Cultural Effectiveness and Health Disparities Resources
APHA Health Disparities
Community Solutions Database (www.apha.org/NPHW/solutions)
The American Public Health Association has
developed a database which contains projects and interventions
provided by members of the public health community. The database
allows you to search for projects and interventions to health
disparity challenges in your communities.
Culturally
Effective Pediatric Care (www.aap.org/commpeds/cepc/index.html)
This AAP web page provides general information about culturally
effective pediatric care and specific information, such as related
Academy Policy Statements and projects supported by the Academy.
The following are the components of the web page:
- Facts & Figures – Changes in
child demographics
- The Need - Background information on the
need for culturally effective pediatric care
- Policy Statements – AAP Policy Statements
related to culturally effective pediatric care
- Community Projects – Projects Supported
by the AAP
- General Resources – Related organizations,
publications, & reports
Children's
Rights Curriculum (www.aap.org/commpeds/resources/ChildrensRights.html)
The Children's Rights Curriculum can be used to raise awareness
of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by
increasing the understanding of its direct application to health
and health care policy and practice, raise awareness of the relationship
between public policy and the health rights of children and encourage
a commitment to the development of an advocacy role related to
children's rights.
Cross Cultural
Health Care Program (www.xculture.org/)
Recognizing the diversity and the different ways to health, the
mission of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program is to serve
as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to
ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and
linguistically appropriate.
Culturally
Effective Care in the Medical Home (www.medicalhomeinfo.org/tools/cultural.html)
The National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children
with Special Needs, housed with the Academy, has developed a web
site of resources for engaging in compassionate and culturally
effective care for children and families.
Diversity
Rx (www.diversityrx.org/)
Diversity Rx is a clearinghouse of information on how to meet
the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees
and other diverse populations seeking health care.
Equity
Project (pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol112/issue3/index.shtml#SUPPLS1)
This Pediatrics publication is the result of a meeting of 50 pediatricians
from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Royal College
of Pediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) who met in the United Kingdom
to establish a sustainable international program to improve child
health outcomes in these countries. This was the first such joint
endeavor for the AAP and the RCPCH and the first organized effort
by the societies to recognize the global dimension of health inequities
and disparities and the challenges that confront all pediatricians.
Articles resulting from this meeting were published in the September
2003 Pediatrics supplement (Vol. 112).
Healthy
People 2010(www.healthypeople.gov/)
Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the Nation
to achieve over the first decade of the new century. It can be
used by states, communities, professional organizations and others
to help them develop programs to improve health. The first goal
of Healthy People 2010 is to help individuals of all ages increase
life expectancy and improve their quality of life. The second
goal of Healthy People 2010 is to eliminate health disparities
among different segments of the population.
KIDS
COUNT Latino Children and African-American Children Pocket Guides
(www.aecf.org/kidscount/)
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has produced "KIDS COUNT Latino
Children and African-American Children Pocket Guides." These
two guides provide statistics on economic, educational, and social
well-being for minority children and highlights gaps that persist
between minority children and non-Hispanic white children in the
United States.
National
Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) (www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc/)
The mission of the NCCC is to assist health and mental health
care systems to design, implement and evaluate culturally and
linguistically competent service delivery systems. The NCCC
accomplishes its mission through: training, technical assistance
and consultation; networking, linkages and information exchange;
and knowledge and product development and dissemination. Major
emphasis is placed on policy development, assistance in conducting
cultural competence organizational self-assessments, and strategic
approaches to the systematic incorporation of culturally competent
values, policy, structures and practices within organizations.
The web site contains a range of materials including publications,
topical conference call transcripts, checklists and monographs.
Office of Minority
Health Resource Center (OMHRC) (www.omhrc.gov/)
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) established the Office of
Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) to meet the public's
need for reliable, accurate, and timely information and technical
assistance on issues affecting the health of minority populations.
Since that time, OMHRC has grown to become one of the nation's
largest sources of minority health information. Some of OMHRC's
services include referrals, publications, reference information,
and access to its resource person's network -- a database of
minority health professionals from across the country.
The
Provider's Guide to Quality & Culture (erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English&ggroup=&mgroup=)
The Provider’s Guide to Quality & Culture is a joint
project of Management Sciences for Health (MSH), U.S. Department
of Health & Human Services, Health Resources & Services
Administration, and the Bureau of Primary Health Care. This
web site is designed to assist health care organizations throughout
the U.S. in providing high quality, culturally competent services
to multi-ethnic populations. The section on “Health Disparities”
features a presentation by COCP member, Dr. Denice Cora-Bramble.
Publication and Reports on Culturally Effective Pediatric
Care:
AMA
Commission to End Health Care Disparities (www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12809.html)
In April, 2004 the secong meeting of the
Federation Task Force on Disparities in Health Care was convened.
