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English 001 A (Tenn): Cultural Diversity and American Institutions: Health

This guide focuses on issues related to culture, traditions, religion, history, values or customs of a particular group and how it may come at odds with an American Institution whether it be on health, education, holidays, or equality via affirmative act

Health and Cultural Diversity

Example search terms:

Transcultural Medical Care

Healing--Religious Aspects

AIDS

HIV

African Americans

Library Catalog

Suggested Databases

Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Archives of Sexuality and Gender This link opens in a new window
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window

Key Books

Aids/hiv
Holding On: African American Women Surviving HIV/AIDS by Alyson O'Daniel
Publication Date: 2016-06-01
Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families - Culturally Responsive Practice
Not in My Family: AIDS in the African-American community by Gil L. Robertson
Call Number: Stacks: RA643.83 .N68 2006
A Practitioner's Guide to Understanding Indigenous and Foreign Cultures by George Henderson; Dorscine Spigner-Littles; Virginia Hall Milhouse
Transcultural Health Care by Larry D. Purnell

Selected Websites