SCAN Health Plan : Web Resources

General Cultural Competence

Resources for Cross-Cultural Health Care http://www.diversityrx.org
Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture http://erc.msh.org/quality&culture
HRSA http://bphc.hrsa.gov/cc/3.htm
University of Pennsylvania Health Systems http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/aging/diverse/direct.shtml
World Education Culture health, literacy http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/culture/
National Academy Press http://books.nap.edu/books/0309071542/html/index.html
Oregon State University http://osu.orst.edu/dept/ehe/nu_diverse.htm
National Center For Cultural Competence, Georgetown University http://gucdc.georgetown.edu/nccc/
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care http://www.ncihc.org
Department of Justice – Office of Civil Rights http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/13166.htm
The State of Literacy in America http://www.nifl.gov/reders/reder.htm
Nhelp Racial/ Cultural Issues http://www.nhelp.org/race.shtml#ling
Office of Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/
DHHS Office of Civil Rights http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program http://www.xculture.org/index.cfm
The Plain Language Association International http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/
Kaiser Family Foundation Minority Health http://www.kff.org/content/2001/6012/
Federal Registry (enter key word "linguistic”) http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
Yale University Cultural Competence Resources http://www.med.yale.edu/library/education/culturalcomp
Medical Policy Institute http://www.medi-cal.org/publications/
Providing care to diverse populations http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/ulp/ulpcultr.htm
National Institutes of Health http://www.health.nih.gov
Culture and nutrition http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
AMSA Diversity in Medicine http://www.amsa.org/div
Center for Cross Cultural Health http://www.crosshealth.com

Aging

Administration on Aging http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/healthpromo/healthpromo.asp
Culture and Aging http://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/mc/users/vritts/aging.html
Center on an Aging Society http://ihcrp.georgetown.edu/agingsociety/
AARP Aging and Minorities http://www.research.aarp.org/general/portmino.html

African American

Congress of National Black Churches http://www.cnbc.org/
NAACP National Health Committee http://www.naacp.org/health/
National Association of Black Cardiologists http://www.abcardio.org/
National Black Nurses Association http://www.nbna.org/
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc. http://www.ncba-blackaged.org/
National Medical Association http://www.nmanet.org/

American Indian/Alaskan Native

Association of American Indian Physicians http://www.aaip.com/
Native American Cancer Research http://members.aol.com/natamcan/
National Indian Council on Aging http://www.nicoa.org
National Indian Health Board http://www.nihb.org/
Breast Cancer Survivors Network http://members.aol.com/natamcan/network.htm

Asian American/ Pacific Islander American

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum http://www.apiahf.org/
Chinese American Medical Society http://www.camsociety.org/
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging http://www.napca.org
National Asian Women's Health Organization http://www.nawho.org/"
National Resource Center on Native American Aging (Native Hawaiian) http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/nrcnaa/

Hispanic/Latino American

Hispanic Center for Excellence UI Chicago http://uic.edu/depts/mcam/hce
Inter-American College of Physicians and Surgeons http://users.rcn.com/icps
National Alliance for Hispanic Health http://www.hispanichealth.org/
National Association of Hispanic Nurses http://www.nahnhq.org
National Council of La Raza http://www.nclr.org
National Hispanic Council on Aging http://www.nhcoa.org
National Hispanic Medical Association http://home.earthlink.net/~nhma/

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