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CROSS CULTURAL & DIVERSITY RESOURCES

UNC-Chapel Hill Organizations

• AHEC - Spanish Language and Cultural Competency Training
• Carolina-Shaw Partnership for the Elimination of Health Disparities
• Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
• Center for Aging and Diversity
• Center for Health Statistics Research
• Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research (CIHDR)
• North Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NCHCAP)
• The Minority Health Project
• UNC School of Public Health
• UNC School of Public Health - Continuing Education Minority Health-Related Courses
• UNC School of Public Health - Diversity Related Activities
• Webcast - 25th Annual UNC School of Public Health Minority Health Conference - Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, PhD Confronting Institutional Racism 5th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture from the 25th Annual UNC School of Public Health Minority Health Conference February 28, 2003
• A su Salud!: Spanish for Health Professionals

UNC-Chapel Hill Key Policies

• Racial Harassment Policy
• Sexual Harassment Policy
  
• Disability Information
  
• Non-discrimination Policy

NC Organizations

• Area L AHEC - Cultural Sensitivity Training
• Area L AHEC - Spanish Language and Cultural Competency Training
• NC AHEC Digital Library - Minority Health Special Collection
• NC Center for International Understanding - Latino Initiative
• NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
• State Center for Health Statistics
• State of North Carolina

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US Government Agencies

• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality - Minority Health Resources
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (en español)
• Closing the Gap - The Office of Minority Health
• Eliminating Health Disparities (EHD) Traineeship Program
• Epidemiologic Research & Information Center (ERIC)
• Fast-Stats from A-Z
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Minority Health
• Indian Health Service
• Multilingual information
• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
NIH Comprehensive Strategic Plan and Budget

• National Healthcare Disparities Report
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences- Health Disparities Research - Community Partnerships Research
• National Institutes of Health
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
• Office of Minority Health
• Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC)
- HHS News: HHS Awards $85 Million to Eliminate Health Disparities (11/01/02)
• Office of Research on Women's Health - To Order Free Publications
• Quality Tools - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
• Strategic Plan to Address Health Disparities Among Diverse Populations of Women
• US Department of Health and Human Services (Initiative to eliminate racial and ethical disparities in health)

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Other Relevant Organizations

• American Cancer Society – Cancer Facts & Figures for Hispanics/Latinos 2003-2005
• American Hospital Association – Eliminating Racial and Ethical Disparities
• American Medical Association
• American Public Health Association (APHA) Minority Health
• American Refugee Committee
• Asia and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Asian American Health/National Library of Science/National Institutes of Health
• BlackHealthCare.com
• BlackHealthCare.com – Addressing the Health Care Issues of African-Americans
• California Black Health Network
• Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity
• Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco
• Center for Victims of Torture (Minneapolis)
• Center for Excellence in Minority Medical Education and Health
• Cultural Diversity / Queensland Health
• Cultural Diversity in Health Care
• Cultural Profiles Project
• Diversity Rx
• EdChange and the Multicultural Pavillion
• Ethnomed
• ETHNOMED Homepage
• Health Disparities Webcast
• Intercultural Communication Institute
• kaisernetwork.org - Health Disparities Webcasts
• Kaiser Health Disparities Report - A weekly look at race, ethnicity and health
• Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity, & Medical Care
• Living Knowledge
• Minnesota Department of Health (Public health improvement goals 2004)
• Medical Apartheid
• Minority Health Network
• National Black Women's Health Project (NBWHP)
• National Center for Cultural Competence - Georgetown Center for Child and Human Development
  
  Page of Links from GCCHD
• National Center for Farmworker Health (Migrant Health)
• National Medical Association (NMA)
• National Multicultural Institute
• National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA)
• National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC)
• Ohio State University: Diversity Dictionary
• Out of Many, One: A Multicultural Action Agenda for Eliminating Health Disparities
• PaPa Ola Lokahi (POL)
• Program in Translation & Interpreting, University of Minnesota
• The Provider’s Guide to Quality and Culture
• Providing Culturally Sensitive Health Care
• Race, Health Care and the Law
• Race – The power of an Illusion
• Reducing Health Disparities in Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Populations
• Summit Health Institute for Research and Education (SHIRE)
• Society for Medical Anthropology
• The Access Project
• The Center for Cross-Cultural Health
• The Cross Cultural Care Health Care Program
• Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links
• Transcultural Nursing Basic Concepts and Case Studies
• Why the Difference? An Initiative on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Care

