Rural cultural competence and limited english proficiency resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/culture/ Amid growing concerns about racial, ethnic and language disparities in health care, The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights have released a video, entitled Improving Patient-Provider Communication, which supports language access in health care organizations. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12527 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:28:47 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12527 Provides a list and discussion of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care as issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (OMH) to ensure that all people entering the health care system receive equitable and effective treatment in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. These standards are proposed as a means to correct inequities that currently existin the provision of health services and to make these services more responsive to theindividual needs of all patients/consumers. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/finalreport.pdf Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:27:35 CST http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/finalreport.pdf Serves as an Internet portal to identified quality multi-lingual health education documents and as a receptacle for health documents created by Heartland's Refugee Health Programs. -- Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:29:11 CST http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/ Arlington VA November 18, 2009 -- National MultiCultural Institute http://www.nmci.org/leadership_institutes/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:16:01 CST http://www.nmci.org/leadership_institutes/ Results of a systematic review on the characteristics of community health workers (CHWs) and CHW interventions, outcomes of such interventions, costs and cost-effectiveness of CHW interventions, and characteristics of CHW training. Includes references to rural. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/comhealthwork/comhwork.pdf Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:41:33 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/comhealthwork/comhwork.pdf Provides documents from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that are translated into various languages including, but not limited to: Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Creole, Hmong, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/promotingfh/lep.cfm Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:59:05 CST http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/promotingfh/lep.cfm Offers links to materials in languages other than English. Materials are designed for partners, advocates, and the public to distribute to consumers who may be eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program. -- U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/translations.htm Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:49:36 CST http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/translations.htm Assesses emerging national efforts to address language barriers and profiles work in three statesCalifornia, Minnesota, and New Yorkto highlight challenges, successes, and implications for future policy and activities related to providing language services. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/Health/LanguageServicesbr.pdf Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:49:45 CST http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/Health/LanguageServicesbr.pdf Established by Asian Health Services to help reduce language and cultural barriers that immigrants face in accessing health care. http://asianhealthservices.org/lcap/ Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:05:39 CST http://asianhealthservices.org/lcap/ Includes documents pertaining to persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/specialtopics/lep/index.html Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:58:26 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/specialtopics/lep/index.html Explores and compares the historical evolution of both cultural competence and patient centeredness - interpersonal and healthcare systems levels. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.nmanet.org/images/uploads/Publications/OC1275.pdf Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:40:39 CST http://www.nmanet.org/images/uploads/Publications/OC1275.pdf Part of the Center for Community Health Research and Action. Works to strengthen community action, promote social change, and improve health, especially for those who are most vulnerable. http://www.accessproject.org/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:37:56 CST http://www.accessproject.org/ ProLiteracy champions the power of literacy to improve the lives of adults and their families, communities, and societies. http://www.proliteracy.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=191&srcid=-2 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:47 CST http://www.proliteracy.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=191&srcid=-2 Examines problems associated with language barriers in health care setting, describes federal efforts to address the barriers, and makes policy recommendations. -- AARP Public Policy Institute http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/health/i6%5Fmedicare.pdf Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:20:34 CST http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/health/i6%5Fmedicare.pdf Results from a cultural competence training survey developed to learn more about the needs of the professionals who purchase or deliver cultural competence training within hospitals, health care organizations, and other institutions. -- Cross Cultural Health Care Program http://www.xculture.org/files/CC.Training.Survey.Final.Report.pdf Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:46:15 CST http://www.xculture.org/files/CC.Training.Survey.Final.Report.pdf Tool for health planners on culturally competent health programming. The profile is a comprehensive description of the health status of a specific community. Includes community health status information typically in a community health needs assessment, as well as cultural and environmental information. -- National Rural Health Association http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/go/rural-health-topics/minority-and-multicultural-issues/minority-and-multicultural-affairs Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:24:05 CST http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/go/rural-health-topics/minority-and-multicultural-issues/minority-and-multicultural-affairs Examines how well Critical Assess Hospitals (CAHs) were meeting the needs of patients with limited English proficiency in rural Minnesota. -- Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/pubs/cah.pdf Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:12:36 CST http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/pubs/cah.pdf Reports on a national initiative aimed at identifying, testing and assessing strategies for hospitals to provide effective language services to LEP patients. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/3494.34508.speakingtogether.pdf Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:52:30 CST http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/3494.34508.speakingtogether.pdf Provides information and benchmark tools for the implementation of cultural and linguistic competence to support the positive development of children and families through the implementation of services, activities, and interventions based on a model of community collaboration. -- National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention http://www.promoteprevent.org/Resources/clc/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:07:07 CST http://www.promoteprevent.org/Resources/clc/ An online course that discusses how inequalities in health information contribute to health disparities and what communities can do to close the gap and improve health literacy. -- Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu/cpheo/mclph/healthlit/home.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:55:08 CST http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu/cpheo/mclph/healthlit/home.html This program provides funding focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations in eligible geographic areas. -- Aetna Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=777 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:35:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=777 Lists contact information for directors of state offices of minority health. http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/miscdocs/docs-90/NASOMH%20DIRECTORS.JUly%202007.pdf Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:00:15 CST http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/miscdocs/docs-90/NASOMH%20DIRECTORS.JUly%202007.pdf A list of local and regional interpreting associations with a special focus on healthcare interpreting. -- National Council on Interpreting in Health Care http://www.ncihc.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=57031&orgId=ncihc Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:46:18 CST http://www.ncihc.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=57031&orgId=ncihc Assists States and communities in planning, designing, and implementing culturally competent disaster mental health services for survivors of natural and human-caused disasters of all scales. -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA03-3828/CulturalCompetence_FINALwithcovers.pdf Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:10:57 CST http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA03-3828/CulturalCompetence_FINALwithcovers.pdf An information exchange portal designed to facilitate communication, networking and collaboration to improve preparedness and eliminate disparities for racially and ethnically diverse communities in public health emergencies. -- HHS Office of Minority Health http://www.diversitypreparedness.org/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:27:59 CST http://www.diversitypreparedness.org/ Discusses the challenges of serving people with limited English proficiency (LEP) at health care safety net organizations. -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://www.nachc.com/client/documents/LEP_report.pdf Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:50:11 CST http://www.nachc.com/client/documents/LEP_report.pdf Provides information about cultural beliefs, medical and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to the United States. Includes these culture-specific pages: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Hispanic, Hmong, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, & Vietnamese and covers a wide variety of health topics. Some information is available in languages other than English. -- University of Washington http://www.ethnomed.org/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:55:05 CST http://www.ethnomed.org/ Provides access to consumer health information in languages other than English. -- National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html Thu, 29 May 2008 18:42:04 CST http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html Highlights the importance of cultural tailoring to the successful servicing of traditionally underserved populations. -- American Legacy Foundation http://www.americanlegacy.org/Documents/PDF/Priority_Populations_Initiative-_Breaking_New_Ground_and_Building_Capacity_in_Cultural_Tailoring.pdf Thu, 22 May 2008 15:23:15 CST http://www.americanlegacy.org/Documents/PDF/Priority_Populations_Initiative-_Breaking_New_Ground_and_Building_Capacity_in_Cultural_Tailoring.pdf Contains materials related to interpreter training and resources, such as publications, organizations, listservs, and agencies. -- Cross Cultural Health Care Program http://www.xculture.org/NWRC_LangAccess_Resource_Guides.php Mon, 05 May 2008 13:40:16 CST http://www.xculture.org/NWRC_LangAccess_Resource_Guides.php