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Culturally Competent Care for Ethiopians

Selected and compiled by Jacquelyn Coughlan, M.S., M..L.S.

Abuye, C., Kelbessa, U., et al. (1998). Health effects of cassava consumption in South Ethiopia. The East African Medical Journal, 75(3), 166-170.

Abdella, A. (1996). Demographic characteristics, socioeconomic profile and contraceptive behaviour in patients with abortion at Jimma Hospital, Ethiopia. The East African Medical Journal, 73(10), 660-664.

Adera, T. D. (2003, January). Beliefs and traditional treatment of malaria in Kishe settlement area, Southwest Ethiopia. Ethiopian Medical Journal, 41(1), 25-34.

Adish, A. A., Esrey, S. A., et al. (1999, February 27). Effect of consumption of food cooked in iron pots on iron status and growth of young children: A randomised trial. The Lancet, 353(9154), 712.

Alem, A., Desta, M., & Araya, M. (1995). Mental health in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 9, 47-62.

Alem, A., Jacobsson, L., & Desta Argaw, M. (1996). Traditional perceptions and treatment of mental disorders in Central Ethiopia. In Yearbook of Cross-Cultural Medicine and Psycho-therapy. Berlin: VWB.

Alem, A., Jacobsson, L. et al. (1999a). Awareness and attitudes of a rural Ethiopian community toward suicidal behaviour. A key informant study in Butajira, Ethiopia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Supplementum, 100(Suppl. 397), 65-69.

Alem, A., Jacobsson, L., et al. (1999b). How are mental disorders seen and where is help sought in a rural Ethiopian community? A key informant study in Butajira, Ethiopia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia Supplementum, 100(Suppl. 397), 40-47.

Alem, A., Jacobsson, L., Lynoe, N., Kohn, R., & Kullgren, G. (2002, November-December). Attitudes and practices among Ethiopian health care professionals in psychiatry regarding compulsory treatment. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 25(6), 599-610.

Alem, A., Kebede, D., et al. (1999). The prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of khat chewing in Butajira, Ethiopia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Supplementum, 100(Suppl. 397), 84-91.

Alemu, T., & Lindtjrn, B. (1997, June). Nutritional assessment of two famine prone Ethiopian communities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 51(3), 278-282.

Andermann, L. F. (1996). Ethiopian Jews meet Israeli family physicians: A study of cultural somatization. Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review, 33(3), 333-345.

Arieli, A., Gilat, I., et al. (1996, May). Suicide among Ethiopian Jews: A survey conducted by means of a psychological autopsy. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders, 184(5), 317-319.

Attef, O. A., Ali, A. A., et al. (1997, April). Effect of khat chewing on the bioavailability of ampicillin and amoxycillin. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 39(4), 523-525.

Ayaya, M., & Aboud, F. (1993). Mental illness. In H. Kloos & A. Zein (Eds.), The ecology of health and disease in Ethiopia (pp. 493-506). Boulder, CO: Westview.

Azolov, V. V., Aleinikov, A., et al. (1995, November). Tactics and general principles in the treatment of polytraumatized disaster victims. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 320, 11-15.

Barnabas, G. (1982a). Nutrition and child care amongst Ethiopian refugees in Eastern Sudan: Perspectives in primary case. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 28, 218-220.

Barnabas, G. (1982b). Popcorn and fairies in the management of measles in Ethiopia [Letter to the editor]. Lancet, 20, 450-451.

Barnabas, G., & Lovel, H. J. (1982, May). Bitter drugs replacing bitter plant juice to stop infants breast feeding [Letter to the editor]. Lancet, 15(1), 1133.

Baruchin, A. M., Scharf, S., et al. (1993, June-July). Plastic surgery findings in Ethiopian immigrants. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 29(6-7), 398-402.

Ben-Ezer, G. (1985). Cross-cultural misunderstandings: The case of Ethopian immigrant-Jews in the Israeli society. Israel Social Science Research, 3(1-2), 63-73.

Bekele, A., & Berhane, Y. (1998, January). Weaning in Butajira, South Ethiopia: A study on mothers' knowledge and practice. Ethiopian Medical Journal, 36(1), 37-45.

