Cultural Competency in Healthcare

Minority/Underserved Healthcare Information

A culturally conscious approach:
Effective provision of healthcare to underserved populations entails our awareness of the need to consciously and intelligently examine underlying historical, cultural, sociological, economic and other root bases of past  levels and qualities of care.

General

Children

Minority Males

Community Voices (a  W.W. Kellogg Foundation Initiative)

What About Men?: Exploring the Inequities in Minority Men's Health

African American

Asian:

Asian American Health Issues

Health Information in Chinese Uniting Patients, Physicians and the Public

NAWHO- National Asian Women's Health Organization 

HAPA:

Cornell Hapa Student Association

Hapa Issues Forum - CU, Berkeley

HAPA community issues

Harvard HAPA (Half-Asian Peoples' Association)

Interracial Voice

Hispanic

Native American

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender

Online Workshop part of Info Fair 2000
lecture on Primary Care of HIV/AIDs patients 
(from Spencer S. Eccels Health Science Library, Univ of Utah) 
http://medstat.med.utah.edu/infofair/infofair2000/index.html

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender People in Medicine (LGBTPM) Medical Websites

HIV/AIDS Surveillance by Race/Ethnicity
Millions ($) to Help with HIV/AIDS Care

HIV InSite

Project SCUM (later changed to "Project Sourdough" by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company)

Women In Medicine-Lesbian physicians, their partners and their children

Physically/Mentally Challenged

Common Questions about Assistive Technology

National Library Service for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped (NLS)

Web-Braille

Talking Books Services-Kansas State Library

Kansas State School for the Blind-Outreach Services

Audio Reader--Radio for the blind and print-disabled 

Web Access for the Disabled 

Senior Care

Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA)

NIH Senior Health

The Grey Literature Report-2003

Women

American Medical Women's Association

Women in Medicine Guide