Diversity and Multicultural Resources

General | African Americans | Hispanic | Language / Multicultural | LGBT

General Resources

• AMA's Cultural Competence Initiative

• Diversity Calendars for Event Planning and Scheduling:
• Global Diversity at Work: Diversity Calendar
• Kansas University Medical Center: Diversity Calendar
• Ohio State University Libraries: Diversity Calendar
• Jewish / Hebrew Calendars (including calculation of future dates):
  • BAYT Hebrew (Jewish) Calendar Page
  • Chabad Jewish Calendar

See also:

• AAPD: Special Issue on Multicultural Society and Pediatric Dentistry
• AMA's Diversity in Medical Education
• AMA's Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
• Closing the Gap [PDF]
• CultureMed: Culture and Dental Care
• Last Acts: A National Coalition to Improve Care and Caring at the End of Life
• MEDLINEplus: Population Groups
• Michigan Department of Community Health, Office of Minority Health, Promote Healthy Lifestyles in Communities of Color, Color Me Healthy
• President's Initiative on Race and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Hold Forum on Race and Quality Health Care
• Race, Health Care, & the Law, by Vernellia R. Randall
• Toxicology Special Topics
• US: DHHS: Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
• US: Office of Minority Health
• US: Office of Minority Health Resource Center
• US Senate: Patients Before Profits: The Patients' Bill of Rights

African Americans and Health Care

• African American Community Health Advisory Committee
• African American Health Care and Medical Information
• Afro-Americans and the Military, 1939 to 1945
• Black Studies Database (1948-86) from The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Access: UM affiliates only)
• Black Women's Health
• Black Women's Health Imperative
• California Black Health Network
• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies: What are African-American's HIV Prevention Needs? [PDF; URL]
• Clinical Depression and African Americans
• Diabetes in African Americans
• MEDLINEplus: African American Health
• National Dental Association
• National Medical Association
• UM: African American Health Care Project
• US: CDC: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health - Michigan (PDF)

Health and the Hispanic and Latino Communities

• Health Care Information Resources -- Hispanic Health Links
• Hispanic Dental Association
• Latino-American Health Care and Medical Information
• Latino Health Information for Health Care Providers and Patients
• Latino Issues Forum (LIF): Latino Health Issues
• MEDLINEplus: Hispanic American Health
• National Council of La Raza (NCLR): Hispanic Health Issues and Information
• National Hispanic Medical Association (NMHA)
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health
• North Carolina Institute of Medicine: Latino Health Task Force Report
• Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science
• University of Northern Iowa: EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter: Health and Cultural Competency in Latino Communities
• US: NCHS: FASTATS: Hispanic Health Facts

Language, Multicultural Communication and Health Care

• One Stop Shops for Patients:
  • healthfinder
  • NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
• Collections, Terms and Glossaries:
  • National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM): Consumer Health Information: Multilingual Information
  • National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM): Consumer Health Information: Multilingual Information: Glossaries
  • University of Utah: Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library: The 24 Languages Project: Health Education Brochures in Multiple Languages
• Human translation:
  • DiversityRX: Bilingual Interpreter Services
  • DiversityRX: Selected Medical Interpretation Resources and References
  • UMHS: Multicultural Health
  • UMHS: Program for Multicultural Health
• Automatic translation:
  • NOTE: There are medical risks to relying on automated translators, which may distort the intended message.
  • Babelfish
  • Free-Translator.com
  • Foreignword.com
  • Foreign Language Translation Services Available Free on the Web
  • PROMT-Online: Free Translation Online
  • SYSTRAN - Information and Translation Technologies
• Spanish
  • MedLine -- Medical Online Information (Mexico)

Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender and Health Care

• 4woman.gov: Lesbian Health
• AMA: MS-JAMA: Special issue on Lesbian and Gay Men's Health
• BMJ: Lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgendered health
• Gay and Lesbian Abstracts (1997 & earlier - present; Access: UM affiliates only)
• Gay and Lesbian Association of Doctors and Dentists (GLADD)
• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
• Health Canada: Women's Health Bureau: Lesbian Health
• Health Care Information Resources: Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Health Links
• Homophobia As a Health Hazard: Report of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association / by Katherine A. O'Hanlan, M.D. et al.
• LesbianHealth.UK
• Medical Journal of Australia: Lesbian Health Inequalities (Ruth P. McNair)
• MEDLINEplus: Gay / Lesbian Health
• National Library of Medicine: Specialized Information Services: HIV/AIDS and Gay and Lesbian Health, HIV/AIDS Links Gay and Lesbian Health
• Seattle & King County: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Health
• US: SAMHSA: NCADI: Sexual orientation, LGBT health information