Health Literacy and Cultural Competency

Grants

The following is a list of AHRQ grants that are relevant to Health Literacy and Cultural and Linguistic Competency. Click on the title to view abstract and other grant information. Grants are only listed once, so grants that address more than one topic are listed under the first topic they cover. For example, a grant pertaining to healthcare for African Americans and Latinos will be listed under African Americans.

Searches for additional grants can be conducted on the Grants On-Line Database (GOLD).

Health Literacy

Low-Literacy Populations

Collaborative Management of Indigent Diabetic Patients
Conference on Communication and Patient Safety
Development of a Spanish Health Literacy Assessment Tool
Health Literacy, Social Support, and Health: Survey of Medicare Enrollees
Health Literacy and Medication Adherence in an HMO
Hospital Patient Safe-D(ischarge): A Discharge Bundle for Patients
Improving Diabetes Efforts across Language and Literacy Measuring Patient Satisfaction: Low Literacy Populations
Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH)
Patient-Centeredness in Care of Vulnerable Populations
Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge for Patient Safety
Working with the Urban Underserved in the UCSF CRN

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Information Technology

Computerized Tool Assessment in Low Literacy Patients
Evaluation of an Adaptive Patient Data Entry Interface
Information Interpretation in Patient Decision Support
Informative Technology: Linking Parents and Providers
Shared Decision Making—Prostate Cancer Screening by Couples
Web Based Renal Transplant Patient Medication Education

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Cultural and Linguistic Competency

African-American Populations

Access and Quality of Care in Black Vulnerable Populations
Cancer Screening of Low Income and Minority Women
Collaborative Management of Diabetes in Blacks
Diabetes Education Multimedia for Vulnerable Populations
Evaluating Culturally Appropriate Primary Health Care
Health Disparities in Minority Adult Americans
Improving the Delivery of Effective Care to Minorities
Overcoming Racial Health Disparities
Patient-Centered Depression Care for African Americans
Promoting Effective Communication and Decision-Making for Diverse Populations
Racial and Ethnic Variation in Medical Interactions
UCLA/Drew/Rand Program to Reduce Disparities in Health Care
Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities in Blacks

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Latino/Hispanic Populations

Cultural Variation in Data Privacy and Bioethical Views
Developing a Latino Health Agenda for 2010
Development of a Spanish Health Literacy Assessment Tool
Improving Outcomes in U.S. Latino Children
Latina Immigrants, Bridge Persons, and Preventive Health
Latino-White Differences in Self-Reported Health Status
Spanish Health Messages: Are They Reaching Their Target?

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Asian/Pacific Islander Populations

A Patient-Centered Quality Measure for Asian-Americans
High Blood Pressure Care for Korean Americans
Holomua Project Improving Transitional Care in Hawai'i
Long-term Care Decision-Making among Korean Amer Elderly
Quality of Hypertension Care for Asian Refugees
The Experiences and Challenges of Informal Caregivers

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Indian/Native American Populations

Effect of Navajo Interpreters on Diabetes Outcomes
Prenatal Diabetes Education in Pima Indians
Understanding and Reducing Native Health Disparities

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Communication and Racial Concordance

Exploring Race Concordance: Implications in Patient Care
Patients' Racial Attitudes and Perceptions of Clinicians
Racial Differences in Physician-Patient Communication

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Conferences, Tools and Measures, and other Cultural Competency Topics

8th Bienn Sympo on Minorities the Medically Underserved
Barriers to Care for Chronically Ill Vulnerable Children
CAHPS II
Cancer—Reaching Medically Underserved Populations
Cultural Competence in Acute Care Hospital Systems
Cultural Competency and Maternal Health in African Women
Enhancing the Infrastructure of the CAPRICORN PBRN
Evidence-Based Decision Aids to Improve Women's Health
International Clinical Epidemiology Network 2002 Workshops: Knowledge Systems for Better Care
Multicultural Health Information Institute Conference
Patient-Centered Culturally Sensitive Care Model

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