Cultural Competence
Penn’s School of Medicine is guided by 3 principles: “increased access, integrated knowledge, and local and global engagement.” Since 1997, the Dept. of Family Medicine... read more View project media
Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health for Radio, TV and Classroom Use
Emergency, Community and Health Outreach (ECHO) (www.echominnesota.org), provides free health and safety information to Limited English Proficiency (LEP) populations in the languages they know best. ... read more View project mediaEgal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health for Radio, TV and Classroom Use
Saint Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) began broadcasting in 1985 and provides non-commercial television programs to 52,000 cable homes and operates five channels in Saint Paul.... read more View project mediaSalud: Healing through the Arts
90.5 FM WRTE Radio Arte, an initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art, is a Latino-owned, bilingual, youth-driven public radio station that works... read more View project media
Salud: Healing through the Arts
Latinos Progresando (LP) serves immigrants through the highest quality, low-cost legal immigration services, community education and engagement, and advocacy/organizing around policy that affects immigrants. Luis... read more View project mediaDomestic Worker Safety & Dignity Project
The Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) is a program of UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Its mission is to improve health and safety conditions... read more View project mediaAbriendo las Cajas (Opening Boxes)
La Clínica de la Raza is recognized as the leading health agency for Latinos in Alameda County and has always had a strong commitment to... read more View project media
Doctors who write about medicine tend to dwell on the big themes: life, death, suffering, hope and the rest. Dr. Vincent Lam, a Toronto physician,... read more
The Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning, founded in 1979, is dedicated to strengthening communities by bringing generations together to meet the needs of individuals... read more View project media
A long, mainstream media essay worth reading and talking about: “In the Illinois town of Carpentersville, a slate calling itself the All American Team won... read more
In Salsa, Soul, and Spirit, Juana Bordas shows how incorporating Latino, African American, and American Indian approaches to leadership into the mainstream has the potential... Visit website
The Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) is a joint program of the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Children’s Hospital Boston, with over 150 staff.... read more View project media
This succinct article answers commonly asked questions regarding the appropriate use of telephone interpreting in health care settings. Training, and other resources are listed. Thanks... Visit website
An astonishing transformation is taking place in a high school that was known as a center of violence and conflict in the San Francisco Bay... read more
The Spring Institute is the coordinating agency of the Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Families Initiative (SIRFI) of The Colorado Trust. The initiative is a 10-year... Visit website
The Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy is a resource for those who seek to understand and respond to the challenges and... Visit website
As immigrants from around the world enter the United States, schools have long focused on teaching them English. But bilingualism is gaining favor among employers,... read more
Twenty percent of children in the U.S. now live with at least one foreign-born parent. A new research brief by Child Trends and the Center... Visit website
"The mission of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program is to serve as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access... Visit website
New Routes to Community Health is a new, national grants program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with direction and technical assistance provided by... read more
”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... read more
This excellent organization has a lot of good events coming up next month, several at the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Washington, so check... read more
Its aim is to improve communication between health care providers and their patients with limited English proficiency. It will do this through funding 10 projects... Visit website
This organization's mission is to promote culturally competent professional interpreting to support equal access to health care for individuals with limited English proficiency. Visit website
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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