Cultural Competency
- A Family Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care
Offers CME and CEU credit for health care professionals
Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- American Medical Association Policies on Cultural Competency
American Medical Association
- American Society of Multicultural Health and Transplant Professionals (ASMHTP)
A multicultural organization serving health and transplant professionals
- Center for Multicultural Health
The Center promotes the health and well-being of diverse communities
- Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Addresses broad cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families
- Cultural and Linguistic Competency
Pathfinder page to guides and resources for improving health care delivery
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Cultural Competence
A collection of case studies and training materials
The California Endowment
- Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Cultural Competency
Commonwealth Fund
- Cultural Competency
Guides and resources, national standards, policies, initiatives and laws, reports, and training tools
Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Cultural Competency
Guidebook designed for use by providers of services to racially and ethnically diverse older populations
U.S. Administration on Aging
- Cultural competency in health: a guide for policy, partnerships and participation (PDF, 576 KB)
National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Government
- Culture Clues™
Tip sheets for clinicians
University of Washington Medical Center
- CulturedMed
A resource of print materials promoting culturally competent healthealth care
Peter J. Cayan Library, State University of New York Institute of Technology
- Diversity Rx
Promotes language and cultural competence
- Diversity Toolbox: Caring for Diverse Populations
Resource on dementia. Additional materials in Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese
Alzheimer's Association
- Ethnicity, Culture and Alcohol
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- EthnoMed
Contains information about cultural beliefs and medical issues on the health care of recent immigrants
Harborview Medical Center, University Of Washington
- Hospitals, Language and Culture
Compilation of websites, reports, guidelines, and training tools
The Joint Commission
- Improving Patient Care: Cultural Competence
American Academy of Family Physicians
- Health Literacy and Cultural Competency
- Minority and Multicultural Affairs
Health care services and access to rural minority populations
including African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, and Native Americans
National Rural Health Association
- Multicultural Health Clearinghouse
Comprehensive list of health resources for a variety of cultural groups
McKinley Health Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC)
Resources for culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
- State Offices of Minority and Multicultural Health Liaison Map
Office of Minority Health Resource Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- The Provider's Guide to Quality & Culture
Assisting health care organizations in providing culturally competent services
Management Sciences for Health
- The Rehabilitation Provider's Guide to Cultures of the Foreign-Born
Eleven-volume monograph series
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange, University at Buffalo
- Think Cultural Health
Continuing Education programs for nurses and physicians
Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Online Translation Tools
Health Literacy
Health Resources in Multiple Languages
General Information
- Canadian Health Network
CHN provides web based health information services in English and French.
Also has materials on Aboriginal Peoples
Collaboration of the Public Health Agency of Canada and Canadian health organizations
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Documents in Other Languages
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network
Clearinghouse of free resources on Central & Eastern Europe and
the New Independent States
American International Health Alliance
United States Agency for International Development
- Facts for Families
In English, Spanish, German, Malaysian, Polish, and Icelandic
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Family Health International
Health information is available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic
- Health Access Project
Translated Hospital Instructions
- Health Information Translations
Information for limited English proficiency patients translated into various languages
The Ohio State University Medical Center, Mount Carmel Health System
OhioHealth
- Health on the Net Select
Searchable database of medical and health queries
Available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese
- Healthy Roads Media
Site contains free health education materials in a number of languages
and a variety of formats
Healthy Roads Media
- Health Translations Directory
From Australia. Contains links to online multi-lingual resources
Department of Human Services
State Government of Victoria, Australia
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Material available in English and French. French link found at bottom of page
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- Language Barriers in Health Care Settings: A Searchable Annotated Bibliography of the Research Literature
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
- Minority Health Concerns: Multilingual National Institutes of Health
Publications in Non-English Languages
Midcontinental Region, National Network of Libraries of Medicine
- Multilingual Health and Safety Resource Guide
Labor Occupational Health Program, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
University of California at Berkeley
- Multilingual Health Information
Stanford Health Library, Stanford University
- Multilingual Health Information for Seniors
Presented in English, Arabic and Spanish
Oakwood Healthcare System
- My Medicines
Easy-to-read pamphlet on taking medicines correctly plus medicine-tracking chart.
Available multiple languages
Office of Women's Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service
Health topics in 50 languagesNSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
New South Wales, Australia
- Consumer Health Information in Many Languages
Multilingual online health resources, organized by specific
languages, including glossaries
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine
- Patient Information Brochures for Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery
Material available in English, French, Polish, Spanish, and Vietnamese
The Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- Public Health Fact Sheets in Foreign Languages
Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- The 24 Language Project
Access to over 200 health education brochures in 24 different languages
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and Utah Department of Health
- Translated British Columbia Health Files
Fact sheets translated into Chinese, French, Punjabi, Spanish, and Vietnamese
Ministry of Health, British Columbia, Canada
- Urban Health Partners
Spotlight on Arabic language health materials and Arab American health.
Additional materials on Culturally Responsive Health Care
Vera P. Shiffman Medical Library, Wayne State University
- Vaccine Information in Other Languages
Vaccine information in over 30 languages
Immunization Action Coalition
- West Nile Virus Multilingual Fact Sheets
Patient education materials about West Nile Virus in 22 languages
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Government of Ontario, Canada
Asian Resources
- Asian American Health: Materials in Asian Langauges
Health resources in Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Filipino/Tagalog, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, South Asian languages, Thai, and Vietnamese
National Library of Medicine
- Asian Language Materials
American Cancer Society
- Asian Pacific Islanders Women's Health
Patient education and health materials in Cambodian, Chinese, Laotian,
Korean, Samoan, Thai, Vietnamese
Los Angeles District Office, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Health Information Booklets
Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
- Health Information in Chinese Uniting Patients Physicians and the Public (HICUP)
Health information for clinicians and patients
New York University Ehrman Medical Library, Chinese Community Partnership for Health,
and NYU Downtown Hospital
- Help for Health
Available in Chinese, Khmer, Korean, Samoan, Tagalog, Tongan, Vietnamese
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
- Hmong Health Website
Health Information for the Hmong community
hmonghealth.org
- Influenza Information in Other Languages
Available in Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mental Health Leaflets in Chinese
Royal College of Psychiatrists and Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong
- SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages
Patient information in Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian,
Thai and Vietnamese
South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library
Interpreting in Health Care
Law, Policy, and Standards
Limited English Proficiency
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Website on the implementation of Executive Order 13166, Title VI, and the Title VI
regulations regarding language access. Clearinghouse regarding Limited English
Proficiency and language services
Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- MedlinePlus Easy-to-Read Materials
MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
Multicultural Research
Organizations and Portals
Refugee Health Portals
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