Resources for Improving Cultural Competency
VNA CARE NETWORK & HOSPICE'S CULTURAL COMPETENCY PROGRAM
Workshops and other resources. Contact Cathy Romeo, program manager, at 888-663-3688, ext. 4528 or cromeo@vnacarenetwork.org.
WEB SITES
Center for Cross Cultural Health
Critical MASS to End Disparities
MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation, Health Disparities
National Asian Women's Health Organization
National Center for Cultural Competence
Office of Minority Health, CLAS Standards
BOOKS
Cross-Cultural Medicine. J. Bigby, editor. 2003: American College of Physicians.
Cultural Assessment. Mosby's Pocket Guide Series. Elaine M. Geissler. Second Edition, 1998: Mosby, Inc.
Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives. Jay Sokolovsky, editor. 2nd edition, 1997: Greenwood Press.
Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness, 6th edition. Rachel E. Spector. 2004: Prentice Hall, Inc. and (booklet) Guides to Heritage Assessment and Health Traditions.
Cultural Issues in End of Life Decision Making. Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, and Patricia L. Blanchette, editors. 2000: Sage Publications, Inc.
Culture and Clinical Care. Juliene G. Lipson and Suzanne l. Dibble, editors. 2005: UCSF Nursing Press.
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures. Colin Parkes, Pittu Laungani, and Bill Young, editors. 2000: Routledge.
Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: A Guide for Working with Children and Their Families. Eleanor W. Lynch and Marci J. Hanson. 1997: Brookes Publishing Co.
Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: How to Do Business in Sixty Countries. Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway, and George A. Borden. 1994: Adams Media Corporation.
Negotiating Reproductive Rights. Rosalind Petchesky and Karen Judd, editors. 1998 and 2001: International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group/Zed Books.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures. Anne Fadiman. 1997: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Unequal Treatment, Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Institute of Medicine. 2003: The National Academies Press.
ARTICLES
"Cultural Assessment & Care Planning," Mary Curry Narayan. 2003: Home Healthcare Nurse, 21(9), 611-620. (Tool covers broad-spectrum assessment in culturally sensitive terms.)
"Cultural Competence in Psychiatric Nursing," J. Campinha-Bacote. 2002: Journal of American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 8(6), 183-187.
"Cultural Competency in Home Care," Cathy Romeo. 2005: futureAge, 4(1), 44-45 and 52.
"Cultural Considerations in End-of-Life Care," Polly Mazanec and Mary Kay Tyler. May 2004: Home Healthcare Nurse, Vol. 22, No. 5: pp. 317-326.
Reference Library and Series of Reports on Health Disparities
"Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care: The Basics." 2005: Kaiser Family Foundation.
DVD/VIDEO
"Community Voices." Jennie Greene and Kim Newell, Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention. Fanlight Productions; seven sections, 69 minutes.
"The Culture of Emotions." Harriet Koskoff. Fanlight Productions; 58 minutes, with a downloadable study guide and annotated bibliography.
"Worlds Apart: A Four-Part Series on Cross-Cultural Healthcare." Maren Grainger-Monsen and Julia Haslett. Fanlight Productions; four programs, 10-14 minutes each.