April Acquisitions

My library was dukedom enough.

-- The Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2

New Acquisitions

April 2003

African Americans

North Carolina Minority Health Facts: African Americans . Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Health Informatics and Statistics, 1998; 6 p., ill. MH03D5607

Available electronically at http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/pdf/mhf.pdf

American Indians

Can Education Play a Role in the Prevention of Youth Gangs in Indian Country? One Tribe’s Approach . Charleston, WV: AEL, 2002; 2 p. MH03D5638

Available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (CRESS); PO Box 1348; -Charleston, WV 25325-1348; (phone) 800-624-9120; (fax) 304-347-0467. Free of Charge. Product ID: 02-12

New Mexico Tribal Report 2002: New Mexico Tribe-Specific Vital Statistics . Santa Fe, NM: State Center for Health Statistics at the Office of New Mexico Vital Records and Health Statistics, 2002; 23 p. MH03D5612

Available electronically at http://dohewbs2.health.state.nm.us/vitalrec/Tribal.pdf

North Carolina Minority Health Facts: American Indians . Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Health Informatics and Statistics, 1998; 6 p., ill. MH03D5608

Available electronically at http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/pdf/AIFACTS.pdf

Reliability, Validity, and Authenticity in American Indian and Alaska Native Research . Charleston, WV: AEL, 2002; 2 p. MH03D5635

Available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (CRESS); PO Box 1348; -Charleston, WV 25325-1348; (phone) 800-624-9120; (fax) 304-347-0467. Free of Charge. Product ID: 02-4

Schooling for Self-Determination: Research on the Effects of Including Native Language and Culture in the Schools . Charleston, WV: AEL, 2002; 2 p. MH03D5636

Available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (CRESS); PO Box 1348; -Charleston, WV 25325-1348; (phone) 800-624-9120; (fax) 304-347-0467. Free of Charge. Product ID: 01-12

Seventh Generation: Native Students Speak about Finding the Good Path . Charleston, WV: AEL, 2003; xiii, 196 p. Includes index. MH03D5634

Available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (CRESS); PO Box 1348; -Charleston, WV 25325-1348; (phone) 800-624-9120; (fax) 304-347-0467. $20 per copy. Product ID: SG

Social and Emotional Distress Among American Indian and Alaska Native Students: Research Findings . Charleston, WV: AEL, 2002; 2 p. MH03D5637

Available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (CRESS); PO Box 1348; -Charleston, WV 25325-1348; (phone) 800-624-9120; (fax) 304-347-0467. Free of Charge. Product ID: 01-11

Using Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Assessments to Ensure that American Indian and Alaska Native Students Receive the Special Education Programs and Services They Need . Charleston, WV: AEL, 2002; 2 p. MH03D5639

Available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (CRESS); PO Box 1348; -Charleston, WV 25325-1348; (phone) 800-624-9120; (fax) 304-347-0467. Free of Charge. Product ID: 02-8

Cancer

Cancer Clinical Trials: a Resource Guide for Outreach, Education, and Advocacy . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2001; 90 p. Includes bibliography. MH03D5627

Available from the National Cancer Institute; Office of Cancer Communications; 31 Center Drive MSC 2580; Building 31 Room 10A16; Bethesda, MD 20892-2580; 1-800-422-6237; NIH Publication No. 02-5053. Item No. P921

Cancer Clinical Trials: an Introduction for Patients and Their Families . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2001; 1 videocassette (19 min, col.) + 1 discussion guide MH03A5630

Cancer Clinical Trials Slide Programs . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2001; 1 compact disk MH03A5629

Available from the National Cancer Institute; Office of Cancer Communications; 31 Center Drive MSC 2580; Building 31 Room 10A16; Bethesda, MD 20892-2580; 1-800-422-6237; Item No. Q985

Cancer Clinical Trials: the Basic Workbook . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2001; 90 p. Includes bibliography. MH03D5626

Cancer Clinical Trials: the In-Depth Program . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2001; 94 p. Includes bibliography. MH03D5625

Cancer Trials: Because Lives Depend on It (A Clinical Trial Awareness Video for the General Public) . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2001; 1 videocassette (10 min, col.) + 1 discussion guide MH03A5631

Cervical Cancer Disparities Between African-American Women and White Women in North Carolina, 1995-1998 . Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Health Informatics and Statistics, 2002; 6 p., ill. MH03D5610

