Office of Minority Health

Web Links for Other Minority Health Sites

Federal Government Services Agencies
Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Dept. of Health & Human Services
Health Resources & Services Administration
Indian Health Service
Immigration & Naturalization Service
National Center for Health Statistics
National Institute on Health
Office of Civil Rights
Substance Abuse & Mental Service Administration

State Government Service Agencies
Rhode Island

Dept of Human Services
DHS Food Stamp Program
DHS Child Care Assistance Program

Other States

California Office of Multi-Cultural Health
Massachusetts Office of Minority Health
Ohio Commission on Minority Health
Tennessee Office of Minority Health
Utah Ethnic Health Program

Research Institutes and Universities
University of Minnesota - Area Health Education Center
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
National Center for Cultural Competence
The Minority Health Project, University of North Carolina
The University of Wisconsin Medical School, Center for the Study of Cultural Diversity in Health care
Baylor University, Refugee & Immigrant Health

Community Partners
Minority Health Promotion Centers
Central Rhode Island Area Health Education Centers
Su Salud at Neighborhood Health Plan
Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI)
Quality Partners of Rhode Island

Sites Pertaining to Specific Ethnic Groups:

Blacks
Association of Black Cardiologists
Association of Black Psychologists
Association of Black Sociologists
National Association of Black Social Workers
National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
National Black Nurses Association
The American Diabetes Association African American Program
The National Medical Association

Asian Americans
Asian Health Services On-Line
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Chinese American Medical Society
Hmong Home Page
National Asian Women's Health Organization
South East Asian Public Health Forum
Educational Materials from Tufts University
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association

Hispanics
ASPIRA
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Hispanic Dental Association
Hispanic Health Council
Latino Health Institute
National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Medical Hispanic Center of Excellence

Native Americans
American Indian Research and Education Center
American Indian Culture Research Center
Association of American Indian Physicians
General Indian Oriented Home Pages
Indians into Medicine
National Indian Health Board
Native American Institute
Native American Women's Health Education Research Center
Nebraska Urban Indian Medical Center
The Codetalk Website
The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center

General Minority Health Sites
Diversity RX
Ethno Med
Health Web
Intercultural Cancer Council
Minority Health Network
Pan American Health Organization
Race, Health Care, and the Law
The Cross Cultural Health Program
Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links
Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
Center for Aging and Diversity
Diversity in Medicine
The Center for Cross-Cultural Health
Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity Department of Family Medicine/UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Centre for Multicultural Health University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
DiversityWeb, Association of American Colleges and Universities

Cultural and Linguistic Competence
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ): Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services Guides for Managed Care Plans
Kaiser Family Foundation Minority Health - Compendium of Cultural Competence Initiatives
The Provider’s Guide to Quality and Culture
National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University
Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment (CCHPA) -- Georgetown National Center for Cultural Competence
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
Clinical Cultural Competency Questionnaire (CCCQ) -- Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, Department of Family Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Clinical Cultural Competency Training Questionnaire (CCCTQ) - adapted version of #3 to hospital setting -- translated into 7 languages - used in European Union Migrant Friendly Hospitals initiative - Subproject C - Cultural Competency

Refugee Health
For refugee health resources, visit the Refugee Health Website