LibGuides: Health Information Literacy: Cultural Competence

Definition

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
Provides an overview of cultural and linguistic competence.

Culture Competence Toolkit
Source: The American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
Think Cultural Health:
This website offers cultural competency training programs, information on cultural competency legislation, health disparities, and health care for racial and ethnic minorities.
Mining the Web: Useful Internet Resources on Health, Culture and Diversity
The link to the recording of the webinar is at the top of the page. At the bottom of the page are links to handouts which include the URLs for websites referred to in the webinar and a power point of what was reviewed in the webinar.
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This webinar was co-presented by Julia Puebla Fortier, Executive Director of DiversityRx – Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care (RCCHC) and Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Community Outreach Liaison for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

It provides an overview of online resources focusing on health equity, cultural competence training for providers, standards for hospitals and other health organizations, and more.

CLAS Act Virginia (Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Health Care Services):
Provides links to assessment tools available on the Web.
Cultural Competence Self Assessment Protocol for Health Care Organizations and Systems
Andulis, D., Delbanco, T., Avakian, L, & Shaw-Taylor, Y (2005).
Self-Assessments from the National Center for Cultural Competence
Provides a variety of self-assessment tools, including a Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment (CCHPA) and a Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Primary Health Care Services.