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Lithuanian
Migrant Farmworker
Native American
Physical Activity
Research and Racism
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African/
American
  • African Americans and Trust in the Health Care System
    January 2002
    Presenter:  Desiree Blake, MPH, RN

  • Cultural Aspects of Care of the African American Patient
    October 2002
    Presenter:  Gloria Edwards, PhD, MSW

  • The Impact of Chronic Pain in African Americans
    February 2003
    Presenter:  Carmen Green, MD

  • Health Beliefs in Ghana
    July 2004
    Presenter:  Nadir Osman Radi, MD, MSMR, CADAS

  • Psychiatric Diagnosis and African Americans
    September 2004
    Presenter:  Woody Neighbors, PhD

  • Interdisciplinary Research Strategies to Improve African American Birth Outcomes
    February 2005
    Presenter:  Scott Ransom, DO, MBA, MPH

  • The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: Is it Still Relevant for the 21st Century?  
    February 2006
    Presenter:  Terry Joiner, MD, MHSA

  • Mental Health for African American Gay/Lesbian People of Color
    June 2007
    Presenter: Amorie Robinson
Amish
  • Our Amish Neighbors: Providing Culturally Competent Care
    August 2005
    Presenter:  Danette Lee, MS, CNM

    Caring for Amish Patients
    January 2007
    Presenter:  Denise Reiling, PhD
Asian
  • Factors Associated with Cancer Screening for Asian American Patients
    June 2002
    Presenter:  Tricia Tang, PhD

  • Factors Associated with Cancer Screening among Asian American Women
    April 2003
    Presenter:  Mei-Yu Yu, PhD, MD

  • Psychological Distress in South Asian Americans
    June 2004
    Presenter:  Reece Olley Rahman, PhD

  • Managing Initial Contacts of Asian Americans Seeking
    Mental Health Services

    May 2005
    Presenter:  Philip Akutsu, PhD

  • Intercultural Aspects of Patient Care: Asian Indian Perspectives (not taped)
    July 2005
    Presenter:  Dushyant Trivedi, MD

  • Asian Indians:  Culture and Health
    April 2006
    Presenter:   Leena Dev, MD

  • Addressing Eating Disorders Within the Asian Community
    (not taped)
    May 2005
    Presenter:   Kathleen MacDonald
Brazilian
  • Brazilians: Health Issues of an Invisible Minority
    September 2005
    Presenter:  Fernando Caetano, LLB, LLM
Breast Cancer
  • Disparities in Informed Treatment Decision Making for Breast
    February 2007
    Presenter:  Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH
Buddhist
  • American Buddhist Perspectives on Health Care
    November 2002
    Presenter:  Sandra Finkel, MPH

  • Buddhism and Health
    March 2006
    Presenter:   Jackie Kurtz
Chinese
  • Cultural Considerations of the Care of Chinese Patients
    December 2002
    Presenter:  Li Gao, RN, MSN, CS

  • Bridging the Cultural Gap Between American and Chinese Health Beliefs and Their Health Care Systems
    October 2004
    Presenter:  Jane Chang Miller, BA

  • Kaleidoscopic Look on the Chinese Culture and Traditions
    January 2005
    Presenter:  Cindy Lee, BA
Christian
Science
  • Christian Science in the Healthcare Setting
    August 2003
    Presenter:  Honor Hill, BA, CS

  • Christian Science Approaches in the Health Care Setting
    April 2004
    Presenter:  Honor Hill, BA, CS
Cuban
  • Without Borders: Toward a more Global Medical Education
    December 2006
    Presenter: Ameed Raoof, MD, PhD
End-of-Life Care
  • Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Care
    November 2006
    Presenter: Sonia Duffy, PhD, RN
Greek
  • Greek Religious and Cultural Implications on Healthcare
    March 2003
    Presenter:  Angeline Sianis Letsos, AB
Hindu
  • The Body as a Cultural System: The Case of Hinduism
    March 2005
    Presenter:  Nita Kuma, PhD
Integrative Medicine
  • Yin/Yang and Chi (Energy) How These Concepts Relate to Health
    March 2002
    Presenter:  Wasentha Young, CT, ACPS
Islam
  • Islamic Fasting: Clinical Implications
    November 2001
    Presenter:  Trinka Robinson, RN, PA-C

