Cultural Competency

The Access Project’s Language Services Action Kit
http://www.accessproject.org/adobe/language_services_action_kit.pdf

Adventist Health Care Center on Health Disparities
http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/health-disparities/index.aspx

African American Breast Cancer Alliance
http://www.geocities.com/aabcainc

The African American Health Program of Montgomery County, MD
http://www.onehealthylife.org

African Women Cancer Awareness Association
http://www.awcaa.org

American Breast Cancer Fund
http://www.abcf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home

American Cancer Society Patient Navigator webpage
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/SPC/content/SPC_1_Navigating_Difficult_Wat ers_The_History_of_the_Patient_Navigators.asp

American Cancer Society Health Forums webpage
http://www.cancerhealthforums.org/index.htm

American Hospital Association’s Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities webpage
http://www.aha.org/aha_app/issues/Disparities/index.jsp

The American Indian/Alaska Native Cancer Information Resource Center and Learning Exchange (“Native CIRCLE”)
http://www.nativeamericanprograms.org/index.html

The American Medical Association’s Commission to End Health Care Disparities
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/public- health/eliminating-health-disparities/commission-end-health-care- disparities.shtml

The American Medical Association’s Eliminating Health Disparities webpage
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/public- health/eliminating-health-disparities.shtml

The American Medical Association’s Patient-Centered Communication webpage http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/the- ethical-force-program/patient-centered-communication.shtml

American Medical Student Association (AMSA)’s Cultural Competency in Medicine webpage
http://www.amsa.org/programs/gpit/cultural.cfm

The American Public Health Association’s Eliminating Health Disparities webpage http://www.apha.org/advocacy/priorities/issues/disparities/default.htm

American Society of Radiologic Technologists’ R.T Cultural and Linguistic Competence Tool Kit https://www.asrt.org/content/GovernmentRelations/CulturalCompetencies/cult uralcompetenciestoolkit.aspx

Asian American Health Initiative of Montgomery County, MD
http://www.AAHIinfo.org

Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training
http://www.aancart.org/index.html

Asian American Cancer Support Network
http://www.aacsn.org/index.html

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
http://www.apiahf.org/

Association of American Medical Colleges’ Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)
http://www.aamc.org/meded/tacct/start.htm

Black Women’s Health Imperative
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/site/c.eeJIIWOCIrH/b.3082485/k.BEBA/H ome.htm

Breast Cancer: A Resource Guide for Minority Women, May 2005
http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/bcrg2005.pdf

The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
http://www.fhcrc.org/science/phs/bhgi/

CancerCare Online
http://www.cancercare.org/

Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T.
http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/

Celebremos la Vida! (Let’s Celebrate Life!) of the Prevent Cancer Foundation
http://www.preventcancer.org/outreach2c.aspx?id=52&ekmensel=15074e5e_ 42_44_52_2

The Center for Cross-Cultural Health
http://www.crosshealth.com/index.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC)
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/healthdisparities/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wonder HealthyPeople 2010
http://wonder.cdc.gov/DATA2010

“CulturedMed: Advancing Cultural Awareness in Health Care for Refugees and Immigrants” website of the SUNY Institute of Technology
https://culturedmed.sunyit.edu/index.php/bibliographies-by-cultural- aspect/cancer

Cyracom, A Language Services Provider
http://www.cyracom.com/About/

“EMU professor works to change breast exam habits of Asian American women” from Eastern Michigan University
http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/103007/breastcancerresearch.html

Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.
http://www.ecdcinternational.org/

“The Fifth C: Activities to Improve Breast Health: Comprehensiveness, Cultural Sensitivity, Collaboration, Case Management and Continuity” Susan G. Komen Project of the University of Milwaukee College of Nursing
http://www4.uwm.edu/nursing/centers/fifth_c/

Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development’s National Center for Cultural Competence
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/index.html

Georgetown University Medical Center Lombardi Cancer Center
http://Lombardi.georgetown.edu

“Health Literacy: A Review. Cultural Literacy” from Medscape Business of Medicine
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/432047_7

Health Research and Educational Trust Disparities Toolkit
http://www.hretdisparities.org/index.php

“Impact of Culture on Breast Cancer Screening in Chinese American Women” study http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=A DA472318

