Milner Library has many sources of information on ethnic, religious & cultural groups. This guide includes only some of the books available. Ask a librarian for assistance if you can not find what you need.
Databases and Internet Sites
Don’t forget to search CINAHL and PubMed or Medline. Many articles have been written on specific cultural, religious or ethnic groups. Type in the name of the group and have CINAHL or PubMed supply you with the appropriate subject heading.
The National Library of Medicine has the following websites:
American Indian Health (americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov). An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians.
Arctic Health (www.arctichealth.org). An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of our planet's northernmost inhabitants including people living in Alaska, Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden.
Asian-American Health (http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov). An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the United States. This site links to dependable health related resources regarding the Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Asian Indian/Pakistani and Southeast Asian populations.
Sources Specific to Health Care:
Aguirre-Molina, M., Molina, C. W, & Zambrara, R .E. (Eds.). (2001). Health issues in the Latino community. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. RA 448.5 .H57 H395 2001. (Floor 5)
Andrews, J. D. (1999). Cultural ethnic & religious reference manual for health care providers (2nd ed.). Winston-Salem, NC: JAMARDA Resources, Inc. REF. RA 418.5.T73 A53 1999. (Floor 2, Reference)
Braithwaite, R. L., & Taylor, S. E. (Eds.). (2001). Health issues in the Black community (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. RA 448.5 .N4H395 2001 (Floor 5)
Cha, D. (2003). Hmong American concepts of health, healing, and conventional medicine. New York: Routledge. RA 418.5 .T73 C48 2003. (Floor 5)
Chong, N. (2002). The Latino patient: A cultural guide for health care providers. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press. RA 448.5 .H57 C56 2002. (Floor 5)
Culhane-Pera, K. A, Vawter, D. E., Xiong, P., Babbitt, B., & Solberg, M. M. (2003). Healing by heart: Clinical and ethical case stories of Hmong families and Western providers. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. RA 448.5 .A83 H43 2003. (Floor 5)
D’Avanzo, C. E., & Geissler, E. M. (2003). Pocket guide to cultural assessment (3rd ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. REF RT 86.54 .G45 2003 (Floor 2, Reference). (Older editions in stacks)
Day. P. A., & Weaver, H. N. (Eds). (1999). Health and the American Indian. New York: Haworth Press. RA 448.5 .I5 H416 1999. (Floor 5)
Galanti, G. (2004). Caring for patients from different cultures (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. RT 86.54 .G35 2004. (Floor 5)
Look in index for specific ethnic groups or religions
Giger, F. N., & Davidhizar, R. E. (2004). Transcultural nursing assessment & intervention (4th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. REF. RT 86.54 .T73 2004. (Floor 2, Reference)
Hill, P. F, Lipson, J. G & Meleis, A. I. (2003). Caring for women cross-culturally. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis. REF. RT 86.54 .C365 2003. (Floor 2, Reference)
Covers Arabs, African Americans, Alaskan Natives, Brazilians, Cabodians,
Chinese, Colombians, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Russians, etc.
Hollins, S. (2006). Religions, culture & healthcare: A practical handbook for use in healthcare environments. Seattle: Radcliffe Publishing. R 725.55 .H65 2006.
Incudes Baha’I, Buddhist, Christian, Christian Sciences, Jehovah’s Witness,
Mormon, Rastafarian, Hindu, Islam, Jain, Jewish, Pagan, Sikh and Zoroastrian.
Huff, R. M., & Kline, M. V. (1999). Promoting health in multicultural populations: A handbook for practitioners. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage. RA 448.4 .P76 1999. (Floor 5)
Covers Hispanic, Latino, African American, American Indian, Alaska Native,
Asian, and Pacific Islander.
Johnson, R. W. (Ed.). (1995). African American voices: African American health educators speak out. New York: National League for Nursing. RA 448.5 .N4 A44 1995. (Floor 5)
Kemp, C. & Rasbridge, L. (2004). Refugee and immigrant health: A handbook for health professionals. N.Y.: Cambridge University Press. REF. RA 418.5 .T73 K45 2004. (Floor 5)
Cultural traditions are examined from the countries/populations of Afghanistan,
Bosnia, Burma, Cambodia, Caribbean, Central America, China, Cuba, Egypt,
Ethiopia/Eritrea, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Korea,
Kosovo (Albania), Kurds (from Iraq, Laos (Lao Lum), Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Philippines, Roma (Gypsy), Russia, Somalia, Sudan, Thailand and
Vietnam.
Lamberty, G. & Coll, C. G. (Eds.). (1994). Puerto Rican women and children: Issues in health, growth and development. New York: Plenum Press. RA 448.5 .P84 1994
Lassiter, S. M. (1998). Cultures of color in America: A guide to family, religion, and health. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184.A1 L33 1998. (Floor 3).
Covers Africans, African Americans, Alaskan Americans, Asian Americans,
Haitian Americans, Hawaiian Americans, Native Americans, Puerto Rican
Americans and West Indian Americans.
