| Course Instructors: Cynthia Swafford, Kathy Puri, Shirley Kilgore |
| Library Instructor: Vicky Leather, phone 697-2576 |
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Assignments:
 | Diversity Project: Students will work in groups of 3 to research the health practices and characteristics of an economic, ethnic, religious or cultural group that could influence their health and health care. Students will prepare a project to teach other students about the ethnic group. | ||||
| Article Critiques: Students will write
a critique of an article on each
subject below and explain how the article relates to information covered in
class. Articles must be located in approved nursing journals published between 2001 and 2004.
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Diversity Project: |
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| Hispanic (Mexican/Central American) | Muslim | Jamaican |
| Vietnamese/Laotian | Appalachian rural poor | Haitian |
| Japanese | Catholic | Saudi Arabian |
| Bosnian/Eastern European | Jewish | Canadian |
| Native American | Seventh Day Adventist | Amish |
| African American | Jehovah's Witness | Mennonite |
| Filipino | Christian Science | Mormon |
| Hindu / Indian | Homeless | Urban poor (Chattanooga area) |
| Chinese | ||
Find information about these health-related topics as it applies to the cultural group.
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Geographic location and major language |
| Family dynamics - role of the male and female, children, elders; who is in control? | |
| Health care - beliefs and practices (natural remedies, etc.) | |
| Nutrition - practices and intolerances (food, diet, dietary, etc.) | |
| Eye contact, touch (communication, personal space) | |
| Pain reaction (discomfort, stoic, demonstrative, emotions, etc.) | |
| Economics / Economic status (poverty, poor, socioeconomic, etc.) | |
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Food preferences |
| Folk medicine | |
| Ethnic / race specific or endemic diseases | |
| Predominant sick care practices | |
| Birth and death rights | |
| Childhood immunizations | |
| Child bearing beliefs and practices | |
| Holidays |
To restate the assignments, students will
-- work in groups to prepare a poster presentation.
-- critique one article from a professional nursing journal
using a library journal database.
-- attach a computer print-out showing how they found the professional nursing journal article.
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→EBSCOhost
Research Databases
Health & Wellness Resource Center - journal articles and reference materials in health Health Reference Center-Academic - journal articles in health with easy subject searches InfoTrac OneFile Plus - journal articles in all disciplines netLibrary eBook Collection - online ebooks DigitalCurriculum.com - online videos, including multiculturalism and homelessness |
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Nursing Journals in the Augusta R. Kolwyck Library and Online Databases
Resources
General
| Citations APA Citation Information APA Citation Format for Library Database Citations Food Cultural and Historical Aspects of Food Oregon State University Food Guide Pyramid, Ethnic and Cultural Countries Library of Congress Country Studies The Library of Congress Religions and Beliefs Refugee Health / Immigrant Health, Charles Kemp, Baylor University School of Nursing Religious Movements Homepage University of Virginia Traditional Health Beliefs (Student Pages) Hawaii Community College, Division of Nursing Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links Ellen Bosman, MLS, Indiana University Search Engine Scirus - for scientific information |
Specific Ethnic and Religious Groups
African Americans
African-American Health (MedlinePlus)
African
Americans, Stanford Geriatric Education Center
African Americans, St. Elizabeth Family Medical Program
Cultural
Diversity in America: African-Americans, Ohio State University
HealthWeb:
African Americans, Michigan State University Libraries
Amish
The Amish and the Plain
People (FAQ), Pennsylvania Dutch Country Welcome Center
Working
with the Amish Ohio State University
Appalachian
Appalachian
Cookbook
Center for Virtual Appalachia,
Morehead State University
Cultural
Diversity: Eating in America - Appalachian Ohio State University
Extension Fact Sheet
Bosnian / Eastern
European
Bosnians, St. Elizabeth Family Medical Program
The Bosnians, an
Introduction to Their History and Culture
Community Profile (Ukrainian), Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Canadian
Norms
& Narratives: A Study of Values Concerning Health and Illness in an
Aging Population in Canada Memorial University of Newfoundland
Catholics
Ethical
and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Italian
Americans Eileen Hayes, RN, University of Massachusetts
(written by Sandra M. Hillman)
Polish
Americans Eileen Hayes, RN, University of Massachusetts
(written by Martha A. From)
Chinese
Ethnomed:
Chinese Cultural Profile
Ethnomed: Chinese Food Cultural Profile
Health and Health Care for Chinese-American Elders
Christian Science
The Church of Christ,
Scientist
Filipino
Asian
& Pacific Islander Elderly University of California at
Berkeley Resource Center on Aging
Understanding the
Filipinos and Its Culture, Loreta Garrote-Trinidad, R.N.
