Cultural Resources
Cultural Assessment and Communication
There are many cultural competency resources available on the internet. The following listing is intended for informational purposes only.
AMA Cultural Competence Initiative - http://www.ama-assn.org/ethic/diversity/
National Center for Cultural Competence - http://www.dml.georgetown.edu/depts/pediatrics/gucdc/cultural.html
Ethnomed: University of Washington - http://healthlinks.washington.edu/clinical/ethnomed/
Information on Hispanic and other cultures - http://www.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/hispanic_health.htm
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine - http://stfm.org/index.html
American Medical Student Association - http://www.amsa.org/programs/gpit/cultural.htm
Cross Cultural Health Care Program - http://www.xculture.org
Opening Doors - http://www.opening-doors.org/
Perspective of Difference - http://medicine.ucsf.edu/divisions/dgim/pods/html/main.html
Bridge to Wellness - http://www.serve.com/Wellness/culture.html
US Department of Health and Human Services - http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov/ and http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov
National Institute of Health Office of Research on Minority Health - http://www1.od.nih.gov/ormh/main.html
Office of Minority Health Resource Center - http://www.omhrc.gov
Bureau of Primary Health Care Supported Community Health Programs - http://www.bphc.hrsa.dhhs.gov/databases/fqhc/fqhcquery.cfm
Center for Cross Cultural Health - http://www.umn.edu/ccch/
Simulation Training System - http://www.diversityrx.org
National Urban League - http://www.nul.org/
African Community Health and Social League - http://www.progway.org/ACHSS.html
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations - http://www.aapcho.org
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations - http://www.cossmho.org
Center for American Indian and Alaskan Native Health - http://ih1.sph.jhu.edu/cnah
Providers Guice to Quality and Culture - http://www.culturalorientation.net and http://erc.msh.org
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