Lassiter, S. M. (1995). Multicultural clients: A professional handbook for health care providers and social workers. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. RA 418.5 .T73 L37 1995. (Floor 2, Reference)
LaVeist, T. (Ed.). (2002). Race, ethnicity, and health: A public health reader. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Ra 563 .M56 R325 2002. (Floor 5)
Looks at African American, Hispanics, Latinos, Pacific Islanders, and
Asian/Pacific Islander
Leininger, M. (Ed.). (2006). Culture care diversity and universality: A worldwide nursing theory (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. REF. RT 86.54 .C85 2006. (Floor 5, Reference) (Older edition in stacks.)
Covers aspects of Amish, Philippine, Mexican-American, Ukrainian, Gadsup
Akuna (New Guinea), and Greek-Canadian cultures.
Lipson, J. G., Dibble, S. L. & Minarik, P. A. (Eds.). (1996). Culture & nursing care: A pocket guide. San Francisco: UCSF Nursing Press. REF RT 86.54 .C835 1996. (Floor 2, Reference)
Logan, S. L., Freeman, E. M., (Eds.). (2000). Health care in the black community: Empowerment, knowledge, skills, and collectivism. New York.: Haworth Press. RA 448.5.N4 H385 2000, (Floor 5)
McCarthy, J. (1987). Nursing care of the Japanese Patients: Perspectives of a transcultural nurse. Bloomington, Il. RT 86.54 .M383 1987 (Floor 5)
Purnell, L. D. & Paulanka, B. J. (Eds). (2003). Transcultural health care: A culturally competent approach (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis. REF. RA 418.5 .T73 T73 2003. (Floor 2, Reference) (Older editions in stacks)
Schott, J. & Henley, A. (1996). Culture, religion and childbearing in a multiracial society: A handbook for health professionals. Boston: Butterworth/Heinemann. RA 564.86 .S36 1996 (Floor 5)
Cultures included in the back of the book are African-Caribbean, Akan
(Ghanaian), Chinese, Somali and South Asian. Religions include Hindusim,
Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Judaism, Rastafarism, Sikhism, Pentecostalist
Christian, Seventh-Day Adventism, Catholicism and the Anglican Church.
Selin, H. (Ed.). (2003). Medicine across cultures: History and practice of medicine in non-western cultures. Boston: Kluwer Academic. RA 441.5 .M436 2003 (Floor 2, Reference)
Spector, R. E. (2004). Cultural diversity in health and illness (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NY: Pearson Education. RA 418.5 .T73 S64 2004. (Floor 5) (Older editions available)
Torres, S. (ed.). (1996). Hispanic voices: Hispanic health educators speak out. New York: national League for Nursing. RA 448.5 .H57 H574 1996. (Floor 5)
Zhan, L. (1999). Asian Voices: Asian and Asian-American health educators speak out. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. RA 448.5 .A83 A86 1999. (Floor 5)
General Sources:
Adams, B. & Trost, J. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of world families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Ref. HQ 515 .H3356 2005. (Floor 2, Reference).
Asian American encyclopedia. (1995). New York: Marshall Cavendish. E 184 .O6 A827 1995 (Floor 2, Reference)
Boscia-Mule, P. (1999). Authentic ethnicities: The interaction of ideology, gender power, and class in the Italian-American experience. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184.I8 B68 1999. (Floor 3)
Buenker, J. D. (1992). Multiculturalism in the United States: a comparative guide to acculturation and ethnicity. New York: Greenwood Press. E 184 .A1 M85 1992. (Floor 3)
Covers African-Americans, American Indians, German-Americans,
Irish-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans, Polish-Americans, Jewish-Americans,
Italian-Americans, Chinese-Americans and Mexican-Americans.
Bukowczyk, J. J. (1996). Polish Americans and their history: Community, culture, and politics. Pittsburg: University of Pittsburgh Press. E 184 .P7 P6848 1996 (Floor 3)
Cateura, L. B. (2005). Voices of American Muslims. New York: Hippocrene. E 184 .M88 V65 2005 (Floor 3)
DeGenova, M. K. (1997). Families in cultural context: Strengths and challenges in diversity. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company. E 184 .A1 F32 1997, (Floor 3)
Covers American Indian, African, Mexican, Mormon, Chinese, Japanese,
Puerto Rican, Asian Indian, Cuban, Arab and Hawaiian families in America.
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history. New York: MacMillan Library. E 185 .E53 1996 (Floor 2, Reference)
Encyclopedia of the world’s minorities. (2005). N.Y.: Rotledge. GN 495.4 .E63 2005. (Floor 2, Reference)
Encyclopedia of world cultures. (1993). Boston: G. K. Hall. REF. GN 307 .E53 (Floor 2, Reference)
Fallows, M. R. (1979). Irish Americans: identity and assimilation. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. E 184 .I6 F24 1979. (Floor 3)
Fellows, D. K. (1972). A mosaic of America’s ethnic minorities. New York: John Wiley & Sons. E 184.A1 F45 1972. (Floor 3)
Covers Blacks, Mexicans, Native American, Chinese, Japanese and Puerto Ricans.
