Cultural and Linguistic Competence: Additional AHRQ and HHS Resources
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For Patients and Consumers
For Clinicians and Health Care Providers
For Policymakers
Research and Data
Funding and Grants
News and Events
Patient and Consumer Resources
Audio Video
Aprende a vivir
A videonovella in Spanish that offers information about how to control diabetes Type 2.
Other Patient and Consumer Resources
Health Information in Multiple Languages
Health information from MedLinePlus in languages other than English.
Professional Resources
Clinicians and Health Care Providers
HRSA Culture, Language, and Health Literacy
Links to cultural competence and health literacy resources at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), including the free online continuing education course Effective Communication Tools for Healthcare Professionals.
- Culturally Tailored Programs (January 18, 2012)
A special issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange on being culturally relevant, featuring three innovation profiles and two QualityTools. - Clinical and Community Linkages (August 3, 2011)
A special issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange, featuring two programs that increased access to culturally competent services through a comprehensive approach that included linkages. - Cultural Competence (May 25, 2011)
A special issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange on cultural competence, featuring three innovation profiles, three QualityTools, and an expert interview. - Language/Culture Matching (August 4, 2010)
A special issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange on overcoming language and cultural barriers through concordance, featuring three programs and three QualityTools. - Delivering Culturally Competent Care (March 17, 2010)
A special issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange on delivering services to meet the needs of diverse patient populations, featuring two innovation profiles and three QualityTools. - Culturally Competent Care (March 16, 2009)
A special issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange on delivering culturally competent care, featuring three innovation profiles and three QualityTools. - Cultural Competence (October 13, 2008)
A special issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange on health care programs that provided culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach and services, featuring three innovation profiles and three QualityTools.
Language Barrier
A Web M&M case describes an overdose following the use of an ad hoc interpreter
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) Cultural Competency Resources
Links to resources, including Think Cultural Health, a free online continuing education program for providers.
Hospital/Health System Resources
CAHPS® II
This grant produced articles on developing a Spanish-language consumer report for CAHPS health plan surveys, and comparing reports and ratings by African American and White respondents.
Guidelines for Translating CAHPS® Surveys
A set of guidelines for translating CAHPS instruments that aims to standardize the translation approach and ensure the quality of translations obtained.
Hospital Language Services: Quality Improvement and Performance Measures
This article describes the development of performance measures to assess the quality of spoken language services in hospitals. The National Quality Forum has since endorsed two of these measures.
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) Cultural Competency Resources
Links to resources, including the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care: A Blue Print for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice, an implementation guide to help advance and sustain culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Policymaker Resources
HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Outlines goals and actions HHS will take to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities.
HHS Office of Civil Rights Limited English Proficiency
Resources and tools pertaining to persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).
LEP.gov
Information from the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights on serving individuals with limited English proficiency, including links to government resources.
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) Cultural Competency Resources
Links to resources, including the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care: A Blue Print for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice, an implementation guide to help advance and sustain culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Providing Care to Diverse Populations (AHRQ Archives)
Archives of a workshop for senior state officials on state strategies for promoting cultural competency in health systems.
National Healthcare Quality Report Resources: 2011 State Snapshots
State-level data on health care disparities. (Select a state, and then select Focus on Disparities.)
Research and Data
Archived Research Activities Articles
Language difficulties are as much of a barrier to health care for some Latinos as being uninsured (AHRQ Archive)
Strategies to improve health literacy for diverse populations should address literacy, language, and cultural barriers (AHRQ Archive)
Cultural and language problems can lead to dire consequences during pediatric emergencies (AHRQ Archive)
Archived Systematic Reviews
Strategies for Improving Minority Healthcare Quality (AHRQ Archive)
Community-Based Participatory Research (AHRQ Archive)
Other Research and Data
CAHPS II
This grant produced articles on developing a Spanish-language consumer report for CAHPS health plan surveys, and comparing reports and ratings by African American and White respondents.
Guidelines for Translating CAHPS® Surveys
A set of guidelines for translating CAHPS instruments that aims to standardize the translation approach and ensure the quality of translations obtained.
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) Cultural Competency Resources
Links to resources, including the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care: A Blue Print for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice, an implementation guide to help advance and sustain culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Reducing Disparities through Research and Translation Programs: A Focus on Researchers and Their Actions
A presentation made by Debra Perez of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at the 2011 AHRQ Annual Conference.
Research Findings #28: Demographics and Health Care Access and Utilization of Limited-English-Proficient and English-Proficient Hispanics
This report compares Hispanic adults with limited English proficiency to the group most similar to them—English-proficient Hispanic adults. It also compares English-proficient Hispanic adults to the white non-Hispanic population.
Statistical Brief #312: Patient-Provider Communication by Race/Ethnicity and Disability Status: United States, 2007
This Statistical Brief analyzes provider-patient communication by race/ethnicity stratified by disability status.
Funding and Grants Resources
Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Priority Populations Research
Grants Related to Cultural Competence
Enhancing the Infrastructure of the CAPRICORN PBRN
Improving Reporting of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in California
Medication Summary Guides for Vulnerable Populations
New York State Conference on Increasing Language Access to Healthcare
Telemedicine for Mental Health Services for the Linguistically Isolated: A Pilot
Grants Related to African-American Populations
Access and Quality of Care in Black Vulnerable Populations
Collaborative Management of Diabetes in Blacks
Cultural Competency and Maternal Health in African Women
Evaluating Culturally Appropriate Primary Health Care
Health Disparities in Minority Adult Americans
Improving the Delivery of Effective Care to Minorities
Overcoming Racial Health Disparities
Patient-Centered Culturally Sensitive Care Model
Racial and Ethnic Variation in Medical Interactions
UCLA/Drew/Rand Program to Address Disparities in Health Care
Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities in Blacks
Grants Related to Latino/Hispanic Populations
Enhanced Spanish Drug Label Design to Promote Patient Understanding and Use
Health Care Experiences of Hispanics in New and Traditional U.S. Destinations
Improving Outcomes in U.S. Latino Children
Latina Immigrants, Bridge Persons, and Preventive Health
Latino-White Differences in Self-Reported Health Status
Enhanced Spanish Drug Label Design to Promote Patient Understanding and Use
Grants Related to Asian/Pacific Islander Populations
High Blood Pressure Care for Korean Americans
The Experiences and Challenges of Informal Caregivers
Grants Related to Indian/Native American Populations
Effect of Navajo Interpreters on Diabetes Outcomes
Understanding and Reducing Native Elder Health Disparities
Grants Related to Communication and Racial Concordance
Patients' Racial Attitudes and Perceptions of Clinicians
Racial Differences in Physician-Patient Communication
News and Events
A Conversation on Cultural Competence with Cindy Brach, Senior Health Policy Researcher, AHRQ
Ensuring Cultural Competence Across Care Settings a Webinar moderated by Julia Puebla Fortier.