Bemak, F., Chung,, R. C., & Pedersen, P. B. (2003). Cultural problems for western counselors working with Ethiopian refugees. A psychosocial approach to innovative multicultural interventions (pp. 208-224). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.


Bental, T., Gersten, R., et al. (1993, June-July). Health education for the Ethiopian community in the Negev. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 29(6-7), 429-437.

Berhane, Y., & Zakus, D. (1995, October). Home care for persons with AIDS: Community attitude in a neighborhood of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The East African Medical Journal, 72(10), 626-630.

Beyene, Y. (2003). Ethiopians/ Eritreans. In P. St. Hill, J. Lipson, & A. I. Meleis (Eds.), Caring for women cross-culturally (pp. 142-155). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.

Beyene, Y. (1992, September). Medical disclosure and refugees. Telling bad news to Ethiopian patients. Western Journal of Medicine, 157(3), 328-332.

Bibi, H., Goldsmith, J. R., et al. (1988, May). Racial or ethnic variation in spirometric lung function norms: Recommendations based on study of Ethiopian Jews. Chest, 93(5), 1026-1030.

Bishaw, M. (1989). The implications of indegenous medical beliefs to biomedical practice. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 3(2), 75-89.

Bishaw, M. (1990). Attitudes of modern and traditional medical practitioners toward cooperation. Ethiopian Medical Journal, 28, 63-72.

Bishaw, M. (1991). Promoting traditional medicine in Ethiopia: A brief historical review of government policy. Social Science & Medicine, 33(2), 193-200.

Brabin, B. (1999, February 27). Iron pots for cooking: Wishful thinking or traditional common sense? Lancet, 353(9154), 690-691.

Brown, V., Alemu, S., et al. (1998, January-February). Diabetes in Ethiopia: Overcoming the problems of care delivery. Journal of Diabetes Nursing, 2(1), 28-31.

Cannon, A. (1995, April). Working with traditional birth attendants in Ethiopia. Midwives, 108(1287), 108-110.

Carlisle, D. (1998, April 15-21). Silent suffering. Nursing Times, 94(15), 63-64.

Chemtov, D., Rosen, H., et al. (1993, June-July). A culturally specific educational program to reduce the risk of HIV and HBV transmission among Ethiopian immigrants to Israel: A preliminary report on training veteran immigrants as health educators. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 29(6-7), 437-442.

Davis, G., Ellis, J., et al. (1999, January). Female circumcision: The prevalence and nature of the ritual in Eritrea. Military Medicine, 164(1), 11-16.

Duncan, M. E., Pelzer, A., et al. (1993, April-June). Is cervical cancer in Ethiopian women the result of a sexually transmitted disease? International Surgery, 78(2), 134-140.

Durst, R., Minuchin-Itzigsohn, S., et al. (1993). 'Brain-fag' syndrome: Manifestation of transculturation in an Ethiopian Jewish immigrant. Israel Journal of Psychiatry & Related Sciences, 30(4), 223-232.

Edelstein, M. (2002, June). Lost tribes and coffee ceremonies: Zar spirit possession and the ethno-religious identity of Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Journal of Refugee Studies, 15(2), 153-170.

The Ethiopian immigrations to Israel--medical, epidemiological and health aspects. (1993). Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 29(6-7), 331-442.

Female genital mutilation. (1997, November). Australian Nursing Journal, 5(5), 18.

Fenta, H., Hayman, I., & Noh, S. (2004, May). Determinants of depression among Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in Toronto. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192(5), 363- 372.

Field, M. L., Price, J., et al. (1998, September). Targeted intervention research studies on sexually transmitted diseases (STD): Methodology, selected findings and implications for STD service delivery and communications. AIDS, 12(Suppl. 2), S119-S126.

Forbes, C. (1990, August). Ethiopia between families. Health Visitor, 63(8), 266-267.

Gedif, T., & Hahn, H.-J. (2003, August). The use of medical plants in self-care in rural central Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 87(2-3), 155-161.

Goertz, J., & Goos, M. (1988, July). Traditional tattooing of the gingiva: An Eritrean folk medicine practice [Letter to the editor]. Archives of Dermatology, 124(7), 1018-1019.

Goldman, S. (1999, January-June). Contraceptive attitudes of a population in transition: The case of Ethiopian female immigrant students. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 11(1-2), 47-56.

