http://www.DiversityRX.org From legal questions to best practices this site covers it. http://www.xculture.org/index.cfm Since 1992, the CCHCP has been addressing broad cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families in ethnic minority communities in Seattle and nationwide. Lots of links. http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/asian_health.html Asian-American Health : Cambodian (Khmer), Laotian, Vietnamese, More http://www.iun.edu/~libemb/trannurs/trannurs.htm Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links from the Indiana University Medical Library as well as associated resources within their library. Includes country links. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2661.html Cultural Competence Compendium 1999 from the American Medical Association "Give me standard patients and I'll practice standard medicine." --James S. Todd, MD, AMA Executive Vice President, 1990-1996 http://www.air.org/cccm/progress/putsch.pdf The Cross Cultural Health Care and The American Institutes for ResearchQuality communication lies at the core of cultural competency. The domains outlined in the article are intended as outlines and tools to organize, teach, and assess health care training programs around issues related to communications, class, culture, language and power. http://www.opening-doors.org/ Opening Doors: Reducing Sociocultural Barriers to Health Care A national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Opening Doors supports service and research projects to identify and break down nonfinancial, culturally based barriers to health care. http://www.ethnomed.org/ Ethnic medicine information from Harborview Medical Center The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world. http://www.omhrc.gov/ MISSION The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will address health disparities. http://www.diversitycentral.com The focus is on diversity and cross-cultural management for business. Publish Cultural Diversity at Work http://www.minorityhealth.org/ Minority Health Professions Foundation http://www.omhrc.gov/ Federal Office of Minority Health http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/ Asian American Health: An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the United States. http://www.crosshealth.com/ The mission of the Center for Cross Cultural Health is 'to integrate the role of culture in improving health.' Our vision is to ensure that diverse populations receive culturally competent and sensitive health and human service. http://www.nursingworld.org/readroom/position/ethics/etcldv.htm As adopted by American Nursing Association.Cultural Diversity in Nursing Practice This statement describes the features of an operational definition of cultural diversity as it is expressed in nursing practice, education, administration and research. http://cwr.utoronto.ca/cultural/ Cultural Profile Project http://www.diversityhotwire.com Cultural Diversity Hot-wire http://www.cstprogram.org/cosp/groups/diversity.htm Cultural Competency and Diversity http://www.healthadvocates.info Health Advocates http://www.aamc.org/about/progemph/diverse/start.htm Health Professionals for Diversity http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/mcultlink.html Multicultural Links http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/multicultural/sites1.html Multicultural Pavilion http://www.mncounties.org/metroplan/MinHealth.htm Minority Health Needs Assessment http://www.culturalhealing.com National Center for Cultural Healing http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=5.0.htm&language=Englis Providers Guide to Quality and Culture http://www.transculturalcare.net Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates http://www.tcns.org Transcultural Nursing Society http://www.culturalcompetence2.com CEO Services, (for consulting, education, organizational development) http://gucdc.georgetown.edu/nccc/index.html Georgetown University, National Center for Cultural Competence http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/ Cultural Competence: A Journey publication number PC546 http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3066.html Cultural Competence Compendium http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/OMH/OMH/disparities/ Eliminating Health Disparities in the United States publication number HRS00167 http://www.aoa.gov/minorityaccess/guidbook2001/ Administration on Aging: Achieving Cultural Competence, A Guidebook for Providers of Services to Older Americans and their Families http://www.omhrc.gov/OMH/sidebar/omh-publications.htm Closing the Gap-Newsletter of OMH. Great Links! http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/sidebar/cossmo/toc.htm Office of Minority Health, Assessment of State Minority Health Infrastructure and Capacity to Address Issues of Health Disparity http://www.omhrc.gov/CLAS Office of Minority Health, CLAS Standards and Final Report: http://www.healthfinder.gov/ Healthfinder http://www.ercomer.org/wwwvl/merboard/index.html The WWW V-Lib: Migration and Ethnic Relations http://www.towson.edu/~ewheeler/web2.html Cross-Cultural Psychology http://www.wiche.edu/MentalHealth/CCStandards/ccslist.htm WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education): Cultural Competence Standards in Managed Mental Health http://user.pro-ns.net/~larue/ Multi-Cultural Education Services *Great resource for translated materials* http://www.multilingual-health-education.net/#top Multilingual Health Education Net This site offers translated health education materials in a number of languages, including Spanish, English, French, Farsi, Hindi, Punjabi, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Darshan, and Italian. Population/Community Specific Health http://www.pallcare.asn.au/mc/mccontents.html This site includes care guides to the following “language groups”: Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/ Africa South of the Sahara: General country links - not necessarily on healthcare. http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm Country Health Profiles. Offers data and analysis on health and related sociological factors in the nations of the Americas. Access statistics on demographics, socioeconomic data, health risk factors, health care access, and mortality rates as well as an analysis of these and other data. http://www.africanamericanhealth.com/ African American Health http://www.aawc.com/aar.html African American Resources http://www.asaging.org American Society on Aging http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph/popfam/ Center for Population and Family Health http://clnet.ucr.edu/research/health.html Health Link to Chicano-Latino Health Information http://www.hmongcenter.org Hmong Resource Centre http://www.laofamily.org/health Lao Family Community's Health Web http://www.pitt.edu/~ejb4/min Minority Health Network http://www.rainbo.org RAINBOx http://www.isp.acad.umn.edu/RSC/rsc.html Refugee Study Center http://www.somalianwomen.org Somali Women's Association www.apha.org/ppp/red American Public Health Association Immigrant Maternal Health: http://www.cvt.org The Center for Victims of Torture http://CMHSweb.org Center for Multicultural Human Services http://cecp.air.org/cultural/ The CECP works to improving services to children and youth with emotional and behavioral problems. http://www.xculture.org/training/overview/cultural/assessment.html Cultural Competency Assessments http://www.drugdigest.org/ DrugDigest. Consumer health information about drugs, herbs, and supplements. Features include a page to check for drug interactions, glossary, drug comparison page, and a treatment options page. Searchable. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html MEDLINEplus: Drug Information "Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications is provided through two drug resources -- MedMaster, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the USP DI Advice for the Patient, a product of the United State Pharmacopeia (USP)." |