Links
List of Resources on Cultural Competence
1. Cultural Competence in Health Care
2. Mental Health Services
- National
- New York State
- New York City
3. Physical Health Services
- National
- New York State
- New York City
4. Culturally & Linguistically Specific Health & Mental Health Resources
- Hispanic/Latino/a
- Asian and Pacific Islanders
- American Indian and Alaska Natives
- African-American
1. Cultural Competence in Health Care
- Center for Cross Cultural Health
- Compendium of Cultural Competence Initiatives in Health Care
Kaiser family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/6067-index.cfm
- Cross Cultural Health Program
- DiversityDx
- Health Care Interpreter Network
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - Cultural Competence
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence
- National Center of Cultural Competence
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc
- National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
- Office of Minority Health (OMH) – Cultural Competence
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3
2. Mental Health Services
a) NATIONAL
- Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
- American Psychological Association
- Association of Pastoral Counselors
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Mental Health America (formerly known as) National Mental Health Association
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associations
- National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
- National Association of Social workers – New York State Chapter
- National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org/links.php
- National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
- National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations
- National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Mental Health Information Center
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Suicide Prevention Action Network USA
b) NEW YORK STATE
- Families Together in NYS, Inc.
- Mental Health Association in New York State, Inc.
- New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
- New York State Office of Mental Health
- New York Mental Health Counselors Association
c) NEW YORK CITY
- NAMI-NYC Metro
- NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Division of Mental Hygien
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/dmh/dmh.shtml
- Mental Health Association of New York City, Inc.
3. Physical Health Resources
a) NATIONAL
- Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
- Calculate Your Body Mass Index (BMI)
Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Heart Lung & Blood Institute, Obesity Education Initiative
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi
- Centers for Obesity Research and Education (C.O.R.E.)
- Healthfinder.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- National Medical Association
- Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Minority Health
https://www.thinkculturalhealth.org/
b) NEW YORK STATE
- Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS)
- Fit for Life; Disability and Health
New York State Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/prevent/fitlife1.htm
- Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)
- New York State Department of Health
- New York State Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
New York State Department of Health
http://www.nyhealth.gov/diseases/conditions/diabetes
- New York State Tobacco Dependence Resource Center
http://www.tobaccodependence.org/about
- Office of Minority Health
New York State Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/omh
- Strategic Plan for Overweight and Obesity Prevention
New York State Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ny.us/prevention/obesity/strategic_plan.htm
c) NEW YORK CITY
- Diabetes Prevention and control Program
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/diabetes/diabetes.shtml
- Get Healthy Harlem
- Greater New York Hospital Association (GNHA)
- Harlem Healthy Living (HHL)
http://www.harlemhealthyliving.com
- New York Association of Ambulatory Care
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml
- New York City Food & Fitness Partnership
http://www.nycfoodandfitness.org
- New York United Hospital Fund
4. Culturally & Linguistically Specific Health & Mental Health Resources
a) African-American
- African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network
- Black Mental Health Alliance
http://www.blackmentalhealth.com
- Black Psychiatrists of America
- Black Mental Health Alliance
- National Leadership Council of African American Behavioral Health, Inc
- National Organization for People of Color against Suicide
- New York Association of Black Psychologists, Inc.
b) American Indian and Alaska Natives
- American Indian Health
U.S. National Library of Medicine
http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov
- American Indian/Alaska Native National Resource Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
- Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health
- Indian Health Services
- National Center for American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research (NCAIANMHR)
http://aianp.uchsc.edu/ncaianmhr/ncaianmhr_index.htm
c) Asian and Pacific Islanders
- Asian American Psychological Association
- Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
- Center for the Pacific Asian Family
- National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
- National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
- National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO)
- New York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health
http://www.asianmentalhealth.org
- South Asian Public Health Association
d) Hispanic/Latino/a
- Association of Hispanic Mental Health Professionals
- Centros Para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
- Hispanic Federation
http://www.hispanicfederation.org
- HispanicHealth.Info
National Hispanic Medical Association
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- National Latino Behavioral Health Association
- National Latina Health Network
- National Association of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Social workers, Inc
- National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health
