A selection of links to websites of health care organizations and government agencies, with a particular focus on cross-cultural care and racial and ethnic health disparity reduction.
Federal Agencies, Standards, Policies & Data | National Health Care Organizations | National Ethnic and Minority Health Organizations | International Health Organizations | Cross Cultural Health Care | Language Access | Health Literacy | Research | Health Professions | Journals | Foundations
Federal Agencies, Standards, Policies & Data
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care
Healthy People 2010
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Office for Civil Rights
Office of Minority Health
HRSA, Office of Minority Health Cultural Competence Resources
REACH 2010
U.S. Census Bureau
USDHHS, The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
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National Health Care Organizations
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
American Public Health Association
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of Schools of Public Health
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Institute of Medicine
National Business Group on Health
National Health Law Program
National Hispanic Medical Association
National Indian Health Board
National Medical Association
National Quality Forum
National Rural Health Association
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National Ethnic and Minority Health Organizations
Alaska Native Health Board
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Association of American Indian Physicians, Inc.
Association of Asian/Pacific Community Health Organizations
National Alliance of Hispanic Health
National Asian Women's Health Organization
National Black Women’s Health Project
National Council of La Raza
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International Health Organizations
American International Health Alliance
Diversity Health Institute
Global Health Council
Pan American Health Organization
World Health Organization
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Cross Cultural Health Care
Diversityrx.org – Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Center for Cross-Cultural Health
The EthnoMed Home Page
National Center for Cultural Competence
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Language Access
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
Federal Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency
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Health Literacy
Ask Me 3
HRSA, Center for Quality
National Institute for Literacy, The Health and Literacy Special Collection Index by Language
Pfizer Clear Health Communication Initiative
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Research
The Social and Health Landscape of Urban and Suburban America
Health InterNetwork
National Academy of Social Insurance
National Library of Medicine
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Health Professions
Explore Health Careers
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration
Indians Into Medicine
Management Sciences for Health: The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture
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Journals
American Journal of Public Health
Ethnicity and Disease
Ethnicity and Health
Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Medical Care Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
Public Health Reports
Social Science and Medicine
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Foundations
The California Endowment
The California HealthCare Foundation
The Commonwealth Fund
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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