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Association
of Clinicians for the Underserved
[http://www.clinicians.org/]
Member association that whose mission is to improve the health of underserved populations
by enhancing the development and support of the health care clinicians serving
these populations.
American Medical Association Cultural Competence Compendium
[http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/4848.html]
The Compendium provides
resources on culturally competent materials, targeting specific populations,
culled from physicians and many other health professions.
American Psychological Association Guidelines for Providers of Psychological
Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations
[http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/guide.html]
This
site outlines the Association’s guidelines for how to provide
culturally appropriate psychological services.
Closing the Health Gap
[http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/]
Closing
the Health Gap is an educational campaign designed to help make good health
an important issue among racial and ethnic minority populations.
The Commonwealth Fund - Underserved
Populations / Minority Health
[http://www.cmwf.org/programs/minority/]
The
Commonwealth Fund seeks to eliminate remaining disparities in health, access
to care, and utilization of services.
The
Cross Cultural Healthcare Program
[http://www.xculture.org/]
This organization
provides cultural competency training, language interpreter training and
other services to help bridge communities with health care institutions.
Cultural Competence Standards Homepage
[http://www.omhrc.gov/clas/index.htm]
Find
the Office of Minority Health’s recommendations on national standards
for culturally and linguistically appropriate healthcare services.
Department of Health and Human Services Disparities Initiative
[http://www.omhrc.gov/rah/indexnew.htm]
Find links to initiatives including
Health People 2010, Racial and Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative
(READII) and Closing the Health Gap.
Diversity Rx
[http://www.diversityrx.org/HTML/DIVRX.htm]
Provides practical models and
practices for promoting language and cultural competence to improve the quality
of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities.
The Healthcare Collaborator
[http://www.healthcarecollaborator.com/index.asp]
A
monthly online newsletter focusing on healthcare communication specifically
designed for physicians.
Health Disparities Resource Space
[http://ncrhp.uic.edu/healthdisparities/]
Find a compendium of online articles, databases, maps, and data sets to be used for research purposes, problem-based learning activities, academic discussion, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Hmong Health Website
[http://www.hmonghealth.org/]
This
site is a resource for Hmong people and is an initiative from the Wisconsin
Area Health Education Center system.
HRSA's Office of Minority and Women's Health
[http://bphc.hrsa.gov/omwh/default.htm]
The
Office of Minority and Women’s Health promotes activities that reduce
disparities in the health status of women, racial and ethnic populations and
stimulates collaborative partnerships.
Indian Health Services
[http://www.ihs.gov/FacilitiesServices/AreaOffices/Tucson/TucRec.asp]
Indian
Health Services is committed to providing health services in this specific
socio-cultural and environmental setting.
National Center for Cultural Competence
[http://www.gucdc.georgetown.edu/nccc]
The National Center for Cultural Competence
(NCCC) aims to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs and
assist them in designing, implementing, and evaluating culturally and linguistically
competent service delivery
systems.
National Multicultural Institute
[http://www.nmci.org/]
NMCI's mission is to work with individuals, organizations,
through conferences, individualized organizational training and consulting
interventions, publications, and Leading Edge Projects to create a society
that is strengthened and empowered by its diversity.
Office of Minority Health
[http://www.omhrc.gov/OMH/HHS/index.htm]
The mission of the Office of Minority
Health is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations
through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate
health disparities.
Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph
[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/thegeocodingproject ] A new tool for organizations to monitor and boost efforts to address socioeconomic inequalities in health.
University of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Cultural Diversity
in Healthcare
[http://www.med.wisc.edu/cdh/]
A
National Center of Excellence on Minority Health and Health Disparities created
to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic
minorities and urban and rural poor populations in Wisconsin through investigator
training, research and community outreach.
Women of Color Health Databook 
[http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/wocEnglish2002.pdf ]
Find
data on factors affecting the health and health assessment data for women of
color in this resource published by the Office of Women’s Health.
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