AZHIN: Cultural Competence in Healthcare: Websites and Resources

Provider Resources

EthnoMed Information about cultural beliefs related to medical care of recent immigrants. From Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington.
Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers Assessment tools and culture- and disease-specific information. From the USDHHS Health Resources and Services Administration
AHRQ: Consider Culture, Customs and Beliefs The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers several resources for improving cultural and linguistic competency in delivering health care.
National Center for Cultural Competence Very comprehensive website from Georgetown University devoted to all aspects of cultural competencies across society.
Office of Minority Health on Cultural Competencies
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Specific Populations page from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Culture Clues from the University of Washington Culture Clues™ are tip sheets for clinicians, designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from the diverse cultures served by University of Washington Medical Center.
Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family Centered Care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community A new field guide from the Joint Commission.
National Resource Center From Drexel University School of Public Health. Website is devoted to providing information and preparing underserved communities to understand and deal with public health crises.
Minority Health and Health Equity Archive The goal of the Archive is to advance the use of new digital technologies to promote trans-disciplinary scholarship on race, ethnicity and disparities research designed to achieve health equity. Through the University of Pittsburgh
Health Disparities Policy Page from the Kaiser Family Foundation
Clinician's Guide to Cultural Competency From the Librarians at Loma Linda University.
Online "Health Literacy" Courses Free courses from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that address numerous topics relating to cultural competencies in healthcare professions.
Culture, Language, and Health U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Health Resources and Services Administration. Healthy literacy tools and practices. "to improve individual health and build healthy communities, health care providers need to recognize and address the unique culture, language and health literacy of diverse consumers and communities. "
Consumer Health Information in Many Languages - Resources from National Library of Medicine
Office of Minority Health, US DHSS
Culture Vision An online resource that supports cultural competency in patient care by providing access to information for more than 50 ethnic, cultural, religious and ability groups.
A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care 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.
Culture, Language, and Health Literacy Links to assessment tools, culture/language specific resources, health professions education materials and more.
Women's Health: Cultural Competence Helps health professionals learn more about cultural diversity issues in health care. Links to resources on topics like ethnomedicine, female migrant workers’ health, homeless women’s health, and immigrant women’s health.

Self-Assessments

Conducting a cultural competence self-assessment
Developed by Dennis Andrulis, Thomas Delbanco, Laura Avakian and Yoku Shaw-Taylor, this is an innovative approach to assessing organizational cultural competence. The protocol builds upon the Georgetown University Child Development Center's Continuum of Cultural Competency.
Cultural Competence Self-Test
This self-assessment can assist care providers in identifying areas in which they might improve the quality of their services to culturally diverse populations.
Cultural Contexts
California is the most diverse state in the union. To work effectively in such a cultural landscape, it is important to understand the characteristics, norms and access points of the varied populations who live there. It's also crucial to recognize cultural biases which influence how we see, hear and interpret information. This link provides some useful resources.
Curltural Diversity Self-Assessment
A broad cultural diversity self assessment.
Making Children’s Mental Health Services Successful
This publication was produced by Study 5: Accessibility of Mental Health Services: Identifying and Measuring Organizational Factors Associated with Reducing Mental Health Disparities
of the Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. This study investigates how
the concept of cultural competence can be operationalized and implemented within systems of
care to improve access to services and supports and reduce mental health disparities.
National Center for Cultural Competence: Self Assessments
Online resources and PDF assessment tools and documents.
Promoting Cultural Diversity and Cultural Competency
Self Assessment checklist for personnel providing services and supports to children with disabilities & special health needs and their families.