Cultural Competence Resource Guide Definition: Cultural competence refers to an ability to interact and communicate effectively with people of different cultures.
Organizations Non-Profit National Alliance for Hispanic Health
This website provides information on Hispanic health issues with resources, political action, and community health information. Multicultural Health Best Practices Overview has a summary of best practices using case studies and identifies gaps in knowledge: Diversity RX had funding from Kaiser Family Foundation, but website has not been updated since Dec. 2006. Hmong Health Website National Asian Women's Health Organization EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network
A multi-cultural health resource serving people of central and eastern European origin. Anabaptists (includes Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish)
Info on Birth Control, Infertility, Abortion, Euthanasia, Living Wills and Organ Donation Institute on Medical Quality obtained a California Endowment grant to train California medical practitioners in Cultural and Linguistic Competency. University-Based National Center for Cultural Competence
Contains information in English and Spanish about providing culturally competent services to children and adolescents with special health care needs and their families. Resources include assessment tools for health professionals, policy briefs, a guide for adolescent transition services, and links to additional information. NCCC aims to increase the capacity of health programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally competent service delivery systems for children and adolescents with special health care needs and their families. CLAS self assessment tools, National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Refugee Health/Immigrant Health – Baylor University
Includes backgrounds on several cultures SPIRAL - Tufts University
Patient information in seven Asian languages.
Culture Clues - University of Washington
Tip sheets for 11 groups of patients, including deaf and hard of hearing, as well as three end-of-life cultural discussions (Latino/Russian/Vietnamese). Multicultural Health Center - University of Illinois.
Fact sheets on several minority groups. Government Agencies and Regulations Federal Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Minority Health
Transforming the Face of Health Professions Through Cultural & Linguistic Competence Education: The Role of the HRSA Centers of Excellence
Online guide The Office of Minority Health (DHHS) has developed five reports that relate to cultural competency in Health Care. Minority Women's Health Issues, Women's Health.gov, USDHHS Bureau of Primary Health Care-Quality and Culture National Library of Medicine - Asian American Health
Health resources, materials, and topics in 10 Asian languages Medline Plus: Population Groups – information on a few minority groups, common health issues, etc.
Native American Health
African American Health
Asian American Health
Hispanic American Health Articles Court Appointed Special Advocates
Culture and Diversity Articles – relating to children and families of different ethnic and racial groups. From the Commonwealth Fund:
The Role and Relationship of Cultural Competence and Patient Centeredness in Health Care demonstrates the many parallels between patient-centeredness and cultural competency.
Taking Cultural Competency from Theory to Action provides principles and recommendations for implementing cultural competency at the organizational level. Other Related Resources Measuring Health Disparities- a free online course developed for the Michigan Public Health Training Center. Cultural Comptence CME - Office of Minority Health
An on-line nine CE credit class (Physician's Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care) offered free by the Office of Minority Health.
Quality Care for Diverse Populations - American Academy of Family Physicians
Video based course, which consists of five vignettes which can be watched online for free or purchased for $100. A Manager's Guide to Cultural Competence Education for Health Care Professionals - The California Endowment (2003) 1998 Conference Proceedings from DiversityRX: Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Listserves Listserve for multi-cultural health, hosted by the Office of Multicultural Health in Oregon.
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