Creighton University

What is the MHIRC?

The Multicultural Health Information Resources Center (MHIRC) is a component of the Center of Excellence at Creighton University School of Medicine, funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The purpose of the MHIRC is to help the medical students, medical faculty, community health care workers and the general public understand issues concerning minority health care and health disparities among people of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

• School of Medicine MHIRC home page.
• School of Medicine Center of Excellence home page.

What is the MHIRC Library Resource Collection?

A collection of multimedia materials, books, journals and web resources that focus on minority health concerns. The collection is managed by the Creighton University Health Sciences Library / LRC. The Library also sponsors educational programs and training workshops.

Grant Funded Materials (pdf format)

For a listing of Resources purchased with grant funds from the Center of Excellence, including books, journals, and multimedia resources, click here. Grant funds are provided by the DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration.

MHIRC Collection

For a current listing of the entire campus library resources applicable to multicultural health care and health disparities, both Library and Grant funded, search the term "MHIRC" in the Creighton online library catalog

For directions on how to search on a specific topic within the MHIRC collection, click here.

Also see the Office of Interprofessional Scholarship, Service and Education Library in Boyne Room 111B

• Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care
• Public Health Observatory Handbook of Health Inequalities Measurement
• Healthier Minorities, Healthier America 
  • Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
    Available from 2009-
    A newsletter from the Office of Minority Health.
• Ethnicity and Disease (password required)
  • The International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, Inc.
    An international journal on ethnic minority population differences in disease patterns. Addresses the causal relationships in the etiology of common illnesses through the study of ethnic patterns of disease. Draws from research in epidemiology, genetics, health services, social biology, and anthropology.
• Ethnicity & Health
  • Carfax Publishing Limited
    Available: in 1996 to 6 months ago Academic Search Premier.
    Ethnicity & Health is an international academic journal designed to meet the world-wide interest in the health of ethnic groups.
• The IHS Primary Care Provider
  • The IHS Primary Care Provider is a monthly publication of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Clinical Support Center. The goal of The Provider (as it is commonly referred to) is communication. It targets health care professionals including, among others, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, and dietitians.
• Journal for Minority Medical Students
  • Spectrum Unlimited, Inc.
    A non-technical publication designed to inform its readers of the most pressing issues in medical education. Its aim is to promote medical careers among all minority students in order to increase the numbers of physicians providing health care to the under served populations of African American, American Indian, and Hispanic. http://www.minoritymedicalstudents.com
• Journal of the National Medical Association
  • The Journal of the National Medical Association is the primary source for specialized clinical research activities related to the health problems of African Americans and other minority groups in the inner cities. Special emphasis is placed on the application of medical science to improve the health care of underserved populations both in the United States and abroad. The journal has the following objectives: to expand the base of original peer-reviewed literature, recognizing the need for greater dissemination of information; to offer appropriate and timely recognition of the significant contributions that physicians who serve the underserved populations are making in the quest by medical science to improve the health of all people; and to sustain interest by member and nonmember physicians in the overall goals and objectives of the National Medical Association.
• Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
  • Kluwer Academic Publishers
    Available: 1997 to present in Academic Search Premier
    The Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology is an international and interdisciplinary journal providing a forum for scholarly discussion of the aging process and the problems of the aged throughout the world
• The Journal of the Student National Medical Association (JSNMA)
  • The official publication of the SNMA.
    The Journal is published quarterly and features written work by SNMA members, physicians, and leaders in the field of health care. The JSNMA welcomes submissions from all members, physicians and other medical authorities
• Journal of Transcultural Nursing
  • SAGE Publications
    Explores the influence of culture on nursing practice and the delivery of Health Care.
• Journey to Wellness
  • An online health magazine for African Americans. JourneyToWellness.com allows visitors to actually listen to archived audio of the Journey to Wellness nationally syndicated radio programs, as well as read program-related articles and link to credible related resources.
• Social Work in Health Care
• Haworth Press
  Publishes articles in research, clinical practice, education in health care, collaborative relationships, and social health policy.
• Transcultural Psychiatry
  • Published by the Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University in conjunction with SAGE Publications.
    Provides a forum of communication for psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners as well as social scientists around the world concerned with the relationship between culture and mental health.