Cultural Competency

US Department of Health and Human Services HRSA Links to assessment tools, culture/language specific resources, health professions education materials and more.

Offers CME/CE credit and equips health care professionals with awareness, knowledge, and skills to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population they serve.

The Office of Minority Health sponsored the development of this guide to help health care organizations implement effective language access services to meet the needs of their limited English proficient patients.

Innovations and tools to improve quality and reduce disparities.

Information and resources on culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

Including topics: Overview, Key Issues, Resources, References

Topics on this page: Basic Cultural Competence Principles | Cultural Competence in Specific Settings | Social Determinants of Health

Created by The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.

Written by Dr. Robert C. Like, MD, MS, professor and Director of the Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, Department of Family Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Rutgers University.

Contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and related topics pertinent to the health care of immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.

Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

Resources to help minority communities safely use the medicines, foods, and other products the Agency regulates. Whether you are a patient, a student, health professional or caregiver, this website has resources to help you stay informed and stay healthy.

A organization committed to issues of equity, inclusion, diversity, and justice in schooling.

The NCCC is a component of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD). Major emphasis is placed on translating evidence into policy and practice for programs and personnel concerned with health and mental health care delivery, administration, education and advocacy.

To help people in the diverse communities live longer, healthier lives and to leading the effort to reduce – and eventually eliminate – health disparities in New Jersey.

A National Resource Center in Ethnogeriatrics

Think Cultural Health is the flagship initiative of the OMH Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care. The goal of Think Cultural Health is to Advance Health Equity at Every Point of Contact through the development and promotion of culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

To provide nurses and other health care professionals with the knowledge base necessary to ensure cultural competence in practice, education, research, and administration

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