National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/MealPlanner/

• A recipe and meal planner guide, emphasizing eating healthy and staying fit to control and manage diabetes. Meal planning, diabetes food pyramid, serving size information available in both English and Spanish.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/hispanicamerican/

• Facts sheets in English and Spanish about Hispanics/Latinos with diabetes.

II. Health Disparities

Physicians for Human Rights

http://www.phrusa.org/students/word_docs/race_fs_ex.doc

• Physicians for Human Rights' summary of racial and ethnic disparities in medical care broken down by disease categories and medical and surgical procedures.

http://www.phrusa.org/students/word_docs/race_fs_cau.doc

• Physicians for Human Rights fact sheet on causes of racial/ethnic disparities in health care.
  

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

ncmhd.nih.gov

• Conducts and supports research, training, dissemination of information, and other pro-grams with respect to minority health conditions and other populations with health disparities. The Web site contains a listing of conferences on cross-cultural care.
  

III. Cultural Competency in Health Care

National Center for Cultural Competence

Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development

www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc/nccc11.html

• Has a self-assessment checklist for providers of primary healthcare services.

Diversity Rx

www.dicersityrx.org

• Is a clearinghouse of information on training, standards, research, and policy to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees, and other diverse populations seeking healthcare.
  

Medical Economics

www.memag.com/culturalcompetence

• Provides links to cultural competence resources for a variety of ethnic populations

IV. African/African American Populations

V. Refugee Health

EthnoMed

www.ethnomed.org

• This site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants and refugee groups.
  

VI. Impact of Culture on Health

National Initiatives for Children's Healthcare Quality

http://www.nichq.org

• Site provides a link to article on "Improving Cultural Competency in Children's Health Care".

Cross Cultural Health Care Program

www.xculture.org/training/overview/cultural/assessment.html

• Has a list of cultural competency assessment tools.

CultureMed

SUNY Institute of Technology Peter J. Cayan Library

http://www.sunyit.edu/library/html/culturedmed

• Provides resources, both print and Web-based, on culturally competent healthcare.

Cross Cultural Health Care Program

http://www.xculture.org

• Offers links to cultural competency trainings, interpreter trainings, research projects, community coalition building, and other services, as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
  

VII. Religion and Health

VIII. Language and Interpreter Issues

National Council on Interpreting on Healthcare

http://www.ncihc.org/

• A multidisciplinary organization whose mission is to promote culturally competent professional health care interpreting as a means to support equal access to health care for individuals with limited English proficiency.

Massachusetts General Hospital - Medical Interpreter Services

http://www.massgeneral.org/interpreters/index.asp

• Site dedicated to helping providers establish a direct relationship with their non-English or Limited English Proficient patients. Links to requesting interpreters, working with an interpreter and culturally competent care. Great section called "bits of culture" which provides information about multiple countries language, values, diet, religion, etc.

IX. Asian Populations

Spiral

http://spiral.tufts.edu/

• Selected patient information resources in Asian languages.

X. Teaching Cultural Competency

Golden Valley Health Centers

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• Introduces a framework for teaching diversity and cultural competency. Need to buy - limited information in pdf format.