Home Health Educators Cultural Competence
- Diversity Rx
This practical site includes sections on best practices, policy, legal issues, networking, “Experts Speak Out”, and “Why Should I Care?”
http://www.diversityrx.org - The Provider’s Guide to Quality and Culture
Interactive multimedia site with quizzes and video clips of patient/provider interactions. Also: practical information on becoming a culturally and linguistically appropriate organization, statistics on health disparities, and information on cultural practices as they relate to health care.
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm
&module=provider&language=English - The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Information on cultural competency trainings and interpreter trainings, recent news and research findings, “Profiles of Ethnic Communities”, and print/video resources.
http://www.xculture.org - The National Center for Cultural Competence
Contains a variety of guides and policy briefs on achieving cultural and linguistic competence. Topics include organizational self-assessment, strategies for engaging diverse communities, and competence related to programs for children’s mental health and special health care needs. Many guides are available in Spanish.
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc/ - Office of Minority Health
Contains information on federal policy initiatives, laws and programs related to cultural competence and health disparities.
http://www.omhrc.gov/ - Ethnomed
Contains information about cultural beliefs and practices of various immigrant groups as they relate to medical issues. Also includes links to health care information in the appropriate languages.
http://www.ethnomed.org/ethnomed/ - Culture, Health and Literacy
An addendum to the Health and Literacy Compendium with a focus on issues of culture and multi-lingual materials.
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/culture/index.html