Haitians
Haitian-AmericansEileen
Hayes, RN, University of Massachusetts (written by Jessie M. Colin and
Ghislaine Paperwalla)
Haitians, by
Charles Kemp
The
Haitians, Their History and Culture
Hindu
Health and Health care of Asian Indian American, Stanford Geriatric
Education Center
Hindu, Eileen
Hayes, RN, University of Massachusetts (written by Jayalakshmi Jambunathan)
Infusing
Culture into Parenting Issues: India Vicki Ritts, Ph.D.,
St. Louis Community College
Infusing
Culture into Psychopathology: India Vicki Ritts, Ph.D., St.
Louis Community College
Hispanics
Health and
Health Care of Hispanic/Latino American Elders, Stanford Geriatric
Education Center
Health
Status and Determinants of Health of Hispanic Populations Department
of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine.
Hispanic-American Health (MedlinePlus)
HealthWeb:
Hispanic Americans, Library of the Health Sciences, U. of Illinois at
Chicago
Hispanic
Elderly University of California at Berkeley Resource Center
on Aging
Infusing
Culture into Parenting Issues: Latino Vicki Ritts, Ph.D.,
St. Louis Community College
Infusing
Culture into Parenting Issues: Mexico Vicki Ritts, Ph.D.,
St. Louis Community College
Infusing
Culture into Psychopathology: Latino Vicki Ritts, Ph.D.,
St. Louis Community College
Latinos, St. Elizabeth Family Medical Program
Jamaica
Government of Jamaica,
Culture
Government of Jamaica, Ministry of Health
CIA World Factbook 2000: Jamaica
Japanese
Asian
& Pacific Islander Elderly University of California at
Berkeley Resource Center on Aging
Health and Health
Care of Japanese- American Elders, Stanford Geriatric
Education Center
Infusing
Culture into Parenting Issues: Japan Vicki Ritts, Ph.D.,
St. Louis Community College
Japanese, Eileen
Hayes, RN, University of Massachusetts (written by Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko)
Jehovah's Witnesses
Watchtower:
Official Site of Jehovah's Witnesses
Jewish
Infusing
Culture into Parenting: Israel Vicki Ritts, Ph.D., St. Louis
Community College
Infusing
Culture into Psychopathology: Israel Vicki Ritts, Ph.D.,
St. Louis Community College
Mennonites
Mennonite
Church USA
Mormons
The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
All about Mormons
Muslims
Health
Care Providers Handbook on Muslim Patients Queensland Government,
Australia
Islamic
Medicine Edited by Shahid Athar , M. D.
Muslim Refugees in the United States, A Guide for Their Service Providers
Native Americans
Alaska -
Native American, Stanford Geriatric Education Center
American
Indian & Native Alaskan Elderly University of California
at Berkeley Resource Center on Aging
HealthWeb:
Native Americans, Library of the Health Sciences, U. of Illinois at
Chicago
Infusing
Culture into Parenting Issues: Native American Vicki
Ritts, Ph.D., St. Louis Community College
Infusing
Culture into Psychopathology: Native American Vicki Ritts,
Ph.D., St. Louis Community College
Native-American Health (MedlinePlus)
Saudi Arabia
Infusing
Culture into Parenting Issues: The Arab World Vicki
Ritts, Ph.D., St. Louis Community College
Infusing
Culture into Psychopathology: The Arab World Vicki
Ritts, Ph.D., St. Louis Community College
Seventh Day Adventists
History
of Vegetarianism: Seventh Day Adventists International
Vegetarian Union
Seventh
Day Adventists Religious Movements, University of Virginia
Vietnamese / Laotians
Community Profile (South Asian), Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Culture-Sensitive Health Care: Asian, Diversity Resources, Inc.
Amherst, MA.
HealthWeb:
Asian Americans Library of the Health Sciences, U. of Illinois at
Chicago
Southeast Asian, Stanford Geriatric Education
Center
Vietnamese,
St. Elizabeth Family Medical Program
Homeless
National Health Care for the
Homeless Council
Health Care for the
Homeless Information Resource Center, Bureau of Primary Health Care
MedlinePlus: Homeless Health Concerns
What Are
Homeless People's HIV Prevention Needs- (Copyright © University of
California)
Urban Poor
Urban Health Literature Review
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