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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 PDF: portable document format
[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.