January Acquisitions

 

My library was dukedom enough.

-- The Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2

 

 
 



 

New Acquisitions

January 2003

 

African Americans

African American Alternative Medicine:  Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Diseases .   Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2002, ix, 158 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5541

Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $57.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-89789-747-1

 

African Americans with Visual Impairments .   New York, NY:  AFB Press, 2001; xxiv, pp. 57-77   MH03D5548

Chapter 3 of "Diversity and Visual Impairment".  Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $45.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-89128-383-8 http://www.amazon.com

 

Determinants of Applications for Nursing Home Placement among Frail African American and White Elders .   Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1998, pp. 79-101   MH03D5536

Chapter 6 of "Long-Term Care and Ethnicity".  Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $64.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-86569-232-7

 

Medical Anthropology and African American Health .   Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000, x, 255 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5542

Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $22.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-89789-902-4

 

Psychological Symptomatology among African American, Hispanic, and White Frail Elders .   Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1998, pp. 27-41   MH03D5534

Chapter 3 of "Long-Term Care and Ethnicity".  Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $64.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-86569-232-7

 

 

Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery (Report). .   Silver Spring, MD: ADEAR, 2002, 60 p. + 1 compact disk   MH03D5503

To order a free copy, call 1-800-438-4380 or email adear@alzheimers.org

 

 

American Indians

Native Americans with Visual Impairments .   New York, NY:  AFB Press, 2001; xxiv, pp. 151-189   MH03D5551

Chapter 6 of "Diversity and Visual Impairment".  Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $45.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-89128-383-8 http://www.amazon.com

 

 

Asians

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with Visual Impairments .   New York, NY:  AFB Press, 2001; xxiv, pp. 79-107   MH03D5549

Chapter 4 of "Diversity and Visual Impairment".  Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $45.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-89128-383-8 http://www.amazon.com

 

How Do Beliefs and Experiences from 'Home' Affect Perceptions of Mental Health in a New Country?  What Cambodian Young People Think about Mental Illness .   Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia:  Ausmed Publications, 1999; pp. 213-226   MH03D5521

Chapter 12 in "Living in a New Country".  Available from the University of Toronto Press, 2250 Military Road, Toawanda, NY  14150; (phone) 800-565-9523; (fax) 800-221-9985; $39.95 plus shipping and handling.

 

How Do Immigrant Women Perceive and Experience Prenatal Testing?:  the Case of Thai Women in Australia .   Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia:  Ausmed Publications, 1999; pp. 25-41   MH03D5515

Chapter 2 in "Living in a New Country".  Available from the University of Toronto Press, 2250 Military Road, Toawanda, NY  14150; (phone) 800-565-9523; (fax) 800-221-9985; $39.95 plus shipping and handling.

 

Why do Immigrant Women Change Their Patterns of Infant Feeding Practices?  The Case of Southeast Asian Mothers in Australia .   Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia:  Ausmed Publications, 1999; pp. 161-177   MH03D5520

Chapter 9 in "Living in a New Country".  Available from the University of Toronto Press, 2250 Military Road, Toawanda, NY  14150; (phone) 800-565-9523; (fax) 800-221-9985; $39.95 plus shipping and handling.

 

 

Cultural Competence

Acculturation and Mental Health in the Sydney Iranian Community .   Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia:  Ausmed Publications, 1999; pp. 139-158   MH03D5519

Chapter 8 in "Living in a New Country".  Available from the University of Toronto Press, 2250 Military Road, Toawanda, NY  14150; (phone) 800-565-9523; (fax) 800-221-9985; $39.95 plus shipping and handling.

 

Intercultural Competence:  Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures (4th edition) .   Boston, MA:  Allyn and Bacon, 2003; xvi, 384 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5546

Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $59.00 plus shipping and handling. 0-321-08177-3  http://www.amazon.com

 

Providing Professional Services to Individuals Who Speak English as a Second Language .   New York, NY:  AFB Press, 2001; xxiv, pp. 343-381   MH03D5555

Chapter 12 of "Diversity and Visual Impairment".  Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $45.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-89128-383-8 http://www.amazon.com

 

 

Health Policy

2000 Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health:  UNC - Chapel Hill in Collaboration with the NCHS, a Component of CDC, and the ASPH.  Race and Ethnicity:  Categories and the Influence of SES on Health [videorecording] .   Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1videocassette : sd., col.; 1/2 in.   MH03A5523

Complimentary copies are available by contacting the Department of Maternal and Child Health, Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, 919-843-6758,

   919-966-0458 fax, minority_health@unc.edu, www.minority.unc.edu

 

2001 Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health, Tuesday, June 19, 2001.  Olivia Carter-Pokras, Ph.D.  “Challenges and Controversies”  [videorecording] .   Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1 videocassette : sd., col.; 1/2 in.   MH03A5524

Out of print.  Webcast available at http://www.health.org/multimedia/webcasts/01/june/pubichealth1.aspx

 

Crossing the Quality Chasm:  a New Health System for the 21st Century .   Washington, DC:  National Academy Press, 2001;  xx, 337 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5508

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 $44.95 plus $4.50 s&h.  Read the text for free at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072808/html/

