Academic Resources: Topical Resources
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Cultural Competence in Medicine
academic units
- Department of Ethnomedicine at the University of Vienna
- National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University
- Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, Department of Family Medicine/UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
internet resources
- Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care, Office of Minority Health Resource Center
- EthnoMed, contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
- Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
- Office for Civil Rights, Health and Human Services
- The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture
- Diversity in Medicine, American Medical Student Association
- Cross Cultural Health Care Program, Through a combination of cultural competency trainings, interpreter trainings, research projects, community coalition building, and other services, the CCHCP serves as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
- The Center for Cross-Cultural Health: The mission of the Center for Cross Cultural Health is 'to integrate the role of culture in improving health'.
- National Council on Interpreting in Health Care, a multidisciplinary organization based in the United States whose mission is to promote culturally competent professional health care interpreting as a means to support equal access to health care for individuals with limited English proficiency.
- DiversityWeb, Association of American Colleges and Universities, a comprehensive compendium of campus practices and resources about diversity in higher education.
- HIVInSite Program Resources: Cultural Competence
- selected references
(word doc) -- Robert C. Like, MD, MS
- selected resources (word doc) -- Robert C. Like, MD, MS
