QUICK LINKS

Provider Tools

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/

Remember- web can pages expire often. If the web address provided does not work use Google and search under the organization's name.

Title VI

CLAS

Executive Order 13166

Bibliography

Web Resources

Acknowledgement of Contributors

Last updated on 11/9/2010