National Center for Cultural Competence
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The Research and Evidence

BuddiesThe NCCC provides national leadership and contributes to the body of knowledge on cultural and linguistic competence within systems and organizations. The NCCC places emphasis on translating evidence into policy and practice for programs and personnel concerned with health and mental health care delivery, administration, education and advocacy.

The NCCC supports this goal by:

  • Writing articles and reports that contribute to the knowledge-base.
  • Collaborating with partners to contribute to the evidence base.

NCCC bullet Resources for Research and Evidence

NCCC bullet Promising Practices

Research has not kept pace the current and emergent practices that exemplify cultural and linguistic competence in many health care and mental health programs. Personnel within these programs are busy doing the work, which often provides little time for publishing and disseminating their remarkable work in the juried literature. However, there are promising and/or evidence-based practices that are commensurate with the conceptual frameworks and definitions of cultural and linguistic competence embraced by the NCCC.

NCCC bullet Selected Other Resources, including recent articles and reports

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The Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice (peer-reviewed, electronic)
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"Race, Ethnicity and Health Care Tutorial," Kaiser Family Foundation, by Cara James, senior policy analyst, posted 8/16/07

Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Strategic Research Issues: Fiscal Years 2004-2009
Strategic Research Issue # II: MCH services and systems of care efforts to eliminate health disparities and barriers to health care access for MCH populations. These health disparities and barriers to health care access may include racial/ethnic, cultural, linguistic, gender, developmental, geographic, immigrant, underserved, economic considerations, etc.

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.

Dr. Robert Like has published several articles on cultural competence

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

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