A Guide to Ethnic Health Collections in the United States

Ethnic minority groups in the United States suffer and die from disease at rates much higher than the general population. Such groups include African-Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Pacific Asian Americans. To understand the nature of the deplorable rates, the health history of the ethnic groups must be understood. This book describes the contents of libraries nationwide which house health and medically related materials on ethnic minority populations. The book covers information about catalogs, books, articles, biographies, and autobiographies, primary source materials, cassette tapes of speeches, video tapes and films, and medical artifacts.

The repositories covered are in various stages of cataloguing these materials but indicate an interest in having researchers use the collections. This book is the most comprehensive guide to ethnic medical health materials, their location, state of completion, and the contents of collections.

List of contents

Introduction
The Repositories
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Bibliography
Appendix A: Data Collection Questionnaires
Appendix B: Listing of Libraries Contacted
Index

About the author

TYSON GIBBS is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Texas.

Product details

• Authors: Tyson Gibbs, Gibbs Tyson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.1996
• EAN: 9780313297403
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29740-3
• Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Medical Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, United States of America, USA, Social research & statistics, Human biology, Library & information services, Library and information services, Social research and statistics, Medical Anthropology, Bibliographies, catalogues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Health and Wellness: Diseases and Conditions