Links to Selected Resources on Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health and Mental Health Care Systems
Accessibility on the Web
- A public broadcasting station in Boston has developed design guidelines for accessible digital media.
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), funded in part by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
- Accessibility tutorials for web designers on Section 508 – ensuring that people with disabilities have equal access to all information provided by Federal agencies
Culturally and Linguistically Competent Services
- CLAS
(Culturally & Linguistically
Appropriate Services) Early Childhood Research Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Council for Exceptional Children, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Elementary and Middle School Technical Assistance Center, Resources for Culturally, Linguistically and Ability Diverse Children, Youth and Families
Data and Research Resources
- Title V Information System
- Maternal and Child Health library online database
- Trust for America’s Health provides state health data
- Measuring Healthcare quality, including national disparities data by AHRQ
- National Assessment of Adult Literacy
- KaiserEDU provides data and literature regarding health policy topics
- The Association of Religion Data Archives
- Family Voices Data resources
- Kaiser Family Foundation has statistics on health status by state
- United Health Foundation is another source of health disparity data in D.C.
- Kids Count data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
- The National Survey of Children's Health Data Resource Center from CAHMI
Government Resources
- Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHD) from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Office of Minority Health from the Department of Health and Human Services
- HRSA’s
Cultural competence site - resources for health care
providers
- Indian Health Service , see also the IHS pages on health promotion and disease prevention
- National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- Healthfinder a Federal web site developed by multiple agencies
- Let Everyone Participate -- LEP.gov has information on implementation of Executive Order 13166 regarding language access to federal and federally assisted programs
- Setting the Agenda for Research on Cultural Competence in Health Care, from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Prevention Information Network
Language Access, Communication and Linguistic Competence
- See Language Access FAQ
- Effective Communication in Hospitals, an initiative from the Office of Civil Rights
- Hablamos Juntos Improving Patient-Provider Communication for Latinos
- Speaking Together: National Language Services Network
- Cross Cultural Health Care Program has training opportunities, including “Bridging the Gap” training for healthcare interpreters
- National Coalition for Literacy
- Assessing Materials for Low Literacy Readers: The National Cancer Institute provides documents related to literacy issues including Clear and Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers and Theory at a Glance: A Guide for Health Promotion Practice
Office of Minority Health reports on language access (2006)
- Executive Summary: A Patient-Centered Guide to Implementing CLAS in Healthcare Organizations
- A Patient-Centered Guide to Implementing Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations
Policies and Guidelines on Aspects of Cultural and Linguistic Competence
- National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
- American Medical Association's Health
disparities web site with resources
- Cultural Diversity in Nursing Practice by American Nurses Association
- Culturally Effective Pediatric Care: Education and Training Issues by American Academy of Pediatrics
- Enhancing the Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Pediatric Workforce by American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations
- NASW Standards for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice
Reports and Bibliographies
- Knowledge Path from Maternal and Child Health library on Racial and Ethnic Disparities.
- AHRQ Releases 2006 National Healthcare Quality And Disparities Reports
- The National Health Law Program, "Summary of State Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Health Care"
- Report and Bibliography on health disparities from Physicians for Human Rights
- Research and Training Center in Children’s Mental Health, Study 5: Accessibility of Mental Health Services: Identifying and Measuring Organizational Factors Associated with Reducing Mental Health Disparities
- Health care expenditures report from AHRQ
- Factline: Tracking Health in Underserved Communities highlights health disparities in underserved communities
Resources for Families
- Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Family Voices
- MCH Library resources for families
- Medical Library Association
Selected Other Resources, including recent articles and reports
- The Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice (peer-reviewed, electronic)
- "Race, Ethnicity and Health Care Tutorial," Kaiser Family Foundation, by Cara James, senior policy analyst, posted 8/16/07
- Examining the Research Base Supporting Culturally Competent Children's Mental Health Services (2006). Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida. This monograph represents a literature review of children's mental health research among African Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, Latinos and Native Americans for the purpose of identifying strategies for organizational cultural competence and identify gaps in the research.
University Centers, Foundations and Nonprofit Organizations
- The Commonwealth Fund: A Framework for Cultural Competency
- Disparities section of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Culturally Competent Health Care Systems,The California Endowment
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- The
Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity (CHFCD),
is part of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and is
dedicated to promoting culturally-responsive, quality health
care for diverse populations.
- Health Power, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is multicultural health improvement
- Diversity Rx
- National MultiCultural Institute
- Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
- Fathers Network celebrates and supports fathers and families raising children with special health care needs and developmental disabilities
- National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center, Cultural Competence toolkit
- California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, Multicultural Health
- Aetna Health Foundation's initiative on health disparities
- The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
- The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health's priority focus on Cultural Competence
- Rural Assistance Center, Informational Guide on Cultural Competence and Limited English Proficiency
Webcasts
- Kaiser Family Foundation offers Healthcasts
- Maternal and Child Health Webcasts
Web Sites Related to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome / Other Infant Death (SUID)
- Back to Sleep campaign, a joint effort of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the U.S. Public Health Service, the SUID Alliance and the Association of SUID and Infant Mortality Programs
- National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center (NSIDRC) provides resources, information services and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome (SUID) and related topics.
- SUID Network offers up-to-date information as well as support for those who have been touched by the tragedy of SUID.
- First Candle is a national, non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to the support of SUID families, education and research.
