LibGuides: SPA 601: Spanish Capstone: Topic 1

Search Terms to Get You Started

Write out your research question(s) and identify the primary nouns - those are your main keywords.

Example: What public health disparities affect women in Latin America?

Now, make a list of possible related terms and subtopics - are you interested in specific countries? specific public health concerns?

Example:
- "public health disparities" - health, obesity, maternity, morbidity, HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, gynecological care...
- "women" - female, mothers, girls, gender...
- "Latin America" - Central American, South America, Carribian, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba...

Combine these terms using AND and OR (see the Tips & Tricks for Effective Research)

Examples:
- Health AND Women AND Latin America
- Malnutrition AND Mothers AND (Mexico OR Latin America)

Recommended Databases

Medical, Nursing, and Public Health

CINHAL Nursing Full Text
PubMed

Gender and Sociological Resources

Gender Watch
Social Science Full Text

Demographics, Health stats, and other data

World Fact Book
WHO Statistics (the Visual Summary is especially useful)

Library Resources

Gender's Place by Lessie Jo Frazier (Editor); Janise Hurtig (Editor); Rosario Montoya
Call Number: Print Book: HQ1075.5.L29 G462 2002
ISBN: 9781403960399
Publication Date: 2002-12-13
Place integrates key theoretical issues and rich ethnographic cases in the feminist anthropology of Latin America around the concept of "desalambrar" (to tear down fences). This collection explores ways in which the interrelationship of gender and "place" can serve as a lens for analyzing the cultural, social, and historical specificity of gender and other social inequalities. By "tearing down" theoretical and analytic fences prevalent in research on gender in Latin America in order to construct ethnographically specific alternatives, the book demonstrates the unique contribution that anthropology can make to gender and area studies.
Running the Obstacle Course to Sexual and Reproductive Health by Bonnie Shepard
Call Number: Print Book: HQ1236.5 .L37 S54 2006
ISBN: 9780275970666
Publication Date: 2006-05-30
Shepard (international health and human rights, Harvard U. School of Public Health) provides four studies that examine obstacles to policy changes in women's and reproductive rights, and how to facilitate this change.
Markets and Malthus by Mohan Rao; Sarah Sexton
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9788132106142
Why were Third World feminists profoundly critical of the Cairo consensus and process? How has the health of people around the world been affected by neo-liberal economic policies? What have these meant for women's rights, including reproductive rights?. The book presents detailed case studies from various countries ranging from India and China, to Egypt.
Women's Health and the World's Cities by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis (Editor); Eugenie L. Birch (Editor); Susan M. Wachter (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780812205084
Publication Date: 2011-08-19
This collection of essays, written by urban planners, scholars, medical practitioners, and activists, examines the impact of urban living on the well-being of women and girls in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States.
Gender Equity in Health: the Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781282315877
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
This volume brings together leading researchers from a variety of disciplines to examine three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable standards of health, and policies
Introduction to Global Health Promotion by Rick S. Zimmerman (Editor); Ralph J. DiClemente (Editor); Jon K. Andrus (Editor); Everold N. Hosein (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781118897836
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
The world's biggest health care challenges--including HIV, malaria, heart disease, smoking, and violence, among others--are explored in detail in Introduction to Global Health Promotion. The state of the science, including the latest empirical data, is distilled into 19 chapters that update readers on the complex issues surrounding a variety of illnesses and conditions, and disease epidemics and individual, social, institutional, and governmental barriers to preventing them. Expert authors bring to the fore human rights issues, new uses of technology, and practical application of theory.