Available electronically at http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/pdf/SCHS-134.pdf

Trainer's Guide for Cancer Education . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2001; 116 p. Includes bibliography. MH03D5628

Voices of a Broken System: Real People, Real Problems. President’s Cancer Panel: Report of the Chairman 2000-2001 . Bethesda, MD: President's Cancer Panel, 2002; xv, 44 p., col. ill. MH03D5641

Copies are available from the President's Cancer Panel. Please e-mail the President's Cancer Panel at pcp-r@mail.nih.gov or call (301) 496-1148, to request that a hard copy of the report or CD be sent to you.

Cardiovascular Diseases

National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute Stroke Belt Initiative: Project Accomplishments and Lessons Learned . Bethesda, MD:NHLBI, 1997, 23 p. MH03D5599

Available electronically at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/other/sb_spec.pdf

Chronic Disease

Chronic Conditions: Making the Case for Ongoing Care (December 2002) . Baltimore, MD: Partnership for Solutions, 2003; 46 p. MH03D5640

Available from Partnership for Solutions; Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Hampton HOuse; 624 North Broadway, Room 301; Baltimore, MD 21205; (phone) 410-614-6059; (fax) 410-955-2301. Also available in PDF at http://www.partnershipforsolutions.org/DMS/files/chronicbook2002.pdf

Cultural Competence

Compendium of Cultural Competence Initiatives in Health Care . Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003, 25 p. MH03D5601

Additional free copies of this package (#6067) are available by calling the Kaiser Family Foundation's publication request line at 1-800-656-4533.

Culture, Place, Health . New York, NY: Routledge, 2002; xi, 182 p. Includes index. MH03D5622

Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com. $32.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-415-19065-7 http://www.amazon.com

Translation of the Health Brochure and Impact on the Target Reader: a Contrastive Analysis of the Structural and Pragmatic Features of Texts Translated into Spanish Versus Texts Written Originally in Spanish . Springfield, VA: Reproduced by National Technical Information Services (NTIS), 2003; 267 p. MH03D5600

Copies of this publication are available from the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Dept of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161, (800) 553-6847. $54.00 for paper copy plus $5 handling fee, no additional charge for shipping. $8.95 for the downloadable report. Quote order number PB2003-100060.

Diabetes

Type 2: a Book of Support for Type 2 Diabetics . New York, NY: Walker & Company, 2003; 221 p. MH03D5604

Available May 2003. $12.00 paperback original. ISBN 0-8027-7666-3. Walker & Company; 435 Hudson Street; New York, NY 10014; toll free for orders: Tel: 800-289-2553; Fax: 800-218-9367; http://www.walkerbooks.com

Funding

Concise Guide to Getting Grants for Nonprofit Organizations . Hauppage, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2002; 124 p. Includes index. MH03D5619

Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com. $19.50 plus shipping and handling. 1-59033-087-0 http://www.amazon.com

Health Disparities

Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity in New Jersey . Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 2001; 24 p., ill. MH03D5617

Available electronically at http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/hlthdisp.pdf

Health Disparities Task Force: Executive Summary for the 78th Legislature . Austin, TX: Texas Health Disparities Task Force, 2003; 12 p. MH03D5597

Available electronically at http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/minority/hdtf/HDTF_exec_sum_rpt.pdf

Health Policy

Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2003; xv, 143 p. Includes index. MH03D5632

The full report can be obtained from the National Academy Press, 1-800-624-6242, or by internet at http://www.nap.edu. The cost is $25.60 plus $4.50 s&h. Read the text for free at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309085438/html/

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in North Carolina: a Special Report from the Center for Health Informatics and Statistics and Office of Minority Health North Carolina Division of Public Health . Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Health Informatics and Statistics, 2000; 29 p., ill. MH03D5606

For a copy of the full report, contact the Center for Health Informatics and Statistics at (919) 733-4728. Also available electronically at http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/pdf/MinorityReport.pdf

Hispanics

Health of Minorities in New Jersey: Part 2 "The Latino Experience" . Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 2000; 1 videocassette (31 min.) MH03A5620

Available electronically from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Room 501, PO Box 360; Trenton, NJ 08625-0360