With representation from over 35 state and specialty medical
socieites and other health professional organizations, the task
force, chaired by the American Medical Association, in conjunction
with the National Medical Association, reaffirmed its commitment
to eliminating health deisparities in health care and formed
the Commission to End Health Care Disparities.
Compendium
of Cultural Competence Initiatives in Health Care (www.kff.org/uninsured/6067-index.cfm)
This compendium was developed by the Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation. The initiatives included in the compendium are from
1990 to the present and are divided into two categories: Public
Sector Initiatives (Federal/state/local) and Private Sector
Initiatives (health care institutions or professional organizations,
foundations, academic institutions/policy research organizations,
and other). This resource also includes brief definitions of
major terms, organizational descriptions of initiatives and
a list of experts in the field.
Cultural
Competence and Health Care Disparities: Key Perspectives and
Trends (http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/24/2/499)
By Joseph R. Betancourt, Alexander R. Green, J. Emilio Carillo,
and Elyse R. Park. Published by Health Affairs, 24,
no 2 (2005): 499-505.
Cultural
Competence in Health Care: Emerging Frameworks and Practical
Approaches (www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=221320)
Published by The Commonwealth Fund. Joseph R. Betancourt,
Alexander R. Green, and J. Emilio Carrillo, October 2002.
Developing
a Health Plan Report Card on Quality of Care for Minority
Populations (www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=221275)
Published by The Commonwealth Fund. David R. Nerenz, et al.,
July 2002.
Dynamics
of Race, Culture, and Key Indicators of Health In the Nation's
100 Largest Cities and Their Suburbs (www.rwjf.org/research/researchdetail.jsp?id=1099&ia=133&gsa=1)
This report profiles the 2000 status of and changes since
1990 in rates of health and health-related measures for racially
and culturally diverse populations living in the nation's
largest cities and their suburbs. Data were drawn from the
US Census Bureau and CDC to identify patterns in race/ethnicity,
foreign-born status, language use, poverty, income, low birth
weight, teen births, prenatal care, and tuberculoses. This
report is the second in a series known as the Social and Health
Landscape of Urban and Suburban America Reports. To learn
more visit Sunny
Downstate Medical Center. (www.downstate.edu/healthdata)
2002
National Survey of Latinos (www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/20021217a-index.cfm)
The Pew Hispanic Center/Kaiser family Foundation 2002 National
Survey of Latinos examines how members of the Hispanic
community identify themselves, their views of the United States,
their experiences with discrimination both within the Latino
community itself and from non-Latino groups, their language
abilities and preferences, their economic and financial situations
and their experiences within the healthcare system.
National
Survey of Physicians Part I: Doctors on Disparities in Medical
Care (www.kff.org/minorityhealth/20020321a-index.htm)
Selected findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s
forthcoming National Survey of Physicians reveal that most
physicians are aware of racial disparities in medical treatment
for specific conditions, but they don’t believe it is
a widespread problem. Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2002.
National
Healthcare Disparities Report (www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/disparitiesreport/2005/browse/browse.aspx)
The National Healthcare Disparities Report, developed by the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, represents the first national
comprehensive effort to measure differences in access and
use of health care services by various populations. The report
includes a broad set of performance measures that can serve
as baseline views of differences in the use of services.
Providing
Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Settings:
Examples from the Field (www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=221272)
Published by The Commonwealth Fund. Mara Youdelman and Jane
Perkins, May 2002.
Reducing
Health Disparities Through a Focus on Communities (www.policylink.org/Research/HealthDisparities)
The report presents evidence from research and practice of
the key role that neighborhood factors play in determining
health outcomes and explores the relationship between the
communities in which people live and their health."PolicyLink,
November 2002.
Summary of State
Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Health Care (www.healthlaw.org/link.cfm?5354)
Prepared by: Jane Perkins, NHeLP NC Office
Updated January 2006
$25.00
State law provides a source of potential protection for limited
English proficient (LEP) persons. In recent years, state legislatures
and administrative agencies have increasingly recognized the
need for linguistically-appropriate health care and have adopted
measures that require or encourage health and social service
providers to overcome language barriers. "Summary of State
Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Health Care"
offers citations to, and a short description of, each state's
laws regarding services to LEP persons in health care settings.
It updates and replaces the listing of state laws first published
by the National Health Law Program in August 2003 as part of
its language access manual, "Ensuring Linguistic Access
in Health Care Settings: Legal Rights and Responsibilites"
(covering the time period up to July 2003).
Unequal
Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Care (www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/minority?OpenDocument)
Report from the Institute of Medicine, March 2002, supporting
the long-held perception that minorities tend to receive lower-quality
health care than whites, even when insurance status, income,
age and severity of conditions are comparable.
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