Granot, M., Spitzer, A., et al. (1996, June). Pregnancy and delivery practices and beliefs of Ethiopian immigrant women in Israel. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 18(3), 299-313.

Grisaru, N., Budowski, D., et al. (1997, July-August). Possession by the "Zar" among Ethiopian immigrants to Israel: Psychopathology or culture-bound syndrome? Psychopathology, 30(4), 223-233.

Grisaru, N., Lezer, S., et al. (1997, April). Ritual female genital surgery among Ethiopian Jews. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 26(2), 211-215.

Hahn, R. A., Truman, B. I., & Barker, N. D. (1996). Identifying ancestry: The reliability of ancestral identification in the United States by self, proxy, interviewer, and funeral director. Epidemiology, 7, 75-80.

Haidar, J., Nekatibeb, H., et al. (1999, November). Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnant and lactating mothers in rural Ethiopia. The East African Medical Journal, 76(11), 618-622.

Hamlin, C., & Turnbull, G. B. (1997, July). The treatment of rectovaginal and vesicovaginal fistulas in women with childbirth injuries in Ethiopia. Journal of WOCN, 24(4), 187-189.

Hodes, R. (1997, January). Cross-cultural medicine and diverse health beliefs. Ethiopians abroad. Western Journal of Medicine, 166(1), 29-36.

Hogan, D. P., Berhanu, B., et al. (1999, December). Household organization, women's autonomy, and contraceptive behavior in southern Ethiopia. Studies in Family Planning, 30(4), 302-314.

Holan, G., & Mamber, E. (1994, March). Extraction of primary canine tooth buds: Prevalence and associated dental abnormalities in a group of Ethiopian Jewish children. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 4(1), 25-30.

Holt, L. L. (2001, April). End of life customs among immigrants from Eritrea. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 12(2), 146-154.

Hughes, M. (1995, April). Life and motherhood in Ethiopia. Midwives, 108(1287), 102-106.

Hyman, I., Guruge, S., Mason, R., Gould, J., Stuckless, N., Tang, T., et al. (2004). Post-migration changes in gender relations among Ethiopian couples living in Canada. The Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 36(4), 74-89.

Isralowitz, R. E., Rosenthal, G., et al. (1996). Ethiopian elderly immigrants: A community-based social work and medical intervention to address eye care needs. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 27(1/2), 167-177.

Jehuda-Cohen, T., Vonsover, A., et al. (1992). 'Silent' HIV infection among wives of seropositive HIV carriers in the Ethiopian community in Israel. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology Supplement, 11, 81-83.

Kahana, Y. (1985, Summer). The Zar spirits, a category of magic in the system of mental health care in Ethiopia. The International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 31, 125-143.

Kassu, A., Dagne, E., et al. (1999, November). Ethnomedical aspects of the commonly used toothbrush sticks in Ethiopia. The East African Medical Journal, 76(11), 651-653.

Kloos, H., Etea, A., et al. (1987). Illness and health behavior in Addis Ababa and rural central Ethiopia. Social Science & Medicine, 25(9), 1003-1019.

Kortmann, F. (1987). Problems in communication in transcultural psychiatry. The self-reporting questionnaire in Ethiopia. Acta Psychiatry Scandinavia, 75, 563-570.

Kumbi, S., & Isehak, A. (1999, March). Obstetric outcome of teenage pregnancy in northwestern Ethiopia. The East African Medical Journal, 76(3), 138-140.

Lapidoth, M., & Aharonowitz, G. (2004). Tattoo removal among Ethiopian Jews in Israel: Tradition faces technology. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 51(6), 906-909.

Loewy, M. I., Williams, D. T., & Keleta, A. (2002). Group counseling with traumatized East African refugee women in the United States: Using the Kaffa ceremony intervention. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 27, 173-191.

Mani, N. J. (1985, February). Gingival tattoo. A hitherto undescribed mucosal pigmentation. Quintessence International, 16(2), 157-159.

Maternowksa, C. (2000). 'Weak blood' and 'crowded bellies': Cultural influences on contraceptive use among Ethiopian Jewish immigrants in Israel. In A. Russell, E. J. Sobo & M. S. Thompson (Eds.), Conception across cultures: Technologies, choices, constraints. Oxford: Berg.

