This is a brief guide to selected sources of information on
transcultural nursing. Transcultural nursing is an area of study and
practice that focuses on providing culturally competent health care to
people worldwide. The first listings on this
page are
databases to which the UIC Library subscribes. These can be accessed by
anyone from the Library of the Health Sciences or elsewhere on the UIC
campus. Access from other locations is limited to UIC students, faculty,
and staff who have a valid netID and password. A link to freely available
web sources is also included, as are books in the LHS collection. This is
not a comprehensive list of resources. For further assistance please ask
for help at
Information Services desk.
MeSH/PubMed This link takes you to MeSH, the Medical Subject
Headings database. Search in this database with the term "Transcultural
Nursing" (or other related terms), to find the "official" names MeSH
uses for the subject you have in mind. Then, switch into the PubMed
database (you can also do this from within MeSH) and use the term(s)
you found to find articles. MeSH and PubMed are available to the
general public for free, but UIC faculty, staff, and students can
enter a
version of PubMed that includes links to many online
full-text journals.
Native Health
Databases This link takes you to a site with two databases with
health information for, by, and about Native Americans of the United
States, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. For articles
published before 1966, search the Native Health
History Database; for articles after 1966, search the Native Health
Research Database.
The following websites may be useful in finding information on transcultual nursing:
CulturedMed
Refugee and Ethnic health resources from SUNY Utica/Rome
Diversity
Rx
Models and practices, policy, legal, and networking resources
EthnoMed This
site from Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington covers
Amharic, Eritrean, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, Cambodian and, Vietnamese
cultures, along with other articles of interest
HealthWeb:
Minority Health
HealthWeb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of
the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation.
This web site contains general resources on minority health, and specific
information for African Americans, Asian Americans, Latin@s, and Native
Americans.
Medical Informatics for the
Hispanic Center of Excellence From the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library, this is a
Latin@ health subject guide with news, resources, and other related
information. Includes specific sections on consumer health and border
health, and general resources on cultural competency.
National Alliance
for Hispanic Health Web site with extensive resources on Hispanic/Latin@ health and
health care. Includes fact sheets, publications, and links to
hotlines and helplines. Information is available in Spanish and
English.
Selected Patient Information
Resources in Asian Languages SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian
Languages is a
joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts
University Hirsh Health Sciences Library
of Massachusetts. The project aims to increase electronic access to
health information for Asian American consumers and their health care
providers, and to provide consumer information in the languages of the
community served, specifically Chinese,
Cambodian, Vietnamese and Laotian.
Transcultural Nursing
Society An international group of nurses (and other healthcare
professionals) working together to meet the society's mission statement:
"To ensure that
the culture care needs of people around the
world will be
met by nurses prepared in transcultural nursing."
To locate books about transcultural nursing use UICCAT, the library's online catalog. Suggested search phrases are:
transcultural nursing, transcultural medicine, multicultural nursing
or cultural diversity AND nursing.
We have a solid collection of works related to transcultural nursing. Here are some examples of just a few books that we have available. The books are listed with the most current first. For additional books
relevant to transcultural nursing, please browse the area WA300 through WA380 in the bookstacks, second floor.
Health and Healing in Comparative Perspective
edited by Elizabeth D. Whitaker
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006 GN296 H434 2006
Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Bert Hayslip, Jr., Cynthia A. Peveto.
Springer Pub. Co., 2005 BF789 D4 H425c 2005
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment: Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications edited by Lisa A. Suzuki, Joseph G. Ponterotto, Paul J. Meller Jossey-Bass, 2001
WM145 H236 2001
Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness
Rachel E. Spector
Prentice Hall Health, 2000 WA30 S741c 2000
Asian Voices: Asian and Asian American Health Educators Speak Out
edited by Lin Zhan Jones and Bartlett, 1999 WA300 A832 1999
Case Studies in Cultural Diversity: a Workbook edited by Vernice D. Ferguson Jones and Bartlett, 1999 WY106 C337 1999
Transcultural Nursing: Assessment and Intervention
edited by Joyce Newman Giger, Ruth Elaine Davidhizar Mosby, 1999 WY87 T77151 1999
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
by Anne Fadiman
the Noonday Press, 1998 WL
385 F145s 1998
Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment
Elaine M. Geissler Mosby, 1998 WY49 G313p 1998
Transcultural Health Care: a Culturally Competent Approach
edited by Larry D. Purnell, Betty J. Paulanka F.A. Davis, 1998 W84 DA2 T7 1998
Cultural Diversity in Nursing: Issues, Strategies, and Outcomes
edited by Jacqueline A. Dienemann American Academy of Nursing, 1997 WY107 C968 1997
Culture & Nursing Care: a Pocket Guide
edited by Juliene G. Lipson, Suzanne L. Dibble, Pamela A. Minarik UCSF Nursing Press, 1996 WY49 C968 1996
Hispanic voices: Hispanic Health Educators Speak Out
edited by Sara Torres NLN Press, 1996 WA300 H673 1996
Madeleine Leininger: Cultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory
Cheryl L. Reynolds, Madeleine Leininger Sage Publications Inc., 1993 WY101 R462m 1993
Teaching Transcultural Care: a Guide for Teachers of Nursing and Health Care
Paula McGee Chapman & Hall; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Singular Pub. Group, 1992 WY18 M145t 1992
Included as a special supplement of Nursing Standard, is "An
Essential Guide to Cultural and Spiritual Awareness". This is shelved with
Nursing Standard, January 5th 2005, volume 19, issue 17.
