Cultural Beliefs and Influences, Issues, and How to Identify/Develop Materials
Bibliographic References

Adams DL. Health Issues for Women of Color: A Cultural Diversity Perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 1995.
Includes bibliographic materials and references.

Ahuarangik C. Creating a safe cultural space. Nursing. 1996;2,(10):13-15.

Asian American Health Issues. Oakland, CA: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan. 1996.

Asian Voice: Asian and Asian-American Health Educators Speak Out. New York, NY: NLN Press. 1997.

Atkinson D, Morton G, Sue DW. Counseling American Minorities: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown, Co. 1983.

Axtell RE. Gestures: The DO's and TABOOs of Body Language Around the World. New York, NY: Wiley, 1991.

Brislin R. Understanding Culture's Influence on Behavior. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace.1993.

Brislin RW, Cushner K, Cherrie C, Yong M. Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. 1996.

Bronner YL, Nutritional status outcomes for children: Ethnic, cultural, and environmental contexts. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 1996;96(9):891-903.
Literature review; includes recommendation that culturally appropriate interventions be made at the individual, family and community levels.

Buchwald, D. Panwaala S, Hooton TM. Use of traditional health practices by Southeast Asian refugees in a primary care clinic. The Western Journal of Medicine. 1992;156(5):507-511.

Bushy A. Cultural considerations for primary health care: Where do self-care and folk medicine fit? Holistic Nursing Practice? 1992;6(3):10-18.

Bushy A. Health issues of women in rural environments: An overview. Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. 1998;53,2:53-56.
Presents profile of America's rural women and impact of economic, social, geographic and cultural factors on their health; supports understanding of their medical concerns.

Campbell JC, Campbell, DW. Cultural competence in care of abused women. Journal of Nurse Midwifery.
Adds advocacy to existing models of culturally competent health care. Presents stages of abuse with specific information about cultural differences and patterns.

Caring for Health: History and Diversity. Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press. 1993.

Caudle P. Providing culturally sensitive health care to Hispanic clients. Nurse Practitioner. 1993;18(12):40-49.

Cross-cultural medicine. Western Journal of Medicine: Special Issue.1983;129(6).

Cross-cultural medicine: A decade later. Western Journal of Medicine: Special Issue. 1992;157(3).

Cross T., Bazron, B, Dennis K, Isaacs M. Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care: A Monograph on Effective Services for Minority Children Who are Severely Emotionally Disturbed (Vol. 1). Washington, DC: CASSP Technical Assistance Center. Georgetown University Child Development Training Center. 1989.

Culturally Competent Care: Helping Healthcare Reach Out to Patients From Other Cultures. Rockford, IL: Inter-Face International. (periodical)

Cultural Titles. Reston, VA: American Medical Student Association.
Provides information about culturally appropriate ways to address people.

Eisenberg DM, Kessler, RC, et al. Unconventional medicine in the United States: Prevalence, costs, and patterns of use. New England Journal of Medicine. 1993;326:246-258.

DP. Somatization in cross-cultural perspective: A World Health Organization study in primary care. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1997;154(7):989-995.,br> Explores phenomenon of somatization in different cultures. Discusses modest link with education, no clear link to geography or level of economic development, and prevalent in primary care practices across cultures.

Felder E. The cultural competency challenges in providing human services. Journal of Cultural Diversity. 1996;32(2):28.

Fontes LA. Sexual Abuse in Nine North American Cultures: Treatment and Prevention. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. 1995.

Ford CW. We Can All Get Along: 50 Steps You Can Take to Help End Racism at Home, At Work and in Your Community. New York, NY: Dell. 1994.

Foster G. Disease, etiologies, in non-Western medical systems. American Anthropologist. 1976;78:777-782.

Freda MC. Cultural competence in patient education. American Journal of Maternal and Child Nursing. 1997;22(4):219-20.

Giving the Best Care Possible: Unlearning Homophobia in the Health and Social Service Setting. New York, NY: Office of Gay and Lesbian Health Concerns.

Greenway C. Hungry earth and vengeful stars: Soul loss and identity in the Puruvian Andes. Social Science and Medicine. 1998;47(8):993-1004.
Outlines Quechua constructions of body, self, and cosmos and of health and illness; a crisis of identity; and treatment that reintegrates identity, community, and cosmos.

Haffner L. Translation is not enough: Interpreting in a medical setting. The Western Journal of Medicine. 1992;157(3),255-259.

Harwood A. The hot-cold theory of disease: Implications for treatment of Puerto Rican patients. JAMA. 1971;216:1153-1158.

