Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Agency initiatives, reports and publications, resource organizations,
training opportunities, and resources on specific minority populations
identified by racial and ethnic groups, disability, age, gender, geography,
risk status related to sex and gender, and socioeconomic status.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health:
Cultural Competency
Guides and resources; links to organizations and programs;
policies, initiatives, and laws; training tools for physicians
and others; and
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate
Services (CLAS) in Health
Ethnomed
Cross cultural health information and information by topic
and by culture. Some materials are translated into numerous languages.
Health Resources and Services Administration: Culture, Language, and
Health Literacy Resources
Assessment tools, training curricula, and other resources focusing
on race and ethnicity; gender; farm and migrant workers, US-Mexico
border population, and the homeless population; children, adolescents
and the geriatric population; and research and education for health
professionals.
Medline Plus: Population Groups
Health information from the National Library of Medicine for
racial, ethnic, and other population groups.
National Center for Cultural Competence
Foundations for cultural and linguistic competence, projects
and initiatives, online curricula, promising practices, a consultant
pool, and resources by audience. Some materials are in Spanish.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Information on Centers of Excellence and federal national and
international research programs established to reduce health
disparities.
For
more information on this topic, use the MCH Library Advanced
Search.
(Related Keywords: Cultural Diversity, Cultural
Sensitivity, Linguistic Competence, Cultural Competence,
Minority Health, Underserved Communities, and Language
Barriers)
Authors: Beth DeFrancis Sun, M.L.S., Olivia K. Pickett, M.A., M.L.S.,
MCH Library
February 2011.
These resources are provided to address language barrier issues.
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