Fitzpatrick, J. P. (1987). Puerto Rican Americans: The meaning of migration to the mainland. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. F 1280 .P85 F57 1987 (Floor 3)
Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America. (1995). Detroit: Gale. E 184 .A 1 G14 1995 (Floor 2, Reference)
Gall, T. L. (Ed.). (1998). Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life. Detroit: Gale. GN 333 .B67 1998. (Floor 2, Reference).
Has sections on interpersonal relations, folklore, religion, living conditions
& foods
Gannon, M. J. (2004). Understanding global cultures: Metaphorical journeys through 28 nations, clusters of nations, and continents (3rd ed.). GN 345.7 .G36 2004. (Floor 4). (Older editions available).
Gonzalez-Pando, M. (1998). The Cuban Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .C97 G64 1998. (Floor 3)
Gonzalez, M. E. (2000). Puerto Ricans in the United States. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .P85 P47 2000. (Floor 3)
Henke, H. (2001). The West Indian Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .W54 H46 2001. (Floor 3)
Hurh, W. M. (1998). The Korean Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .K6 H875 1998. (Floor 3)
International encyclopedia of marriage and family (2nd ed.). (2003). New York: Gale. HQ 9 .E52 2003 (Floor 2, Reference)
The Latino Encyclopedia. N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish. E 184 .S75 L357 1996 (Floor 2, Reference)
Levinson, D. & Ember, M. (Eds.). (1997). American immigrant cultures: Builders of a nation. E 184 .A1 A63448 1997 (Floor 2, Reference)
Lyman, S. M. (1977). The Asian in North America. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, Inc. E 184 .C5 L935 1977. (Floor 3)
Leonard, K. (1997). The south Asian Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .S69 L36 1997 (Floor 3)
Levinson, D. (Ed). (1991). Encyclopedia of world cultures. Boston: G. K. Hall. GN 307 .E53 1991 (Floor 2, Reference)
Note list of countries in front of index volume
Has sections on religious beliefs, death & afterlife, and marriage & family
Lindenfeld, J. (2000). The French in the United States: An ethnographic study. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. E 184 .F8 L56 2000 (Floor 3)
McAdoo, H. P. (1993). Family ethnicity: strength in diversity. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. E 184 .A1 F33 1993. (Floor 3)
Covers African, Mexican, Spanish-Origin, Native Americans, Muslim and
Asian American families.
Mindel, C. H. (1998). Ethnic families in America: patterns and variations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. E 184 .A1 E78. (Floor 3).
Covers Irish, Greek, Italian, Polish, Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Korean,
Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Asian Indian, African and Native American
families in American. Also has chapters on Jewish, Amish and Mormon families.
Moskos, C. C. (1980). Greek Americans: Struggle and success. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. E 184 .G7 M67 1980 (Floor 3)
Ng, F. (1998). The Taiwanese Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .T35 N45 1998 (Floor 3)
Ogbaa. (2003). The Nigerian Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .N55O36 2003 (Floor 3)
Orleck, A. (1999). The Soviet Jewish Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .J5 O68 1999. (Floor 3)
Pap, L. (1981). The Portuguese-Americans. Boston: Twayne. E 184 .P8 P34 1981 (Floor 3)
Posadas, B.M. (1999). The Filipino Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .F4 P67 1999. (Floor 3)
Redekop, C. (1989). Mennonite society. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. E 184 .M45 R43 (Floor 3)
Russell, C. (2002). Racial and ethnic diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites (2nd ed.). Ithaca, NY: New Strategist Publications. REF. E 184 .A1R78 (Floor 2, Reference)
Great source for statistics
Shakir, E. (1997). BINT ARAB: Arab and Arab American women in the United States. Westport, CT: Praeger. E 184 .A65S48 1997. (Floor 3)
Suleiman, M. W. (1999). Arabs in America: building a new future. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. E 184 .A65 A72 1999. (Floor 3).
Taylor, R. L. (2002). Minority families in the United States: A multicultural perspective (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. E 184 .A1 M5437 2002. (Floor 3)
Covers Black, Haitian, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese
and American Indian families in American.
Tong, B. (2000). The Chinese Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .C5 T63 2000. (Floor 3)
Torres, E. (2005). Curandero: A life in Mexican folk healing. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. RZ 407 .T67 2005. (Floor 5)
Torres-Saillant, S., & Hernandez, R. (1998). The Dominican Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. E 184 .D6 T67 1998. (Floor 3)
Zephir, F. (2004). The Haitian Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press E 184 .H27 Z458 2004 (Floor 3)
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations. (2004). Detroit: Gale. Ref. G 63 .W67 2004. (Floor 4)
Zhan, L. (2003). Asian Americans: Vulnerable populations, model interventions, and clarifying agendas. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. E 184 .A75 A8446 2003
