Nursing: Cultural Diversity & Ethnicity
Evidence Based Care Sheets for Cultures
- Nursing Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
Search the name of a country or culture. On the left side of the results page under LIMIT BY MATERIAL TYPE, choose CULTURAL COMPENTENCIES.
Transcultural Nursing Web Resources
- EthnoMedSpecific community cultural profiles and subjects related to ethnic groups.
- Ethno-Specific Geriatric Care in the U.S.Detailed information on 13 major American ethnic groups.
- Office of Minority HealthProfiles of five minority populations.
The following resources from the CDC all deal with the topic of tuberculosis, but the cultural advice is valid for any health-related discussion.
Nursing Journal Articles
SEARCH STRATEGY FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT
Do a simple search for the country or group you are studying (for example, Japan or Hmong). Once the results are displayed, use the Refine Results column on the left. Under Subject - Major Heading, choose "Show more" and select interesting topics from the list, then update.
Here is a list of some useful headings that you might find in the Subject - Major Heading list:
- culture
- transcultural nursing
- cultural sensitivity
- nurse-patient relations
- nursing practice
- nursing care
- ethnic groups
- immigrants
- health beliefs
- medicine, African traditional
- communication barriers
- attitude to health
- attitude to death
CREDO Reference eBook
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology by Call #: FREE ONLINE ACCESSISBN: 9780387336220Publication Date: 2006Describes the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures.
From the table of contents, scroll to the end for a list of cultures, where there is also a search box for the entire book.
American FactFinder
- American FactFinderCensus information from the U.S. Government
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