  • Women and Islam
    August 2002
    Presenter:  Heather Laird, BA

  • Diet in Islam: An Overview
    May 2003
    Presenter:  Layla Mohammed, MD

  • Muslim Traditions Related to End of Life - Grief and Loss
    December 2004
    Presenter:  Samya Nasr, MD

  • Perspectives on the Muslim Male Patient
    October 2005
    Presenter:  Nabil Khalidi, PharmD, FASHP

  • Healthcare for Muslim Patients
    October 2006
    Presenter: Trinka Klima, RN, CNM
Japanese
  • The Japanese Birthing Experience
    July 2002
    Presenter:  Seonae Yeo, PhD, RNC

  • Japanese Death and Bereavement
    September 2003
    Presenter:  Mariko Foulk, ACSW

  • Japanese Patients and Health Care Providers
    August 2004
    Presenter:  Ritsuko Rymar, BA

  • Haragei: Issues When Interpreting for Japanese Patients
    January 2006
    Presenter:  Jeanette Kibler, MA
Jehovah's Witness
  • Transfusion Alternative Healthcare - Meeting Jehovah's Witness Patients Needs and Rights
    July 2003
    Presenter:  Herbert Twining

  • Providing Care to Jehovah's Witness Patients
    April 2007
    Presenter:  Don Guinn
Jewish
  • How Jewish Traditions Impact Health Care Relationships
    April 2002
    Presenter:  Rabbi Robert Dobrusin

  • Jewish Communities' Perceptions Regarding Health Care
    December 2003
    Presenter: Rabbi Robert Levy

  • The Effect of Prayer in Judaism on Health Outcomes
    June 2006
    Presenter: Rabbi Jason Miller
Korean
  • Rediscovery of Korean Traditional Medicine: East meets West or West meets East?
    October 2003
    Presenter:  Jiyoun Kim, PhD

  • Care of Korean Neighbors: Immigrants and International Students
    March 2007
    Presenter:  Nah-Mee Shin , PhD, MSN, RN
Latino/ Mexican American
  • Mexican Machismo: A Female Perspective
    December 2001
    Presenter:  Angelica Snyder, BA

  • Communicating Across Borders: Latinos in the U.S. Health System
    January 2003
    Presenter:  John Vasquez, BA

  • Cultural Beliefs and Health among Puerto Rican Families
    June 2003
    Presenter:  Lyssette Wojnarski, BBA, MBA

  • Stroke in Mexican Americans: What we Know and Where we are Going
    April 2005
    Presenter:  Lynda Lisabeth, PhD
Lithuanian
  • Providing Care to Lithuanian Patients
    September 2006
    Presenter:  Violet Barkauskas, PhD, RN, FAAN
Migrant
Farmworker
  • Issues in Migrant Farmworker Health Care
    May 2002
    Presenter:  Kelly Orringer, MD, AB
Native
American
  • Native American Perspectives on Healthcare
    November 2003
    Presenter:  Sara Warber, MD

  • Providing Care Across a Cultural Divide: Lessons Learned from Navajo Families
    May 2004
    Presenter:  Sheila Gahagan, MD

  • What is 'Traditional' Healing: The Context and Connections Between Indigenous Peoples and Health
    November 2005
    Presenter:  Elizabeth James, MA, MSLS

