Websites
Access to End of Life Care: A Community Initiative - www.access2eolcare.org. ACCESS is dedicated to improving end-of-life care services for the ethnically diverse populations of the San Francisco Bay Area. The website includes an extensive bibliography, resource links, and information about outreach services available in the San Francisco Bay area.
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center - www.apiwellness.org. This San Francisco organization is primarily focused on education and prevention. They have produced a free, downloadable pamphlet, Clinician's Guide to Working with Asians and Pacific Islanders Living with HIV . They also provide links with API organizations throughout the country.
Association of American Indian Physicians - www.aaip.com. AAIP is dedicated to pursuing excellence in Native American healthcare by promoting education in medical disciplines and honoring traditional Native healing methods. The website has links to many resources and opportunities for Native American patients and healers/physicians, as well as educational resources about HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
BlackAIDS.org - www.kujisource@aaainstitute.org. African American AIDS Policy and Training Institute website.
Cross-Cultural Health Care Program - www.xculture.org. The mission of CCHCP is to "serve as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate." CCHCP provides cultural competency trainings, interpreter trainings, a library, books, videos and articles, and translation services. Voices of the Community profiles are available online. The communities profiled include Arab, Cambodian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Lao, Mien, Oromo, Samoan, Somali, South Asian, Soviet Jewish, and Ukranian. Longer booklets can be ordered which include information about Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Lao, and Vietnamese communities.
Cuidados Paliativos, Complexo Hospitalario Xeral-Cies - www.paliativos.com. A Spanish language palliative care hospice site provided by Complexo Hospitalario Xeral-Cies of Vigo, Spain. This site provides a portal to the Spanish language forum which is part of the Inter-Institutional Collaborating Network on End-of-Life Care (IICN). You can search the Growth House database using a Spanish language selection menu from this site.
Diversity Rx - www.diversityrx.org. This site describes its mission as “promoting language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities.” The website has information on cultural-competency models and practices, as well as curricula and training programs. A report entitled Multicultural Health Best Practices is also available.
Ethnomed - www.ethnomed.org. This site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues, and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle. Culture specific pages include Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Mexican, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, and Vietnamese. The site also includes clinical topics, journal articles, immigration, and general information about cross-cultural care.
Growth House - www.growthhouse.org/pages.html. This is a comprehensive international clearinghouse of information regarding life-threatening illness and end-of-life care. Topics include palliative medicine, advance directives, grief, and professional resources. Articles, resources lists, a sophisticated search feature and extensive international web links are available. Asian AIDS resources are covered well.
HIV Basics - hiv.hypermart.net. Investigacion Basica y Tratamiento de la Infeccion por HIV.
HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau - www.hab.hrsa.gov. The site contains publications and resources on HIV/AIDS, including the comprehensive book A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS.
Initiative to Improve Palliative Care for African Americans - www.iipca.org. The mission of IIPCA is to promote research, education, and policies for the improvement of care for African American patients facing serious illness.
Manager's Electronic Resource Center - erc.msh.org/. Designed to assist health care organizations in providing high quality, culturally-competent services to multi-ethnic populations. Includes The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture. Cultural information is available about African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
Midwest Bioethics Center - www.midbio.org. The community-based Midwest Bioethics Center is dedicated to integrating ethical considerations into health care decision making. It offers workshops and educational programs for professionals and lay people. It also assists health care providers in integrating ethics into clinical work and administrators in integrating ethics into organizations. The Center recently hosted a summit on cultural diversity in health care. Many books and videos are available to assist in communication, advance directives, and palliative care issues.
National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) - www.nmac.org. This national AIDS organization specifically develops its programs and services for community-based organizations serving people-of-color affected by HIV/AIDS. Their website provides information about NMAC conferences (including the U.S. Conference on AIDS), public policy efforts, research and treatment advocacy programs, technical assistance activities, and publications.
Sociedad Espanola de Cuidados Paliativos - www.secpal.com. SECPAL is the national professional organization for palliative care in Spain. Website is in Spanish and includes information about regional services as well as international links.
University of California-San Francisco, School of Medicine - medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/culture.html. This website has a good cross-cultural medicine resource page.