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Spanish Language Resources

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

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Related Publications

• M. C. Beach, S. Saha, and L. A. Cooper, The Role and Relationship of Cultural Competence and Patient-Centeredness in Health Care Quality, The Commonwealth Fund, October 2006
• J. R. Betancourt, Improving Quality and Achieving Equity: The Role of Cultural Competence in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, The Commonwealth Fund, October 2006
  
• T. D. Goode, M. C. Dunne, and S. M. Bronheim, The Evidence Base for Cultural and Linguistic Competency in Health Care, The Commonwealth Fund, October 2006
  
• Q. Ngo-Metzger, J. Telfair, D. H. Sorkin et al., Cultural Competency and Quality of Care: Obtaining the Patient's Perspective, The Commonwealth Fund, October 2006
• R. Hasnain-Wynia and D. W. Baker, Obtaining Data on Patient Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language in Health Care Organizations: Current Challenges and Proposed Solutions, Health Services Research, August 2006 41(4p1):1501-18
  
• M. Wynia and J. Matiasek, Promising Practices for Patient-Centered Communication with Vulnerable Populations: Examples from Eight Hospitals, The Commonwealth Fund, August 2006
  
• D.W. Baker, K. A. Cameron, Joseph Feinglass et al., Patients' Attitudes Toward Health Care Providers Collecting Information About Their Race and Ethnicity, Journal of General Internal Medicine, October 2005 20(10):895–900
  
• Resident Physicians' Preparedness to Provide Cross-Cultural Care, Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D., Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H., Eric G. Campbell, Ph.D. et al., Journal of the American Medical Association, September 7, 2005, 294 (9): 1058–67
  
• Providing Language Services in Small Health Care Provider Settings: Examples from the Field, Mara Youdelman, J.D., and Jane Perkins, J.D., The Commonwealth Fund, April 2005
  
• Who, When, and How: The Current State of Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Data Collection in Hospitals, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Debra Pierce, and Mary A. Pittman, The Commonwealth Fund, May 2004
  
• Insurance, Access, and Quality of Care Among Hispanic Populations: 2003 Chartpack, Michelle M. Doty, Ph.D., The Commonwealth Fund, October 2003
  
• Providing Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Settings: Examples from the Field, Mara Youdelman and Jane Perkins, The Commonwealth Fund, May 2002
• Campinha-Bacote, J. (2006). Cultural competence in nursing curricula: How are we doing 20 years later? Journal of Nursing Education, 45, 243-244.
• Giger, J., Davidhizar, R. E., Purnell, L., Harden, J. T., Phillips, J., & Strickland, O. (2007). American academy of nursing expert panel report: Developing cultural competence to eliminate health disparities in ethnic minorities and other vulnerable populations. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18(2), 95-102.

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Position Statements

• Council on Cultural Diversity in Nursing Practice. (1991). Cultural diversity in nursing practice. Retrieved April 20, 2007
• National League for Nursing. (1979). Position statement on nursing’s responsibility to minorities and disadvantaged groups. Retrieved April 20, 2007

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Standards

• Gilbert, M.J. (2003). Principles and recommended standards for cultural competence education of health care professionals.
• IQ solutions. (2001). National standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.

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Evaluation Tool

• Association of American Medical Colleges. (2005). Tool for assessing cultural competence training. Retrieved April 20, 2007

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Models

• Campinha-Bacote, J. (2002). The process of cultural competence in the delivery of healthcare services: A model of care. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13(3), 181-184.
• Giger, J., & Davidhizar, R. E. (July 2002). The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural assessment model. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13(3), 185-188.
• Leininger, M., & McFarland, M. R. (2002). Transcultural nursing: Concepts, theories, research, & practice (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Newman, J., Davidhizar, R. E., & Fordham, P. Multi-cultural and multi-ethnic considerations and advanced directives: Developing cultural competency. Journal of cultural diversity, 13, 3-9
• Pescosolido, B. A. (2006). Of pride and prejudice: The role of sociology and social networks in integrating the health sciences. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 47, 189-208.
• Purnell, L. (Summer 2005). The Purnell model for cultural competence. Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health (JMCNH), 11(2), 7-15.
• Schim, S. M., Doorenbos, A., Benkert, R., & Miller, J. (2007). Culturally congruent care: Putting the puzzle together. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18(2), 103-110

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AIDS/HIV Research & Teaching

• Getting Started with AIDS-Images. ch, Bernard Hirschel
• National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MS.

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