  • Interactive Computer Materials for Breast Health of Native Americans
    August 2006
    Presenter:  Marilyn Roubidoux, MD
Physical Activity
  • Culture and Physical Activity:  Barriers and Solutions
    July 2006
    Presenter:  Wasentha Young, CT, ACPS
Research
and Racism
  • Research, Racism and Rude Awakenings
    March 2004
    Presenter:  Robert Anderson, EdD
Russian
  • Russian Generalizations
    February 2002
    Presenter:  Rita Galin, UMHS Interpreter

  • Russian Patients: Fears of the U.S. Healthcare System
    September 2002
    Presenter:  Dimitri Polyntsev, UMHS Interpreter

  • Serving the Russian-Speaking Immigrant Population
    June 2005
    Presenter:  Anya Abramzon, MSW
Sikh
  • Sikh Perspectives on Healthcare
    January 2004
    Presenter:  Jasmine Bhatia, BS
Transgender
  • Creating a Welcoming Environment for Transgender Patients
    May 2007
    Presenter: Alfreda Rooks Jordan

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Abramzon, Anya  MSW Serving the Russian-Speaking Immigrant Population
(June 2005)
Akutsu, Philip   PhD Managing Initial Contacts of Asian Americans Seeking Mental Health Services
(May 2005)
Anderson, Robert  EdD Research, Racism, and Rude Awakenings
(March 2004)
Barkauskas, Violet  PhD, RN, FAAN Providing Care to Lithuanian Patients
(September 2006)
Bhatia, Jasmine  BS Sikh Perspectives on Healthcare
(January 2004)
Blake, Desiree  MPH, RN African Americans and Trust in the Health Care
System
(January 2002)
Caetano, Fernando  LLB, LLM Brazilians: Health Issues of an Invisible Minority
(September 2005)
Dev, Leena  MD Asian Indians: Culture and Health
(April 2006)
Dobrusin, Rabbi Robert How Jewish Traditions Impact Health Care Relationships
(April 2002)
Duffy, Sonia PhD, RN Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Care
(November 2006)
Edwards, Gloria J.  PhD, MSW Cultural Aspects of Care of the African American Patient
(October 2002)
Finkel, Sandra  MPH American Buddhist Perspectives on Health Care
(November 2002)
Foulk, Mariko  ACSW Japanese Death and Bereavement
(September 2003)
Gahagan, Sheila  MD Providing Care Across a Cultural Divide: Lessons Learned from Navajo Families
(May 2004)
Galin, Rita  UMHS Interpreter Russian Generalizations
(February 2002)
Gao, Li  RN, MSN, CS Cultural Considerations of the Care of Chinese Patients
(December 2002)
Green, Carmen  MD The Impact of Chronic Pain in African Americans
(February 2003)
Guinn, Don Providing Care to Jehovah's Witness Patients
(April 2007)
Hawley, Sarah   PhD, MPH Disparities in Informed Treatment Decision Making for Breast Cancer
(February 2007)
Hill, Honor  BA, CS

Christian Science in the Healthcare Setting
(August 2003)

Christian Science Approaches in the Health Care Setting
(April 2004)

