Multicultural Health Websites

Students: The sites in “Health Stats” and “Cultural Competency” contain information for many different ethnic groups. A list for specific ethnic sites is currently under construction. There are literally hundreds, so selecting quality sites is a large task. I would appreciate your suggestions when you discover a good site.

Health Stats

Healthy People 2010:

http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/

Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health:

http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov

Intercultural Cancer Council

http://iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/

Office of Minority Health

http://www.omhrc.gov/omhhome.htm

CDC Fertility, Family Planning and Women’s Health

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_019.pdf#table 23

Closing the Gap Newsletter from the Office of Minority Health

http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/minority_health.htm

Commonwealth Fund: Women’s Health Report

http://www.cmwf.org/programs/women/ksc_whsurvey_332.pdf

Commonwealth Fund: Minority Health Report

http://www.cmwf.org/programs/minority/collins_minority_chartbook_321.pdf

Office of Women’s Health (DHHS)

http://www.4woman.gov/minority/index.cfm

Trends in ethnic/racial health 1990-1998 (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/statnt/statnt23.pdf

US Census Bureau: health coverage

http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/p60-211.pdf

State Health Facts Online

http://statehealthfacts.kff.org/

U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/

Cultural Competency/Understanding Culture

Closing the Gap Newsletter from the Office of Minority Health

http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/minority_health.htm

EthnoMedicine

http://ethnomed.org/

Office of Minority health: Culturally Competent Programs

http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/programs/

Provider’s Guide to Quality and Culture

http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English

Diversity RX

http://www.diversityrx.org/HTML/DIVRX.htm

Center for Multicultural Multilingual Research http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/

Multicultural Pavilion: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/

Center for Cross-Cultural Health: http://www.crosshealth.com

Multicultural Pavilion http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/

Jamarda Resources {specializes in cultural diversity training for healthcare providers:

http://www.jamardaresources.com/

Center for Multicultural Education http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/

Health Info by Ethnic group

Pacific Islander

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

http://oha.org/databook/

Native Hawaiian Health Links

http://hml.org/WWW/nativehawaiian.html

Culturally competent programs in native communities

http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3932.htm

African American

African American Culture/Race Relations

http://afroamculture.about.com/

African American History and Culture/Smithsonian institution

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htm