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HRSA:

Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers � Anthology of web-based resources http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/

SAMHSA

Culture Card: Building Cultural Awareness in work with American Indian/Alaska Native Communities

• Order here: http://nmhicstore.samhsa.gov/publications/ordering.aspx#sma08-4354.
• Download: http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA08-4354/CultureCard_AI-AN.pdf.

Developing Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health

• http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA03-3828/CulturalCompetence_FINALwithcovers.pdf

Office of Minority Health (OMH)

Cultural Competency Resources: http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3

Focused web-site with on-line courses to develop cultural competence in healthcare

• Web-based Cultural Competency Curriculums for healthcare staff and first responders

Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development Oversees the National Center for Cultural Competence: (supported through MCHB-HRSA) to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/index.html 

EthnoMed www.ethnomed.org: Contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrant and refugee groups. Excellent hands on clinical tools are available to help the practitioner work with and provide health information to recent immigrant and refugee groups. Sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, and University of Washington.

California Brief Multicultural Competency Scale: Multicultural Training Program: Helping MH Practitioners Deliver Culturally Competent Care: http://www.sagepub.com/cbmcs/index.htm

Management Sciences for Health Electronic Resource Center: Provider�s Guide to Quality & Culture: http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English

AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resource Center � Cultural Competence for healthcare professionals working with existing and emerging populations affected by HIV: http://www.aidsetc.org/aidsetc?page=et-30-34