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kateinthelibrary — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:07:17 CDT

This wiki was developed for the 2008 Medical Library Association Web 2.0 class. Feel free to contribute!

A good place to start is the National Library of Medicine, which maintains a list of Multicultural Resources for Health Information.

Cultural Competency

kateinthelibrary — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:10:27 CDT

What is cultural competency? "A competency based on the premise of respect for individuals and cultural differences, and an implementation of a trust-promoting method of inquiry." Source: DiversityRx.org

National Center for Cultural Competency: http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/

The Office of Minority Health in the Health and Human Services Dept. has issued 14 standards for providing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services and maintains a list of resources for health care providers.

CLAS Standards: http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=15
Resources: http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3

Cross-cultural health background information:

EthnoMed: http://www.ethnomed.org/
CulturedMed: http://culturedmed.sunyit.edu/
Hmong Health: http://www.hmonghealth.org/

Sources of translated materials

kateinthelibrary — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:22:43 CDT

Refugee Health Information Network: http://www.rhin.org
Healthy Roads Media: http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org
Hmong Health: http://www.hmonghealth.org/