CULTURAL COMPETENCY
HHS Resources
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
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:
www.thinkculturalhealth.org
Web-based Cultural Competency Curriculums for healthcare staff
Web-based Cultural Competency Curriculums for first responders in progress
External Sources
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
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES AND OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST
http://www.molcusphs.org/resources/
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