 

Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Report .   Washington, DC:  National Academy Press, 2001;  xix, 234 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5505

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 $35.00 plus $4.50 s&h.  Available for free at http://www.nap.edu/books/030907343X/html

 

Guidance for the National Healthcare Disparities Report .   Washington, DC:  National Academy Press, 2002;  xv, 198 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5506

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 $44.25 plus $4.50 s&h.  Read the text for free at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309085195/html/

 

Health Status of Soon-To-Be-Released Inmates (Volumes I and II) .   Chicago, IL:  National Commission on Correctional Health Care, 2002; 2 v.   MH03D5558

Available electronically at http://www.ncchc.org/pubs_stbr.vol1.html

 

Protecting Data Privacy in Health Services Research .   Washington, DC:  National Academy Press, 2000;  xiv, 192 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5507

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 $34.00 plus $4.50 s&h.  Read the text for free at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309071879/html/

 

Small but Significant Steps to Help the Uninsured .   New York, NY: Commonwealth Fund, 2003; x, 40 p., ill.   MH03D5544

Copies of the report are available from The Commonwealth Fund by calling 1-888-777-2744 and ordering publication number #585.

 

Staying Covered:  the Importance of Retaining Health Insurance for Low-Income Families .   New York, NY: Commonwealth Fund, 2002; x, 37 p., ill.   MH03D5543

Copies of the report are available from The Commonwealth Fund by calling 1-888-777-2744 and ordering publication number #586.

 

Summer Minority Health Conference.  Olivia Carter-Pokras.  June 14, 1999  "Classification and Measurement, Part I"  [videorecording] .   Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1 videocassette : sd., col.; 1/2 in.   MH03A5525

Out of print.

 

Summer Minority Health Conference.  Olivia Carter-Pokras.  June 15, 1999  "Classification and Measurement, Part II"  [videorecording] .   Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1 videocassette : sd., col.; 1/2 in.   MH03A5526

Out of print.

 

Summer Public Health Research Video Conference on Minority Health.  July 13-17, 1998.  School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill.  Tuesday, July 14, 1998, Measurement of Race and Racism, Olivia Carter-Pokras, MHS, PhD, Part I.  [videorecording] .   Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1 videocassette : sd., col.; 1/2 in.   MH03A5527

Out of print.

 

Summer Public Health Research Video Conference on Minority Health.  July 13-17, 1998.  School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill.  Tuesday, July 14, 1998, Measurement of Race and Racism, Olivia Carter-Pokras, MHS, PhD, Part II.  [videorecording] .   Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1 videocassette : sd., col.; 1/2 in.   MH03A5528

Out of print.

 

 

Hispanics

Guide to Developing and Sustaining Spanish Speaking Support Groups for Latinas Who Have Breast Cancer .   Union City, CA:  Northern California Cancer Center, 2002; iv, 124 p.   MH03D5556

Copies are available from the Northern California Cancer Center; 32960 Alvarado-Niles Rd, Suite 600, PO Box 5033; Union City, CA  94587; (phone) 510-429-2500; (fax) 510-429-2550

 

Latino Student's Guide to College Success .   Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, 209 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5532

Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $39.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-313-31113-7

 

Latinos with Visual Impairments .   New York, NY:  AFB Press, 2001; xxiv, pp. 109-150   MH03D5550

Chapter 5 of "Diversity and Visual Impairment".  Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $45.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-89128-383-8 http://www.amazon.com

 

Medicalizing Ethnicity:  the Construction of Latino Identity in a Psychiatric Setting .   Ithaca, NY:  Cornell University Press, 2001; 178 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5545

Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $42.50 plus shipping and handling. 0-8014-8752-8  http://www.amazon.com

 

Perceived Health, Financial Strain, and Psychological Distress among Mexican American, Cuban American, and Puerto Rican Elders .   Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1998, pp. 43-58   MH03D5535

Chapter 4 of "Long-Term Care and Ethnicity".  Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $64.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-86569-232-7

 

 

HIV/AIDS

AmfAR Global Link:  a Guide to International HIV/AIDS Research, Treatment and Clinical Trials (Summer 2002, vol. 1, no.1) .   New York, NY:  American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), 2002, 372 p.   MH03D5513

Please direct all correspondences to:  American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).  120 Wall Street, 13th Floor, NY, NY 10005.  212-806-1600  http://www.amfar.org/td

 

Global Mobilization for HIV Prevention:  a Blueprint for Action .   Seattle, WA:  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2002; 30 p.   MH03D5557

Available electronically at http://www.gatesfoundation.org/connectedpostings/hivprevreport_final.pdf

 

Program Archive on Sexuality, Health, and Adolescence (PASHA).  Teen Talk:  An Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program  (Training  Manual for Group Discussion Leaders) .   Los Altos, CA:  Sociometrics Corporation, 2001; 22 p.   MH03D5410

The complete PASHA Program Package is available from Sociometric Corporation for $195.00.  Item Code PASPP02PP.  Sociometric Corporation; 170 State Street, Suite 260; Los Altos, CA  94022-2812; (phone) 650-949-3282, ext 200; (fax) 650-949-3299

 

We All Have Our Reasons: Community Perceptions of HIV Research [videorecording] .   [Philadelphia, Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, [1997?] 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.   MH03A5529

Free copies of the video are available from the National Prevention Information Network (800-458-5231) or http://www.cdcnpin.org.  Item V951.

