Ethnic Group: Latino References

Resource Bibliography in Cross Cultural Nursing: Ethnic Group Topical Bibliography

• Alonso, L., & Jeffrey, W. D. (1988). Mental illness complicated by the Santeria belief in spirit possession. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 39(11), 1188-1191. In (Ed.),.
• Anthony-Tkach, C. (1981). Care of the Mexican-American patient. Nursing & Health Care, 2(8), 424-427
• Bray, M. L., & Edwards, L. H. (1991). Prevalence of hypertension risk factors among Hispanic Americans. Public Health Nursing, 8(4), 276-280.
• Caudle, P. (1993). Providing culturally sensitive health care to Hispanic patients. Nurse Practitioner, 18(12), 40-51.
• del Portillo, C. T. (1987). Poverty, self-concept, and health: Experience of Latinas. Women and Health, 12(3/4), 229-242.
• Diede, N. R. (1986). Transcultural nursing in a migrant school. Home Healthcare Nurse, 4(5), 39-43.
• Fishman, B. M., Bobo, L., Kosub, K., & Womeodu, R. J. (1993). Cultural issues in serving minority populations: Emphasis on Mexican Americans and African Americans. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 306(3), 160-166.
• Goldsmith, M. F. (1993). Hispanic/Latino health issues explored. Journal of the American Medical Association, 269(13), 1603.
• Gordon, S. M. (1994). Hispanic cultural health beliefs and folk remedies. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 12(3), 307-322.
• Higginbotham, J. C., Trevino, F. M., & Ray, L. A. (1990). Utilization of Curanderos by Mexican Americans: Prevalence and predictors. American Journal of Public Health, 80(Supplement), 32-35.
• Johnson, C. A. (1964). Nursing and Mexican-American folk medicine. Nursing Forum, 3(2), 102-112.
• Johnson, C. A. (1979). Infant diarrhea and folk medicine in South Texas. Texas Medicine, 75(1), 69-73.
• Kawaga-Singer, M. (1987). Ethnic perspectives of cancer nursing: Hispanics and Japanese-Americans. ONF (Oncology Nursing Forum), 14(3), 59-65.
• Kerr, M. J., & Ritchey, D. A. (1990). Health-promoting lifestyles of English-speaking and Spanish-speaking Mexican-American migrant farm workers. Public Health Nursing, 7(2), 80-87.
• Longman, A. J., Saint-Germain, M. A., & Modiano, M. (1992). Use of breast cancer screening by older Hispanic women. Public Health Nursing, 9(2), 118-124.
• Macdonald, A. C. (1981). Folk health practices among north coastal Peruvians: Implications for nursing. Image, 13(2), 51-55.
• Maduro, R. (1983). Curanderismo and Latino views of disease and curing. Western Journal of Medicine, 139(6), 868-874.
• Martaus, T. M. (1986). The health-seeking process of Mexican-American migrant farmworkers. Home Healthcare Nurse, 4(5), 32-38.
• Morris, D. L., Lusero, G. T., Joyce, E. V., Hanningan, E. V., & Tucker, E. R. (1989). Cervical cancer, a major killer of Hispanic women: Implications for health education. Health Education, 20(6), 23-28.
• O'Brien, M. (1982). Pragmatic survivalism: Behavior patterns affecting low-level wellness among minority group members. Advances in Nursing Science, 4(3), 13-26.
• Perez-Stable, E. J. (1987). Issues in Latino health care--Medical Staff Conference, University of California, San Francisco. Western Journal of Medicine, 14 6(2), 213-218.
• Pletsch, P. K. (1990). Hispanics: At risk for adolescent pregnancy? Public Health Nursing, 7(2), 105-110.
• Poma, P. (1983). Hispanic cultural influences on medical practice. Journal of the National Medical Association, 75(10), 941-946.
• Reinert, B. R. (1986). The health care beliefs and values of Mexican-Americans. Home Healthcare Nurse, 4(5), 23, 26-27, 30-31.
• Rubel, A. J., & O'Nell, C. W. (1979). Difficulties of presenting complaints to physicians: Susto illness as an example. Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, 13(2), 134-138.
• Ruiz, P. (1985). Cultural barriers to effective medical care among Hispanic-American patients. Annual Review of Medicine, 36, 63-71.
• Samora, J. Conceptions of health and disease among Spanish-Americans. The American Catholic Sociological Review, 314-323. Copy
• Schulman, S., & Smith, A. M. (1963). The concept of "health" among Spanish-speaking villagers of New Mexico and Colorado. Journal of Health and Human Behavior, 4(4 ), 226-234.
• Schur, C. L., Bernstein, A. B., & Berk, M. L. (1987). The importance of distinguishing Hispanic subpopulations in the use of medical care. Medical Care, 25(7), 627-641.
• Wallace, S. P., & Lew-Ting, C.-Y. (1992). Getting by at home: Community-based long-term care of Latino elders. Western Journal of Medicine, 157(3), 337-344.