMed
http://www.ethnomed.org
This site contains information on the cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues that are useful in treating the health concerns of a number of immigrant groups. Among the groups covered are Chinese, Somali, Vietnamese, and Cambodian.
Office of Minority Health (OMH):
www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?
A-Z topics related to minority populations are given on this web site. The top and side bar from this website has ample information related to minority issues such as cultural competencies, health disparities, data/statistics and more.
Program for Multicultural Health: Cultural Competency
http://www.med.umich.edu/multicultural/ccp/bmhg.htm
This site from the University of Michigan Health System contains a list of bi-weekly multicultural health generalizations that can be searched by date, health topic or culture.
Religious Beliefs and Practices Affecting Health Care
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/chaplaincy/rbpahc.cfm
Gives a brief description of the ways that the religious beliefs of may affect health care. The site contains an online version of a pamphlet produced by the Chaplaincy Services & Pastoral Education at University of Virginia Health System.
Transcultural & Multicultural Health Links:
http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/trannurs/matsvnam.shtml
This website is created and maintained by New Mexico State University Library. Health related information is given on various ethnicities.
WISPALS Health Digital Library Network:
http://wispalshealthlibrary.org/minorityHealth.php
The Minority Health section of this website includes links for health related issues of diverse population such as Hmong, American Indian, Black Women and also links for health issues related to sexual orientation.
When An Infant Dies: Cross Cultural Expressions of Grieving and Loss
http://www.acog.org/departments/dept_notice.cfm?recno=10&bulletin=797.
This online bulletin "reviews cultural traditions of Latino, African American, North America tribal and Muslim families grieving the loss of an infant. It identifies simple strategies health care providers can use to begin the process of providing culturally competent support to them."
Updated 10/2009
