Effective health communication is as important to health care as clinical skill. To improve individual health and build healthy communities, health care providers need to recognize and address the unique culture, language and health literacy of diverse consumers and communities. This site maintained by the US Department of Health and Human Services offers resources to facilitate such understanding.
This online resource is intended to help broaden awareness of the needs of ethnic groups using healthcare services – as well as the needs of healthcare staff from ethnic minorities
"The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world."
ExploreHealthCareers.org is a free, interactive health careers website designed to explain the array of health professions and provide easy access to students seeking information about health careers. This section of the site explores cultural diversity in health careers both in terms of employment and in terms of the patient.
CCHCP serves as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate. Their web site provides access to a variety of resources.
A collection of web sites maintained by Ellen Bosman, a librarian at New Mexico State University, brings together a large collection of multicultural health resources.
