Interview with Jennie E. Rodríguez, Executive Director of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA, August 15, 2001 by Gérard Selbach

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Review of Montiel-Overall, P. et.al., (2016). Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives: Cultural Competence in Action! An Asset Based Approach., NY: Rowan and Littlefield. 291... by Thomas Weeks

Subjects: “…cultural literacies, school libraries, public libraries, bilingualism, academic libraries, Latino culture, special collections, book review…”
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Developing Students’ Intercultural Competence through Children’s and Adolescent Literature by Brian Hibbs

“…Reading Béisbol en abril y otros cuentos helped students perceive similarities between Latino culture and their own mainstream American culture by comparing and contrasting aspects of Latino culture with their own.…”
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Reviewing the Canon: Teaching Chicano Literature in the Bilingual Classroom by Beatriz Jiménez Villanueva

“…English varieties of the language and culture can be taught in the bilingual classroom, but there is no trace of teaching the bi-culturalism that exists in the US regarding US-Latino culture. Nowadays over 40 million people speak Spanglish in the US, and Chicano Literature reflects this reality that faces bilingualism and biculturalism. …”
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Culturally responsive architecture : a community center and housing for Latinos in Roxbury by Kockler, Ruth Elizabeth

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Examination of Ecological Systems Contexts Within a Latino-Based Community Sport Youth Development Initiative by Mayra V. Robledo, Michael B. Edwards, Jason N. Bocarro, Andrew O. Behnke, Jonathan M. Casper

“…At the Macrosystem level, sport celebrated Latino culture and attempted to address social barriers facing Latinx youth, but some aspects of culture may have created barriers to access for girls. …”
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I fantasmi e i corpi. Breve excursus sulla letteratura dei Latinos negli Stati Uniti by Mario Maffi

“…The article shows the development of a distinctive Latino cultural tradition, linked to the immigration to the United States both from bordering Mexico (Mexican American immigrants, or chicanos) and from Puerto Rico (immigrants from la isla mainly to New York City, soon to be known as Nuyoricans). …”
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Între modernitate şi tradiţionalism: ruşinea şi onoarea. O analiză interculturală by Octavian Rujoiu

“…A few dimensions have been brought into discussion: male vs female honour, the significance of the terms marianismo and machismo in Latino cultures, sharaf and ‘ird in Arab societies, the meaning of shame and family control, and the importance of the Greek concept philótimo along with value change perceptions. …”
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Effectiveness of Theory-Based Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions in Aging Latino Adults: A Scoping Review by Ana Maafs-Rodríguez, Sara C. Folta

“…The most commonly used behavioral theories were Social Cognitive Theory and Attribution Theory. Latino cultural elements in these studies included partnering with community organizations that serve Latinos (such as Catholic churches), delivery of in-person bilingual group sessions by trusted community members (such as <i>promotoras</i> or Latino dance instructors), and incorporating values such as family and religion into the health curriculum, among others. …”
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Cross‐cultural differences in Parkinson's disease caregiving and burden between the United States and Mexico by Erin R. Smith, Paul B. Perrin, Carmen M. Tyler, Sarah K. Lageman, Teresita Villaseñor

“…Even after controlling for these and other demographic differences between the two sites, the differences in caregiver burden remained. Conclusions Latino cultural values in Mexico encouraging the importance of caring for family members with PD and respecting elders may promote caregiving and even make it a point of cultural pride, helping to overcome potential negative effects on caregivers seen in the United States. …”
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Hispanic/Latina/o Immigrant Mental Health: Why More Needs to Be Done

“…Also, consideration and integration of Latino cultural values such as respeto (mutual and reciprocal respect), controlarse (self-control of negative affect), aguantarse (ability to survive stressful situations during hard times), familismo (importance of family), personalismo (personal relationships), confianza (relationship trust), fatalismo (fatalism), dichos (popular sayings), and sobreponerse (self-suppression) into care plans and therapeutic alliances can also assist in creating more culturally informed mental health care plans.33,34 Importantly, clinicians must be educated in immigrant-specific processes, such as acculturation. …”
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