Intercultural Cancer Council
http://www.iccnetwork.org/

International Health Education Alliance
http://ihea.info/multicultural_health_education/breast_self-exam/153

Johns Hopkins University’s School of Nursing’s Center on Health Disparities Research
http://www.son.jhmi.edu/research/chdr/

The Joint Commission’s Research Study: Hospitals, Language, and Culture
http://www.jointcommission.org/patientsafety/hlc/

Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington
http://www.kcscgw.org/

La Clinica del Pueblo of Washington, D.C.
http://www.lcdp.org/template/index.cfm

Limited English Proficiency: A Federal Interagency Website
http://www.lep.gov/

Management Sciences for Life’s Provider’s Guide to Quality and Culture
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=E nglish

The Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization
http://www.mautnerproject.org/home/

Medline Plus of the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/breastcancer.html

“Multilingual Access to Breast Cancer Early Detection” study
http://www.cbcrp.org/research/PageGrant.asp?grant_id=5019

Muslim Community Center Medical Clinic
http://mccclinic.org/

National Asian Women’s Health Organization (NAWHO)
http://www.nawho.org/site/c.ipILKTOCJsG/b.4089873/k.7F6D/NAWHO_Hom e_page.htm

National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
http://crchd.cancer.gov/

National Cancer Institute (NCI)’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
http://seer.cancer.gov/faststats/

National Cancer Institute’s Women of Color webpage of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
http://dccps.cancer.gov/womenofcolor/index.html

National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
http://www.ncihc.org/

National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center
http://www.niwhrc.org/

National Medical Association’s Cultural Competence Primer
http://www.npsf.org/askme3/pdfs/NMAPrimer.pdf

Native American Cancer Research
http://natamcancer.org/index.html

Network of Strength
http://www.networkofstrength.org/

New Americans Health Information Portal
http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/

New York University School of Medicine Center for Immigrant Health
http://www.med.nyu.edu/cih/cancer/barriers.html

Nueva Vida
http://www.nueva-vida.org/index2.htm

Redes En Acción– University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
http://redesenaccion.org/index.html

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity
http://www2.umdnj.edu/fmedweb/chfcd/index.htm

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Hablamos Juntos Project
http://www.hablamosjuntos.org/default.about.asp

Rural Assistance Center’s Cultural Competence and Limited English Proficiency webpage
http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/culture/

Salud es Vida of CASA de Maryland
http://www.casademaryland.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&i d=25

Sisters Network® Inc
http://www.sistersnetworkinc.org/index.asp

Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts
http://www.smithfarm.com/home.html

“Speaking the Same Language: Medical Providers Struggle to Communicate with Immigrant Patients” by Eliza Barclay, Kaiser Health News, in The Washington Post, April 21, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042002466.html

SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages of Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library
http://spiral.tufts.edu/

Susan G. Komen for the Cure® “Facts for Life: Racial & Ethnic Differences”
http://ww5.komen.org/uploadedFiles/Content_Binaries/806-373a.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Webpage on Health Literacy and Cultural Competency
http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitix.htm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s “Improving Access to Language Services In Health Care: A Look at National and State Efforts”
http://www.ahrq.gov/populations/languageservicesbr.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Effective Communication in Hospitals webpage
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/specialtopics/hospitalcommunicat ion/index.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Webpage on Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers
http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Limited English Proficiency (LEP) webpage
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/specialtopics/lep/index.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health’s Cultural Competency section
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health “A Physician’s Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care” web site
https://cccm.thinkculturalhealth.org

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Womenshealth.gov Webpage on Health Professionals: Your Role in Women’s Health Cultural Responsiveness
http://www.womenshealth.gov/health-professionals/cultural- competence/cultural-responsiveness.cfm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Womenshealth.gov Webpage on African Americans and Breast Cancer
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/africanamerican/bc.cfm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Womenshealth.gov Webpage on Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/asianamerican/bc.cfm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Womenshealth.gov Webpage on Hispanic Americans/Latinas and Breast Cancer
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/hispanicamerican/bc.cfm

University of Michigan Health System Program for Multicultural Health
http://www.med.umich.edu/multicultural/ccp/

University of Washington’s Ethnomed Website
http://ethnomed.org/clinical

Women’s Cancer Control Program of Montgomery County, MD
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/hhstmpl.asp?url=/content/hhs/phs/inde x.asp#whcs