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Resources for Improving Cultural Competency

VNA CARE NETWORK & HOSPICE'S MULTICULTURAL SERVICES

Workshops and other resources. Contact Cathy Romeo, Multicultural Services manager, at 888-663-3688, ext. 4528 or cromeo@vnacarenetwork.org.

WEBSITES

Administration on Aging

Center for Cross Cultural Health

Diversity Rx

Institute of Medicine

MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation

National Asian Women's Health Organization

National Center for Cultural Competence

Office of Minority Health, CLAS Standards

UC Berkeley, Aging Minorities

BOOKS

Building Cultural Intelligence. Richard D. Bucher. 2008: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Care Professional's Passport. Pat Matthews-Juarez & Armin D. Weinberg. 2006: Baylor College of Medicine.

Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness, 6th edition. Rachel E. Spector. 2004: Prentice Hall, Inc.

Cultural Intelligence: A Guide to Working with People from Other Cultures. Brooks Peterson. 2004: Intercultural Press.

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. Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway. 2006: Adams Media.

Negotiating Reproductive Rights. Rosalind Petchesky and Karen Judd, editors. 2001: International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group/Zed Books.

Refugee and Immigrant Health: A Handbook for Health Professionals. Charles Kemp and Lance Rasbridge. 2004: Cambridge University Press.

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.

What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In? Suzanne Salimbene. 2005: Diversity Resources.

ARTICLES

"Caring for Culturally Diverse Patients: One Organization's Journey Toward Cultural Competence," Cathy Romeo. 2007: Home Healthcare Nurse, 25(3), 206-215.

"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.

Internet Resource Libraries

"Culture," Module 8 in Continuing Education Program in End of Life Care. Ian Anderson. 2000: University of Toronto.

"Culture Profiles" and other resources on immigrants and refugees. Cultural Orientation Resource Center.

"NASW Standards for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice." 2001: National Association of Social Workers.

"A Quick Guide to Cultures and Spiritual Traditions — Teaching Notes," Sue Wintz and Earl P. Cooper. 2003: Association of Professional Chaplains.

"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.

"Crossing Cultures: Five Simple Steps to Improve Health by Improving Communication (LEARN Model)." HealthPartners Center for International Health.

"The Culture of Emotions." Harriet Koskoff. Fanlight Productions; 58 minutes, with a downloadable study guide and annotated bibliography.

TAHIT Public Service Announcement. Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators.

"Worlds Apart: A Four-Part Series on Cross-Cultural Healthcare." Maren Grainger-Monsen and Julia Haslett. Fanlight Productions; four programs, 10-14 minutes each.

Revised: Nov. 5, 2010