Hazel Z, McKinney EA, Williams M. Black Aged: Understanding Diversity and Service Needs. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. 1990.

Health Issues for Women of Color: A Cultural Diversity Perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 1995.

Health of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Association. 1997.
Discusses need to respect traditional beliefs and migration patterns, to overcome language barriers and consider the effects of poverty and lack of education.

Hispanic Health Issue, JAMA, 1991;235(2).

Hodes R. Cross-cultural medicine and diverse health beliefs: Ethiopians abroad. Western Journal of Medicine. 1997;166(1):29-36.
Discusses Ethiopian customs and beliefs about health and medicine (e.g., wind and pain, STDs,) traditional healers, male and female circumcision, preference for tablets rather than injections, tradition that bad news is given to the family, and health education.

Institute on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Papers from the"Forum on Language Barriers to Care" Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 1998;9, S5-S95.

Issues of War Trauma and Working with Refugees. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Linguistics. 1995.
Provides information about how trauma and post-traumatic stress affect children and adults.

Jackson L. Understanding, eliciting, and negotiating client's multicultural health beliefs. Nurse Practitioner. 1993;18(4)30-34.

Jennings B. Cultural diversity meets end-of-life decision making. Hospital Health Network.1994;68(18):72.

Jezewski MA. Culture brokering as a model for advocacy. Nursing and Health Care. 1993;14(2):78-85.

Johnson RW. African American Voices: African American Health Educators Speak Out. New York, NY: National League for Nursing. 1995.

Kagawa-Singer M. Diverse cultural beliefs and practices about death and dying in the elderly. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 1994;15(1):101-116.

Kagawa-Singer M. Cross-cultural views of disability. Rehabilitation Nursing. 1994;19:362-365.

Kagawa-Singer M, Katz D, Taylor D, Vanderyn J (eds.). Health Issues for Minority Adolescents. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. 1996.

Kim LH. Korean ethos. The Journal of the Korean American Medical Association. 1996;2(1):13-23.

Kim YY. Interethnic Communication: Current Research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. 1986.

Maduro R. Curanderismo and Latino views of disease and curing. The Western Journal of Medicine. 1983;139(6):868-875.

Magnus MM. What is your IQ on cross-cultural nutrition counseling? Diabetes Education. 1996;2(1):57-62.
Explores diabetes prevention and control and nutrition education for patients.

Mattson S, Lew, L. Culturally sensitive prenatal care for Southeast Asians. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 1992;21(1):48-54.

McIntosh P. White Privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Independent School. 1989: winter.

Morse JM, Young, DE, Swartz L. Cree Indian healing practices and Western health care: A comparative analysis. Social Science and Medicine. 1991;32(12):1261-1267.

Muecke M. In search of healers—Southeast Asian refugees in the American health care system. The Western Journal of Medicine. 1983;139(6):835-841.

Mull J. Cross-cultural communication in the physician's office. The Western Journal of Medicine. 1993;159:609-613.

Multilingual Health Education Resource Guide. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Linguistics. 1997.
Provides information about how to obtain a variety of practical resource materials in 8 languages of refugee communities (e.g., Asian, Eastern European, Haitian-Creole, Arabic, Somali).

Munks JJ. Diagnosis: Babel. AT&T provides a way to cope with language barriers. Emergency Medical Services. 1995;24(10):54, 56,70-71.
(to subscribe to AT&T language/interpretation service call 1-800/753-6096)

Northam S. Access to health promotion, protection, and disease prevention among impoverished individuals. Public Health Nursing. 1996;13(5):353-364.
Survey of health care access in northern Texas, including emergency room use and unmet chronic health care needs.

Nutting PA (ed.). Community-Oriented Primary Care: From Principles to Practice. Kansas City, MO: Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. 1990.
Useful reference for primary care providers, educators, and researchers who are committed to expanding primary care activities beyond the confines of the examining room. Includes variety of practical tools and techniques, including ideas for culturally responsive medicine.

Office of Minority Health Resource Center. Pocket Guide to Minority Health Resources. Washington, DC: Office of Minority Health Resource Center. http://www.omhrc.gov/Welcome.HTM

Ohmans P, Garrett C, Treschel C. Cultural barriers to health for refugees and immigrants: Providers perceptions. Minnesota Medicine.1996;79(5):26-30.
Examines barriers to good health, delays in seeking care, and culture-based reactions to western, allopathic medicine—both positive and negative.

Otiniano ME, Herrera CR, Castillo L. Needs of Hispanic elderly reflect cultural differences. Texas Medicine. 1996;92(10):33-34.
Explores health services needs and demand, the aged and Hispanic Americans.