Marketing to American Latinos: a Guide to the In-Culture Approach . Ithaca, NY: Paramount Market Publishing, 2000; xiii, 177 p. Includes index and CD-ROM MH03D5613

Available from Paramount Market Publishing, Inc. 301 South Geneva Street, Suite 109; Ithaca, NY 14850; 607-275-8100 (tel); 607-275-8101 (fax); http://www.paramountbooks.com. $44.95 per copy plus S&H. Item #1002

Marketing to American Latinos: a Guide to the In-Culture Approach (Part 2) . Ithaca, NY: Paramount Market Publishing, 2002; xvi, 350 p. Includes index. MH03D5614

North Carolina Minority Health Facts: Hispanics/Latinos . Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Health Informatics and Statistics, 1999; 6 p., ill. MH03D5609

Available electronically at http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/pdf/HL-facts.pdf

Selected Data on the Health of the Latino Population in North Carolina . Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Health Informatics and Statistics, 2002; 8 p., ill. MH03D5611

Available electronically at http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/pdf/Latinos.pdf

HIV/AIDS

New Jersey’s Minority HIV/AIDS Sharing Network: “Sharing Help, Sharing Hope” (Companion Guide) . Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 2002; 13 MH03D5616

Available from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Room 501, PO Box 360; Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 (phone) 609-292-6962

New Jersey’s Minority HIV/AIDS Sharing Network: “Sharing Help, Sharing Hope” (Video) . Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 2002; 1 videocassette MH03A5615

Available from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Room 501, PO Box 360; Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 (phone) 609-292-6962

Writing Proposals for HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants . Washington, DC: US Conference of Mayors, 2003; 27 p. MH03D5602

Single copies of this publication are available from the US Conference of Mayors, 1620 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, telephone (202) 293-7330, fax (202) 293-2352, e-mail: ltate@usmayors.org.

Obesity

Aim for a Healthy Weight: Strategic Plan for the Prevention of Obesity in Texas . Austin, TX: Texas Statewide Obesity Taskforce, 2003; 52 p. MH03D5598

Available electronically at http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/phn/obesity-plan.pdf

Palliative Care

When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2003; xx, 690 p. Includes index. MH03D5633

Spanish Language Materials

Diccionario de Genetica Hablando [=Talking Glossary of Genetics] . Bethesda, MD: National Human Genome Research Institute, 2003; 1 CD-ROM MH03A5605

In addition to the online version, NHGRI is also making the Spanish glossary available, free of charge, as a limited edition CD-ROM, to libraries and educators without access to the Internet. The CD-ROM works in both Windows and Macintosh formats. To request a CD-ROM, contact National Human Genome Research Institute; Building 12A/Room 1039; MSC 5613; 12 South Drive; Bethesda, MD 20892

If You Have Cancer…What You Should Know about Clinical Trials [=Si Tiene Cancer…lo que Deberia Saber sobre Estudios Clinicos] . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2001; 8 panels MH03D5624

La Participacion en los Estudios Clinicos: Estudios para la Prevencion del Cancer, Lo que los Participantes Deben Saber [=Taking Part in Clinical Trials: Cancer Prevention Studies, What Participants Need to Know] . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute, 2000, 28 p. MH03D5642

Copies of this publication are available from the National Cancer Institute, Bldg. 31, Rm. 10A-16, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 at 1-800-422-6237

La Participacion en los Estudios Clinicos: Lo que los Pacientes de Cancer Deben Saber [=Taking Part in Clinical Trials What Cancer Patients Need to Know] . Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2000; 18 p., col. ill. MH03D5623

Statistical Data

Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2001. National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSS) Volume 51, No. 5, March 14, 2003. . Hyattsville, MD : National Center for Health Statistics (CDC), 2003; 48 p., ill. MH03D5603

To receive this publication regularly, contact the National Center for Health Statistics at 301-458-4636. DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 2003-1120 03-0165 (3/2003)

Substance Abuse

Comprehensive Approach: Preventing Blood-Borne Infections among Injection Drug Users . Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development (AED), 2000; 82 p. MH03D5621

Available electronically at http://www.healthstrategies.org/pubs/publications/aedbook.pdf

Facilities Providing Substance Abuse Treatment in Languages Other than English . Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services, 2003, 3 p. MH03D5618

http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/2k3/LanguageTX/lang.pdf