McCaw, B. R., & DeLay, P. (1985, August). Demographics and disease prevalence of two new refugee groups in San Francisco. The Ethiopian and Afghan refugees. Western Journal of Medicine, 143(2), 271-275.

McSpadden, L.A. (1987 August). Ethiopian refugee resettlement in the western United States: Social context and psychological well-being (in Part- III: Refugees and Health). International Migration Review, 21(3):796-819.

McSpadden, L., & Moussa, H. (1993). "I have a name": The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eitrean refugees in North America. Journal of Refugee Studies, 6, 203-225.

Meftuh, A. B., Tapsoba, L. P., et al. (1990, August). Breast feeding duration in Ethiopian women in Southern California [Letter to the editor]. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 36(4), 203-204.

Meftuh, A. B., Tapsoba, L. P., et al. (1991, May-June). Breastfeeding practices in Ethiopian women in Southern California. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 58(3), 349-356.

Minnesota Department of Human Services. (n.d.). HIV/AIDS division case management training introduction. Retrieved April 14, 2005, from http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/disabilities/documents/pub/dhs_id_017788.pdf

Mitike, G., Kebede, D., et al. (1997, March). Prevalence of antituberculosis drug resistance in Harar Tuberculosis Centre, Ethiopia. The East African Medical Journal, 74(3), 158-161.

Mulatu, M. S. (1999). Perceptions of mental and physical illness in northwestern Ethiopia: Causes, treatments, and attitudes. Journal of Health Psychology, 4(4), 531-549.

Mulatu, M. S. (2002, February). Psychometric properties of scores on the preliminary Amharic version of the state-trait anxiety inventory in Ethiopia. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 62, 130-146.

Nahmias, J., Greenberg, Z., et al. (1993, June-July). Health profile of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel: An overview. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 29(6-7), 338-343.

Nudelman A. (1993). The importance of traditional healing for Ethiopian immigrants in Israel. Collegium Antropologicum, 17, 233-239.

O'Heir, J. M. (1997, September). Midwifery education for safe motherhood. Midwifery, 13(3), 115-124.

Olango, P., & Aboud, F. (1990). Determinants of mothers' treatment of diarrhea in rural Ethiopia. Social Science & Medicine, 31(11), 1249-1249.

Pankhurst, A. (1999). 'Caste' in Africa: The evidence from South-Western Ethiopia reconsidered. Africa (International African Bibliography), 69(4), 485-.

Papadopoulos, I., Lees, S., Lay, M., et al. Ethiopian refugees in the UK: Migration, adaptation and settlement experiences and their relevance to health. Ethnicity & Health, 9(1), 55-73.

Papadopoulos, R. (2002) Cultural snapshots: A guide to Ethiopian refugees for health care workers. Retrieved April 13, 2005, from http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/rctsh/EMBRACE_UK/cultural_snapshots/ethiopian_refugees_healthcare.htm

Papadopoulos, R., Lay, M., Lees, S., & Gebrehiwot, A. (2003, October). The impact of migration on health beliefs and behaviors: The case of Ethiopian refugees in the UK. Contemporary Nurse, 15(3), 210-221.

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Ponizovsky, A., Ginath, Y., et al. (1998, Spring). Psychological distress among Ethiopian and Russian Jewish immigrants to Israel: A cross-cultural study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 44(1), 35-45.

Ravid, C., Spitzer, A., et al. (1995, December). Internal body perceptions of Ethiopian Jews who emigrated to Israel. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 17(6), 631-646.

Reiff, M., Zakut, H., et al. (1999, December). Illness and treatment perceptions of Ethiopian immigrants and their doctors in Israel. American Journal of Public Health, 89(12), 1814-1818.

Refugee & Immigrant Health
Deals with issues in refugee health and resettlement.Retrieved November 01, 2004, from
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/refugees.htm

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Seyoum, B., Kiros, K., et al. (1999). Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in rural pregnant mothers in Northern Ethiopia. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 46(3), 247-251.

Shtarkshall, R., Soskolne, V., et al. (1993). A culturally specific educational program to reduce the risk of HIV and HBV transmission among Ethiopian immigrants to Israel II: Evaluating the effect of the training program on veteran immigrant trainees. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 29(Suppl. 10), 48-54.

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