D. Samuel Gottesman Library

Hispanic Center Of Excellence (HCOE) ¡Salud! toolkit

A toolkit is a list of resources designed to facilitate access to information on a particular topic. It may be useful for education, research and patient care. A toolkit does not include every resource that would be retrieved in a comprehensive search; it is a starting point for appropriate resources related to a topic.

Health topics

AIDS: AIDS health info, drugs, clinical trials etc.; http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/Default.aspx. Information in Spanish at: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/other/espanol.aspx
Cancer.gov: Information for health professionals, consumers, patients.; http://www.cancer.gov/. Information in Spanish at: http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/
Centers for Disease Control (CDC): Public health topics such as obesity, diabetes, asthma.; http://www.cdc.gov/. Information in Spanish at: http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/
Healthy people 2010. 2nd ed. Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2000: Ref WA 540 AA1 H4345 2000; National health objectives and health indicators to measure health and prevent disease(s) in the future.; Online: http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/
Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C.: Part of the National Academy of Science, the Institute of Medicine provides "unbiased, evidence-based, and authoritative information and advice concerning health and science policy to policy-makers, professionals, leaders in every sector of society, and the public at large," http://www.iom.edu/.; Reports are available online: http://www.iom.edu/reports.asp
MedlinePlus: Authoritative, up-to-date health information from the National Library of Medicine in English and Spanish; prescription & non-prescription drug information; health tutorials in Spanish - vocabulary and listening skills.; http://medlineplus.gov/. Information in Spanish at: http://medlineplus.gov/spanish/.
NOAH, New York Online Access to Health: Consumer health information in English & Spanish.; http://www.noah-health.org/. Information in Spanish at: http://www.noah-health.org/es/search/health.html
PubMed: Authoritative medical information for health professionals; URL indicates AECOM holdings.; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=yuaemlib
Toxtown: Toxic chemicals and environmental health risks; neighborhood information.; http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/. Information in Spanish at: http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/espanol/.

Minority Health

Health of Minority Women, including National Women's Health Indicators Database, comparative data for counties in all 50 states.: http://www.4woman.org/minority/
Minority Health issues including health insurance for children (Child Health Plus) and adults (Family Health Plus).: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/omh/index.htm
National Alliance for Hispanic Health: http://www.hispanichealth.org/
Office of Minority Health: National resource and referral service on minority health issues; substance abuse, cancer, heart disease, violence, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, infant mortality.; http://www.omhrc.gov/

Spanish Vocabulary

Dictionary of Occupational Safety and Health Terms: phrases and vocabulary; pp. 170-174 and 200 are particularly useful.; http://www.orosha.org/pdf/dictionary/english-spanish.pdf
Polyglot: Multimedia Medical Spanish Translator: Interactive, side-by-side vocabulary and phrases with audio.; http://polyglot.topsailmultimedia.com/polyglot.html
MedlinePlus: Authoritative, up-to-date health information from the National Library of Medicine in English and Spanish; prescription & non-prescription drug information; health tutorials in Spanish - vocabulary and listening skills.; http://medlineplus.gov/spanish/

Statistics

America's Children 2006: Detailed tables of child well-being indicators: health, socioeconomic, ethnic, health insurance.; http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp
NYC Community Health profiles: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/data/data.shtml
Health topics in individual states, including health insurance: http://www.statehealthfacts.org/
Individual state data compared to entire U.S.: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36000.html
Minorities in Medical Education: Facts & Figures 2005: http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/11427

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Print Resources and E-books

African American woman's health book: a guide to the prevention and cure of illness / Valiere Alcena. Fort Lee, N.J.: Barricade Books, 2001: WA 300 A351a 2001
Counseling and family therapy with Latino populations : strategies that work / [edited by] R. Esteban Montilla and Robert L. Smith. New York: Routledge, 2006: WM 430.5.F2 C755 2006
Counseling the culturally diverse : theory and practice / Derald Wing Sue, David Sue. 4th ed. New York: J. Wiley, 2003: WM 55 S944c 2003
Cross-cultural perspectives in medical ethics / [edited by] Robert M. Veatch. 2nd ed. Boston, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2000: W 50 C951 2000
Cultural diversity in health & illness / Rachel E. Spector. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004: WA 30 S741c 2004
Culturally diverse children and adolescents: assessment, diagnosis and treatment / Ian A. Canino, Jeanne Spurlock; forward by Clarice J. Kestenbaum. 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press, 2000: WS 350.2 C223c 2000
Culture care: guide to heritage assessment and health traditions / Rachel E. Spector. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2004: WA 30 S741g 2004
Doorway thoughts: cross-cultural health care for older adults / Ethnogeriatrics Steering Committee of the American Geriatrics Society. Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004: WT 30 D691 2004
Family medicine : principles and practice / [edited by] Robert B. Taylor. 6th ed. New York: Springer, 2003: WB 110 F197 2003; Online, http://library.aecom.yu.edu/resources/ebook.htm
Harrison's principles of internal medicine / editors, Dennis L. Kasper et al. 16th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, 2005: Closed Reserve WB 100 H323 2005; Online, http://library.aecom.yu.edu/resources/ebook.htm
Health issues in the Black community / [edited by] Ronald L. Braithwaite and Sandra E. Taylor; foreword by Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publishers, 2001: WA 300 H43435 2001
Health issues in the Latino community / Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, et al. San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publishers, 2001: WA 300 H4344 2001
Healthy people 2010. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2000: Ref WA 540 AA1 H4345 2000; Online, http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/
The Latino patient: a cultural guide for health care providers / Nilda Chong. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 2002: WA 300 C548L 2002
Manual of family practice / editor, Robert B. Taylor. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002: WB 39 M2939 2002; Online, http://library.aecom.yu.edu/resources/ebook.htm
The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy / 18th ed. Whitehouse Station, N.J.: Merck Research Laboratories, 2006: Closed Reserve WB 100 M555 2006; Online, http://library.aecom.yu.edu/resources/ebook.htm
Multicultural medicine and health disparities / [edited by] David Satcher, Rubens J. Pamies; contributing editor, Nancy N. Woelfl. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006: WA 300 M961 2006
Promoting health in multicultural populations: a handbook for practitioners / [edited by] Robert M. Huff, Michael V. Kline. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1999: WA 300 P965 1999
Spanish for health care / Patricia Rush, Patricia Houston, Laura Lisa Valdivia, medical consultant. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003: W 15 R952s 2003
Spanish for medical personnel / Ana C. Jarvis, Raquel Lebredo. 6th ed. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000: W 15 J48s 2000
Unequal treatment: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare / Institute of Medicine. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press ; Hadleigh : BRAD, 2002.: WA 300 U56 2003; Online, http://www.nap.edu/books/030908265X/

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