 

 

Migrant Health

Living in a New Country:  Understanding Migrants' Health .   Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia:  Ausmed Publications, 1999; x, 265 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5514

Available from the University of Toronto Press, 2250 Military Road, Toawanda, NY  14150; (phone) 800-565-9523; (fax) 800-221-9985; $39.95 plus shipping and handling.

 

 

Older Adults

Ethnicity, Informal Caregiving, and Caregiver Burden .   Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1998, pp. 171-200   MH03D5540

Chapter 10 of "Long-Term Care and Ethnicity".  Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $64.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-86569-232-7

 

How Do Older Immigrants View Volunteer Work, and Do They Have Different Training and Support Needs? .   Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia:  Ausmed Publications, 1999; pp. 229-242   MH03D5522

Chapter 13 in "Living in a New Country".  Available from the University of Toronto Press, 2250 Military Road, Toawanda, NY  14150; (phone) 800-565-9523; (fax) 800-221-9985; $39.95 plus shipping and handling.

 

Living Arrangements and Utilization of Formal Services .   Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1998, pp. 143-169   MH03D5539

Chapter 9 of "Long-Term Care and Ethnicity".  Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $64.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-86569-232-7

 

Long-Term Care and Ethnicity .   Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1998, 216 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5533

Copies of this publication are available from the Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT  06881, http://www.greenwood.com  $64.95 per copy plus S&H.   ISBN 0-86569-232-7

 

 

Patient Education

How to Talk to Your Doctor (and get your doctor to talk to you!):  an Educational Workshop on Doctor-Patient Communication .   Houston, TX:  IDEAL Core, 2002; 20 p.   MH03D5504

For more information about the workshop, please contact Darrell Zeno, IDEAL Core Program Coordinator, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (152), 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030; (phone) 713-794-8601

 

 

Spanish Language Materials

Consejos de Salud para Pacientes (Health Care Advice):  Orientacion para Ninos, Adolescentes y Padres (Patient Education for Children, Teens, and Parents) .   Elk Grove Village, IL: AAP, 2002; xv, 470 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5511

This publication is available from American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).  1-888-227-1770.  $119.95 per copy.  Item number MA0201.  ISBN 1-58110-089-2

 

Guia Completa de un Equipo de Expertos:  el Cuidado de Su Hijo Pequeno Desde que Nace hasta los Cincos Anos [=Caring for Your Baby and Young Child] .   Elk Grove Village, IL: AAP, 2001; xxxii, 791 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5509

This publication is available from American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).  1-888-227-1770.  $15.95 per copy.  Item number CB0015.  ISBN 1-58110-059-0

 

Rayos y Truenos [=Lightening and Thunder] .   Bethesda, MD: NDEP, 1998.   MH03A5530

Available from the National Diabetes Education Program; NIDDK; 1 Diabetes Way; Bethesda, MD  20892; (phone) 800-438-5383.  Item no. NDEP-23

 

Siga Adelante:  la Vida despues del Tratamiento del Cancer [=Facing Forward:  Life after Cancer Treatment] .   Bethesda, MD:  National Cancer Institute (NCI), 2002; 147 p., col. ill.   MH03D5512

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. 02-2424S.  Item No. P015

 

 

Statistical Data

Births:  Final Data for 2001.  National Vital  Statistics Reports (NVSS) Volume 51, No. 2, December 18, 2002. .   Hyattsville, MD : National Center for Health Statistics (CDC), 2002; 104 p., ill.   MH03D5531

To receive this publication regularly, contact the National Center for Health Statistics at 301-458-4636. DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 2003-1120 03-0059 (12/2002)

 

Mean Age of Mother, 1970-2000.  National Vital  Statistics Reports (NVSS) Volume 51, No. 1, December 11, 2002. .   Hyattsville, MD : National Center for Health Statistics (CDC), 2002, 16 p.   MH03D5510

To receive this publication regularly, contact the National Center for Health Statistics at 301-458-4636. DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 2003-1120 03-0046 (12/02)

 

 

Visual Impairment

Blindness and Visual Impairment and the Religious Community .   New York, NY:  AFB Press, 2001; xxiv, pp. 223-249   MH03D5553

Chapter 8 of "Diversity and Visual Impairment".  Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $45.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-89128-383-8 http://www.amazon.com

 

Diversity and Visual Impairment:  the Influence of Race, Gender, Religion, and Ethnicity on the Individual .   New York, NY:  AFB Press, 2001; xxiv, 453 p.  Includes index.   MH03D5547

Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $45.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-89128-383-8 http://www.amazon.com

 

Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals with Visual Impairments .   New York, NY:  AFB Press, 2001; xxiv, pp. 315-340   MH03D5554

Chapter 11 of "Diversity and Visual Impairment".  Copies of the book are available from Amazon.com.  $45.95 plus shipping and handling. 0-89128-383-8 http://www.amazon.com