Cultural Competency Links 

National Organizations


Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/

Description: HRSA provides national leadership, program resources and services needed to improve access to culturally competent, quality health care.  This webpage provides cultural competence resources for health care providers.

Information Available: Assessment tools, culture/language specific guides, disease/condition specific guides, population specific resources, training curricula, web-based training, technical assistance, and research.


Diversity Rx
www.diversityrx.org/HTML/MODELS.htm

Description: Diversity Rx promotes language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant and ethically diverse communities. Diversity Rx is supported by the National Conference of State Legislatures, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Information Available: Model programs, information on state and federal laws, organizational policies and legal issues, research, and links to networking resources.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Office of Minority Health (OMH) Resource Center,
Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care (CLCCHC)
www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3

Description: The OMH advances health and quality of life by preventing and controlling the disproportionate burden of disease, injury and disability among racial and ethnic minority populations. The OMH established the CLCCHC in 1995 as a vehicle to address the health needs of populations who speak limited English. 

Information Available: Best practices (National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care), tool kits, policy guidance, laws, initiatives, information on organizations and programs, and training tools for physicians and others.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children & Families (ACF),
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/

Description: The ORR assists refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, asylees and other beneficiaries of the program to establish a new life founded on the dignity of economic self-support and encompasses full participation in opportunities which Americans enjoy.

Information Available: Refugee Medical Assistance program, other initiatives and programs, news and events, related sites, policy and legislative information, funding opportunities, reports, technical assistance and refugee data.

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP)
www.xculture.org

Description: Primarily a training and consulting organization supported by a wide array of multilingual publications available for purchase through their online store, CCHCP endeavors to enhance the abilities of health professionals to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate care.

Information Available: Training programs, assessment tools, publications, articles, resource guides, and research programs.

CultureMed
culturedmed.sunyit.edu/

Description: CulturedMed, a web site promoting culturally-competent health care for refugees and immigrants, houses a research center containing relevant print materials. The bibliographies and links found on the web site contain items that discuss health beliefs or ethnographic information about various ethnic groups.

Information Available: Bibliographies (groups include: Afghanis, African, Arab, Asian, Bantu, Bosnian, Ethiopian, Hispanic, Hmong, Puerto Rican, Russian and Vietnamese), cultural aspects (i.e. books, death and dying, dental care, domestic violence, food, hospice, nursing, interpreters, mental health and traditional medicine), dictionaries, glossaries, culture and health links, refugee and immigrant health databases, health policy, foreign language health materials, statistics and resettlement agencies.

Grantmakers In Health (GIH)

Description: GIH fosters communication and collaboration among grantmakers and others and helps strengthen the grantmaking community's knowledge, skills and effectiveness. GIH exists as a professional home for health grantmakers seeking expertise and information on the field of health philanthropy. 

Information Available: The following publications related to cultural competency in health care:

In The Right Words: Addressing Language and Culture in Providing Health Care
www.gih.org/usr_doc/In_the_Right_Words_Issue_Brief.pdf

Lost in the Translation: The Role of Language and Culture in the Health Care Setting
www.gih.org/usr_doc/lost_in_the_translation.pdf


Management Sciences for Health (MSH),
Electronic Resource Center (ERC),
The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture
erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English

Description: The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture assists health care organizations throughout the U.S. in providing high quality, culturally competent services to multi-ethnic populations. The Guide is a joint project of MSH, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Bureau of Primary Care.

Information Available: Basic background of cultural competency, self-quiz, provider perspective and responsibilities, health disparities, cultural groups (includes Common Health Problems in Selected Minority, Ethnic and Cultural Groups; common beliefs and practices; and an expanded look at specific cultural groups), culturally competent organizations and additional resources.


National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC)
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/

Description: The NCCC works to increase the capacity of health care and mental health programs to design, implement and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems. 

Information Available: Information on policies, projects, consultants, assessment tools,   publications, and a resource database.

Missouri Resources

 

Missouri Department of Mental Health

http://www.dmh.mo.gov/diroffice/cultaffairs/cultaffindex.htm

Information Available: The DMH Cultural Competency Plan (which analyzes the states' demographics and identifies four goals related to cultural competency, prevention, minority mental health care disparities, and cultural diversity).


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