A Guide to Incorporating Cultural Competency into Health Professionals' Education and Training. (March 2006)

A Guide to Incorporating Cultural Competency into Health Professionals' Education and Training (Mar. '06)
Date: 05/23/2006
Organization: National Health Law Program
Submission Date: 01/09/2006

Providers Guide to Quality and Culture

This website is designed to assist healthcare organizations throughout the United States in providing high quality culturally competent services to multi-ethnic populations.

Other Languages Resource Web Site

Librarians are increasingly seeking multilingual online health resources to serve their diverse population of patrons. You can respond to this demand with the assistance of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine's Consumer Health Coordinators. Take a look at the recently updated Other Language Resources web site. The Other Language Resources contains resources with items in multiple languages.

The Other Language Resources web site provides links to useful health information, including the University of Utah -- Health Education Brochures in Multiple Languages. It is organized by specific languages and glossaries by languages.

Working with Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Issues and Hmong Case Study

There is a critical need to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health information for immigrant and refugee populations. This article discusses the challenges related to providing health information for immigrants and refugees in the context of developing health education and health literacy programs.

Census 2000 Briefs and Special Reports

This website has terrific census information and great special reports especially on underserved and special populations.

New Refugee Orientation Curriculum in Wisconsin

The Orientation Curriculum is not meant to be a complete or exclusive curriculum, but a beginning tool that can be expanded or added on as appropriate and needed to meet the needs of the new refugees.It was developed by the Immigrant Integration Section,Bureau of Migrant, Refugee, and Labor Services, Department of Workforce Development (DWD) in Wisconsin.

Cultural Diversity - A Guide for Health Professionals

The guide presents health and socio-cultural information on ethnic communities (including torture and trauma and issues and issues for children, young people and women). It encourages health staff to actively explore cultural issues with patients and cautions against stereotyping.

Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers

This user-friendly website highlights approximately 40 HRSA-supported projects on the critical subject of cross-cultural health care.