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Resources for Improving Cultural Competency
- EGT Cultural Competence CornerEach month, EGT highlights a different patient population and addresses diseases/conditions that disproportionately affects that group/community. Included in these issues are articles of interest on select clinical topics or populations, and guidelines with selected recommendations excerpted from the original guideline.
- Purnell Model for Cultural CompetenceExplanation of the Purnell Model
- U.S. Health Resources and Services Agency: Culture, Language and Health LiteracyList for resources to help care providers work with patients of diverse ages, ethnicities, cultures, and special populations.
- University of Washington Patient and Family Education Services: Culture CluesCulture Clues™ are tip sheets for clinicians. They are designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from diverse cultures and at the end of life.
Resources for Patient Education
- Medline Plus (multiple languages)Information on health conditions, diseases, and medication in multiple languages for care providers to use with patients. Language is at the health consumer level.
- Health Information TranslationsEducation resources in different languages for health care professionals to use with patients. The information is at the consumer level and is culturally appropriate.
- U.S. Committee For Refugees and Immigrants: Healthy Living ToolkitThe Healthy Living Toolkit is designed to educate refugees, immigrants, resettlement agencies, clinics and other service providers on refugee health issues. The toolkit presents material in a culturally appropriate manner and is available in multiple languages.
- Lippincott AdvisorThis is an expanding collection of more than 16,000 evidence-based entries and patient teaching handouts that will eliminate wasted time spent on unreliable Internet searches, empower your nurses with the knowledge and confidence to make clinical decisions, and facilitate delivery of care in both familiar and unfamiliar settings, as well as reduce the opportunity for error.