Jamerson, Kenneth  MD African Americans and Hypertension (not taped)
(February 2004)
James, Elizabeth  MA, MSLS What is 'Traditional' Healing: The Context and Connections between Indigenous Peoples and Health
(November 2005)
Joiner, Terry  MD, MHSA The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: Is it Still Relevant for the 21st Century?
(February 2006)
Khalidi, Nabil  PharmD, FASHP Perspectives on the Muslim Male Patient
(October 2005)
Kibler, Jeanette  MA Issues When Interpreting for Japanese Patients
(January 2006)
Kim, Jiyoun  PhD Rediscovery of Korean Traditional Medicine: East meets West or West meets East?
(October 2003)
Klima, Trinka   RN, CNM Healthcare for Muslim Patients
(October 2006)
Kumar, Nita  PhD The Body as a Cultural System: The Case for Hinduism
(March 2005)
Kurtz, Jackie Buddhism and Health
(March 2006)
Laird, Heather  BA Women and Islam
(August 2002)
Lee, Cindy  BA Kaleidoscopic Look on the Chinese Culture and Traditions
(January 2005)
Lee, Danette  MS, CNM Our Amish Neighbors: Providing Culturally Competent Care
August 2005)
Letsos, Angeline Sianis  AB Greek Religious and Cultural Implications on Healthcare
(March 2003)
Levy, Rabbi Robert Jewish Communities' Perceptions Regarding Health Care
(December 2003)
Lisabeth, Lynda  PhD Stroke in Mexican Americans: What We Know and Where We are Going
(April 2005)
MacDonald, Kathleen Addressing Eating Disorders Within Asian Communities (not taped)
(May 2006)
Miller, Jane Chang  BA Bridging the Cultural Gap Between American and Chinese Health Beliefs and Their Health Care Systems
(October 2004)
Miller, Rabbi Jason The Effect of Prayer in Judaism on Health Outcomes
(June 2006)
Mohammed, Layla  MD Diet in Islam: An Overview
(May 2003)
Nasr, Samya  MD Muslim Traditions Related to End of Life - Grief and Loss
(December 2004)
Neighbors, Woody  PhD Psychiatric Diagnosis and African Americans
(September 2004)
Orringer, Kelly  MD, AB

Issues in Migrant Farmworker Health Care
(May 2002)

Polyntsev, Dimitri  UMHS Interpreter Russian Patients: Fears of the U.S. Healthcare System
(September 2002)
Radi, Nadir Osman  MD, MSMR, CADAS Health Beliefs in Ghana
(July 2004)
Rahman, Reece Olley  PhD Psychological Distress in South Asian Americans
(June 2004)
Ransom, Scott B.  DO, MBA, MPH Interdisciplinary Research Strategies to Improve African American Birth Outcomes
(February 2005)
Raoof, Ameed MD, PhD Without Borders: Toward a more Global Medical Education
(December 2006)
Reiling, Denise PhD Caring for Amish Patients
(January 2007)
Amorie Robinson PhD Mental Health for African American Gay/Lesbian People of Color
(June 2007)
Robinson, Trinka  RN, PA-C Islamic Fasting: Clinical Implications
(November 2001)
Rooks Jordan, Alfreda Creating a Welcoming Environment for Transgender Patients
(May 2007)
Roubidoux, Marilyn  MD Interactive Computer Materials for Breast Health of Native Americans
(August 2006)
Rymar, Ritsuko  BA Japanese Patients and Health Care Providers
(August 2004)
Shin, Nah-Mee  PhD, MSN, RN Care of Korean Neighbors: Immigrants and International Students
(March 2007)
Snyder, Angelica  BA Mexican Machismo: A Female Perspective
(December 2001)
Tang, Tricia  PhD Factors Associated with Cancer Screening for Asian American Patients
(June 2002)
Trivedi, Dushyant  MD Intercultural Aspects of Patient Care: Asian Indian Perspective (not taped)
(July 2005)
Twining, Herbert Transfusion Alternative Healthcare - Meeting Jehovah's Witness Patients Needs and Rights
(July 2003)
Vasquez, John  BA Communicating Across Borders: Latinos in the U.S. Health System
(January 2003)
Warber, Sara  MD Native American Perspectives on Healthcare
(November 2003)
Wojnarski, Lyssette  BBA, MBA Cultural Beliefs and Health among Puerto Rican Families
(June 2003)
Yeo, Seonae  PhD, RNC The Japanese Birthing Experience
(July 2002)
Young, Wasentha  CT, ACPS

Yin/Yang and Chi (Energy) How these Concepts Relate to Health
(March 2002)

Culture and its Relationship with Physical Activity: Barriers and Solutions
(July 2006)

Yu, Mei-Yu  PhD, MD Factors Associated with Cancer Screening among Asian American Women
April 2003)