Pachter L. Culture and clinical care: Folk illness beliefs and behaviors and their implications for health care delivery. JAMA. 1994;214(9).

Pan American Health Organization. Health Promotion: An Anthology. Washington, DC. 1996.
Includes contributions from more than 50 public health experts on 4 continents: developing a framework, public policy, community action, personal health skills, and health promotion for specific groups.

Patel C, Nicol A. Adaptation of African-American cultural and food preferences in end-stage renal disease diets. Advanced Renal Replacement Therapy. 1997;4(1):30-39.
Discusses importance of responding to ethnic influx and becoming familiar with ethnic foods and cooking. Includes glossary of ethnic foods and analysis of foods common to African-American culture.

Pressler WW, Nephrol S. Hypertension in the African-American community: Social, cultural, and psychological factors. Seminars in Nephrology. 1996;16(2):71-82.
Considers social and cultural context and the social and psychological processes associated with hypertension, including the role of socio-economic disadvantage, struggle and frustration, and supportive social institutions.

Rider ME, Mason JL. Issues in Culturally Competent Service Delivery: An Annotated Bibliography. Portland, OR: Portland State University, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health.

Rorie JA, Paine LL, Berger MK. Primary care for women: Cultural competence in primary care issues. Journal of Nurse Midwifery: 1996;41(2):92-100.
Describes a cultural competence continuum in providing primary care services for women and ways that cultural competence can assure availability of key components of primary care for all women, especially those from vulnerable populations.

Rothschild SK. Cross-cultural issues in primary care medicine. Dis Mon;1998;44(7):293-319.

Rural Homeless: America's Lost Population. Kansas City, MO: National Rural Health Association.
Discusses the growing number of rural Americans without a fixed address. Includes causes and step-by-step community-based prevention approaches, immigration issues, and resources.

Sack WH et al. Does PTSD transcend cultural barriers? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 1997;4(1):30-39.

Salimbene S, Graczykowski JW. What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In? A Health Practitioner's Guide to Treating Patients from Other Cultures. Amherst, MA: Amherst Educational Publishing. 1997.

Schott J. Culture, Religion and Childbearing in a Multiracial Society: A Handbook for Health Professionals. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann. 1996.

Sent L, Ballem P, Paluck E, Yelland L, Vogal AM. The Asian women's health clinic: Addressing cultural barriers to preventive health care. CMAJ. 1998;159(4):350-354.
Discusses preventive care, Asian women's health issues, and physician-patient relations.

Shapiro J, Lenahan P. Family medicine in a culturally diverse world: A solution-oriented approach to common cross-cultural problems in medical encounters. Family Medicine. 1996;28:249-255.

Stewart, Moira et al. Patient-centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method. Kansas City, MO: Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and Sage Publications. 1995.
Presents a six-component model to assist health providers to expand and strengthen their relationships with patients, including conceptualizing illness, considering the person as an individual, and encouraging a whole-person philosophy.

Technical Assistance Bulletin: You can use communication principles to create culturally sensitive and effective prevention materials. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse and Prevention.
A practical reference for developing culturally sensitive and effective messages for target audiences using principles of health communication.

Torres S. Hispanic Voices: Hispanic Health Educators Speak Out. New York, NY: NLN Press. 1996.

Ventres W, Gordon P. Communication strategies for the poor and underserved. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 1990;1(3):305-314.

Vu HH. Cultural barriers between obstetrician-gynecologists and Vietnamese/Chinese immigrant women. Texas Medicine. 1996;92(10):47-52.
Explores shared cultural views and influence of beliefs about health, disease, birth and death. Includes beliefs about privacy and female modesty that affect communication, understanding and also beliefs that may result in delays in treatment.

Waldman HB. Immigrant children and pediatric dental practice. ASDC Journal of Dentistry for Children. 1995;78(8):167-177.

Walker PL. Chumash Healing: Changing Health and Medical Practices in a American Indian Society. Banning, CA: Malki Museum Press. 1993.

Watkins EL, Johnson AE (eds.). Removing Cultural and Ethnic Barriers for Health Care. 1986. Rockville, MD. National Clearinghouse for Maternal and Child Health.

Yung BR, Hammond WR. Breaking the cycle: A culturally sensitive violence prevention program for African-American children and adolescents. In Handbook of Child Abuse Research and Treatment. New York, NY: Plenum Press. 1998.
Presents a culturally sensitive prevention model that intervenes in relationships at a point of development during which vulnerability for violence is great.

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