Guides and Resources - The Office of Minority Health

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	'Why Place and Race Matter' Now in Spanish This PolicyLink report focuses on issues of race, ethnicity and environment and how they impact the building of healthy communities. Collaborative partnerships and initiatives are featured, highlighting the work being done to create healthier communities through issues of place and race.
	National Consensus Statement - Spanish Version [PDF \| 195KB] This National Consensus Statement highlights the need for including racial and ethnic minorities in the process of emergency planning.
	National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities [PDF \| 345KB] This report looks at the goals and objectives of the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity, a board of representatives that tackle the goal of developing effective strategies to advance emergency preparedness and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities during emergencies.
	Guidelines for Accessing Interpreter Services The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides this resource for working effectively with interpreters.
	A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care Our country is an increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse nation, and disparities in health care access, health outcomes, and health status are major issues. Cultural competency in health refers to being aware of cultural differences among diverse racial, ethnic, and other minority groups, respecting those differences, and taking steps to apply that knowledge to professional practice.
	Tutorial: Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care In this tutorial, Cara James, Ph.D., senior policy analyst at the Kaiser Family Foundation, provides an overview of health care disparities, with a focus on health status, insurance coverage, and access to health services. The tutorial also summarizes major national proposals to eliminate disparities.
	The Two-Year Evaluation Report of the Cultural Competency Curriculum Modules (CCCMs) [PDF \| 284KB] The Two-Year Evaluation Report of the Cultural Competency Curriculum Modules (CCCMs) was conducted to determine the program’s impact on physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and skills in the provision of culturally competent care. A mixed methods approach was incorporated, using both qualitative and quantitative data from December 2004 through December 2006.
	OMH Toolkit Addresses Diversity, Emergency Preparedness [PDF \| 438KB] The toolkit Guidance for Integrating Culturally Diverse Communities into Planning for and Responding to Emergencies : A Toolkit offers recommendations, resources and practical strategies for engaging and integrating culturally diverse communities across emergency planning and response actions-such as partnership building, community assessment, training and education, risk communication and evaluation.
	A Patient-Centered Guide to Implementing Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations This guide is intended to help healthcare organizations implement effective language access services to meet the needs of their limited-English-proficient patients, and increase their access to health care. An interactive Web-based version of the Guide is now available to help you plan, implement, and evaluate language access services.
	New Mexico Department of Health: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Toolkit [PDF \| 282.6KB] This toolkit contains New Mexico Department of Health CLAS Assessment Recommendations, a list of the 14 CLAS Standards, definition of terms, implementation of language access service strategies, resources and helpful links.
	CDC's Health Literacy Training The health literacy section of the CDC Web site offers links, resources and training materials for health professionals to find out more about the topic and earn CE credits in the process.
	Video and Presentation Focus on Disparities in Treatment This video and PowerPoint presentation from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and George Washington University’s Center for Health Care Quality explains the importance of providers identifying and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in care. These resources are available at no charge and deemed to be open source.
	Health Literacy Measurement Tools in English and Spanish Two quick tests in Spanish and English give health providers an idea of an individual’s capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services in order to make appropriate health decisions.
	National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region International Registry of Certified Medical Interpreters In celebration of International Translators day (9/30/2008), Language Line® University announced the development of an online "International Registry of Certified Medical Interpreters." The first industry resource of its kind, once launched the registry will give hospitals, healthcare organizations, interpreters and researchers access to a free online resource for identifying professional medical interpreters and reviewing their language skills and credentials.
	National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities The nation’s first online clearinghouse and information exchange portal designed to facilitate communication, networking and collaboration to improve preparedness, build resilience and eliminate disparities for racially and ethnically diverse communities in public health emergencies.
	Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Disparities in Children's Health Minority children in the United States — Black, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian — are more likely to be uninsured than White children. This disproportionate lack of health coverage has consequences for children's health, growth and development from before birth through adolescence and into adulthood. There are 9.4 million uninsured children in America — that's 1 out of every 8 children overall. But the disparities are great.
	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Health Care: A Chartbook The goal of this chartbook is to create an easily accessible resource that can help policy makers, teachers, researchers, and practitioners begin to understand disparities in their communities and to formulate solutions.
	Demographics and Health Care Access and Utilization of Limited-English-Proficient and English-Proficient Hispanics [PDF, 1.46MB] This report is based on data from the 2004 Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC). Updates to prior work are presented through a profile of LEP Hispanic adults and their health care using a large national sample and a respondent-report measure of English proficiency.
	Health Characteristics of the Asian Adult Population: United States, 2004–2006 [PDF, 475KB] This report compares national estimates for selected health status indicators, health behaviors, health care utilization, health conditions, immunizations, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing status among selected non-Hispanic Asian adult subgroups.
	Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy On September 7, 2006, Acting Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu held a Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy. The goal of the workshop was to present the state of the science in the field of health literacy from a variety of perspectives, including those of health care organizations and providers, the research community, and educators.
	Choosing and Adapting Culturally and Linguistically Competent Health Promotion Materials from National Center for Cultural Competence The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on how to assure that health promotion materials reflect the principles and practices of cultural and linguistic competence. This guide aims to assist groups in making appropriate choices among existing materials, as well as to provide recommendations to adapt such materials for use in health promotion efforts.
	Cultural and Linguistic Competency by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers several resources for improving cultural and linguistic competency in delivering health care, including: Setting the Agenda for Research on Cultural Competence in Health Care, Evidence-based Clinical Practice, Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services: Guides for Managed Care Plans and Health Literacy and Cultural Competency Browse.
	Cultural and Linguistic Competence Policy Assessment (CLCPA) and Guide The Cultural Competence and Linguistic Competence Policy Assessment (CLCPA) was developed by the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) at the request of the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) to assist community health centers to advance and sustain cultural and linguistic competence.
	Transforming the Face of Health Professions through Cultural & Linguistic Competence Education: The Role of the HRSA Centers of Excellence [PDF \| 934KB] The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the HRSA Centers of Excellence (COE) program encourages the teaching of cultural and linguistic competency content in the educational curricula of HRSA grant recipients. This curriculum guide, Transforming the Face of Health Professions through Cultural & Linguistic Competence Education: the Role of the HRSA Centers of Excellence”, is one result of the efforts of HRSA and the COEs. The publication of this guide is a significant achievement brought about by the efforts of a large number of dedicated individuals who have worked over many months to develop a cohesive and valuable curriculum guide. The goal of the HRSA Centers of Excellence is to reduce disparity in the health care system by increasing the number of underrepresented minorities working in the health field.
	A Patient-Centered Guide to Implementing Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations This guide is intended to help healthcare organizations implement effective language access services to meet the needs of their limited-English-proficient patients, and increase their access to health care.

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