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	Multicultural Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Minority Health
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) research provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. Information from AHRQ’s research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.

Cultural Competency in Medicine
A detailed guide, produced by the American Medical Student Association, highlighting the need for cultural awareness in health care as well as steps to becoming more culturally aware.

DiversityRx
Promoting language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities. How can the new federal standards on culturally and linguistically appropriate health services help guide your organization? Can research make the case for cultural competence? Summaries and links on these two efforts are included.

Eliminating Health Disparities in the United States
As the "Access Agency," HRSA sponsors and implements numerous programs to help ensure access to quality health care for all Americans. This publication includes information on targeted health issues, and also describes various HRSA initiatives and future directions for the Agency.,

EthnoMed
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.

Healthweb: Minority Health
HealthWeb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. Links to web sites are inlcuded only after careful evaluation.

Minority Health Network (MHNet)
The Minority Health Network (MHNet) is a world wide web based information source for individuals interested in the health of minority groups. The authors of this homepage understand that the term "minority" typically is one used in the United States and lacking in many respects, but because of its widespread use and in order to facilitate identification of this web site, it will be preserved. Within the context of our homepage, "minority" will be used to refer to all people of color and people who are underrepresented economically and socially.

Office of Minority Health - US DHHS
The Office of Minority Health Resource Center was established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health in 1987. OMH-RC serves as a national resource and referral service on minority health issues.

Queensland Health Cultural Diversity
Queensland Health has sponsored the development of this guide to support the provision of culturally-sensitive health care in hospitals and community health services.

Women of Color Health Data Book
Publication of the Office of Research on Women’s Health Women of Color Health Data Book: Adolescents to Seniors marks a noteworthy milestone in our Nation’s recognition of the importance of women’s health and, more specifically, the role of culture, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, geographic location, and other social and economic factors as important contributors to health status. After too many years of viewing health in isolation, we have begun to study and understand women’s health as a reflection of the myriad of elements that contribute to the overall quality of women’s lives in the United States today.