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I. Culturally Sensitive
Health Care
Office of Minority Health- U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
National
Center for Cultural Competence- Georgetown University
II. Why Is It
Important?
Unequal
Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Printed Book Edition
Unequal treatment : Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine.
National Academies Press, c2003.
Dana Library RA563.M56 U53 2003
Health Care Quality and Disparities
Reports- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Doctors Without
Borders
III. Interpersonal Skills
Promoting Cultural Sensitivity
Cultural
Competency: Tools and Resources- University of Michigan
Providers
Guide to Quality and Culture- Management Sciences for Health
Student
Handbook Contents: Communicating with Patients- University College Of
London
IV. Information for
Physicians on Cultures
American Indian Health- National Library of Medicine
CultureClues-
University of Washington Medical Center
Ethnomed.org
Medical Ethics
in Islam- International Strategy and Policy Institute
SPIRAL- This website is a joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library.
The project aims to:
* Increase electronic access to health information for consumers and health care providers of the South Cove Community Health Center and its affiliates by developing a web site to meet the information needs of the South Cove community.
* Provide consumer information in the languages of the community served, specifically Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Laotian.
* Teach health care providers to use the wide variety of Internet resources available to them and their patients including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources.
Cultural Diversity in
Health
Medline
Search
V. Languages
DHMC Services
Language and Deaf Interpreter needs are centrally coordinated for the hospital and Lebanon clinics through Care Management. To arrange an interpreter please call 650- 5792 Monday - Friday 8:00 - 5:00. For emergencies outside regular business hours please call the Social Worker on call, who can be reached through the hospital operator.
DiversityRx- Kaiser Foundation
VI. Culturally Specific
Patient Information
Cancer Resources in Languages
other than English- CancerIndex
Multilingual
Health Education- University of Utah
National Network of
Libraries: Multilingual Health Information
African-American
Health- MEDLINEplus
Health Information in
Chinese- New York University
Tribal
Connections- eHealth Information Resources
VII. Key
Associations
Gay and Lesbian Medical
Association
Kaiser Family
Foundation
Minority Affairs
Consortium- American Medical Association
The Commonwealth Fund
VIII. Teaching Tools for
Health Professionals
Case Studies: Diversity and
Cultural Competency- American Medical Student Association
Cultural Competency
Course- Medical University of South Carolina
Ethnogeriatric
Curriculum- Stanford University
New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
Teaching Manual-
Toward Culturally Competent Care:
A Toolbox for Teaching Communication Strategies
Sunita Mutha, Carol Allen, Melissa Welch.
Center for the Health Professions, University of California, c2002.
Dana Permanent Course Reserve - 24 hour loan period
Toward
Culturally Competent Care (PDF) - companion overheads for class instruction
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
(STFM) Core Curriculum Guidelines
Videorecording:
Worlds Apart : A four-part series on cross-cultural healthcare
by Maren Grainger-Monsen and Julia Haslett.
Imprint Boston, MA : Fanlight Productions, c2003.
Matthews-Fuller Health Sciences Library
This film follows patients and families facing critical medical decisions as they navigate their
way through the health care system. Provides a look at a variety of patients' cultures and the
culture of medicine. The film raises an awareness about the role sociocultural barriers play in
patient-provider communication and in the provision of healthcare services for culturally and
ethnically diverse patients.
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