Cultural Competency in Healthcare

Information about Cultural Competence in Health and Human Services from the CDC's National Prevention Information Network (NPIN).

"Since 1992, the Cross Cultural Health Care Program has developed effective and efficient training and consulting expertise to help with culturally competent communication and practices across cultures and languages in health care. Our classes and services are geared towards language agencies, medical interpreters, community clinics, hospitals, and other health and human services organizations."

"CultureVision is an online database giving patient-facing caregivers access to information about 75 ethnic groups, religious groups and additional communities for use in providing culturally competent patient care."

"EthnoMed is Harborview Medical Center’s ethnic medicine website containing medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups."

U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Minority Health and Health Equity consumer health information

Information on Culture, Language, and Health Literacy from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). Includes specific information about cultural and linguistic competence, HIV/AIDS, and maternal and child health.

Provides links to information about different population groups.

"The Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) provides national leadership and contributes to the body of knowledge on cultural and linguistic competency within systems and organizations. 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."

National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. The National CLAS Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by establishing a blueprint for health and health care organizations.

Tools for measuring healthcare quality, including the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports, AHRQ Quality Indicators, and ambulatory clinical performance measures.

"A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care is a self-directed training course designed for physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. With growing concerns about racial and ethnic disparities in health and about the need for health care systems to accommodate increasingly diverse patient populations, cultural competence has become more and more a matter of national concern. This e-learning program will equip health care providers with competencies that will enable them to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population." You can also just view case highlights on the website.

"This website features information, continuing education opportunities, resources, and more for health and health care professionals to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services, or CLAS. Launched in 2004, Think Cultural Health is sponsored by the Office of Minority Health."

Provides information about the National CLAS Standards, Think Cultural Health, E-Learning Programs, Maternal Health Care Providers E-Learning Program, and Behavioral Health E-Learning Program.