Web
Sites
Chapter 5: Culture & Ethnicity
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/
Search here for information and links on health disparities, cultural
attitudes toward health ethics, and cultural competency; from the
United States National Institutes on Health.
University
of California at Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute
http://www.npi.ucla.edu/
Find the Center for Culture and Health, presenting current research
projects on culture and health.
Cross
Cultural Health Care Program
http://www.xculture.org/
Describes a Seattle, Washington organization that provides cultural
competency training, interpreter training, research projects, community
coalition building, and other services.
National
Association of Hispanic Nurses
http://www.thehispanicnurses.org/
Website for the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, whose purpose
is to serve the health needs of the Hispanic community and the professional
needs of Hispanic nurses.
National
Black Nurses Association
http://nbna.org/
Describes an organization dedicated to the investigation, definition,
and advocacy for the health care needs of African Americans and
to the implementation of strategies to ensure access to all.
Office
of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov/
Describes United States Department of Health and Human Services
program to improve the health of minority people, including statistical
data, information about conferences, and information about minority
health.
Bureau
of Primary Health Care
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/
Describes the relationship between quality care and culture and
provides links to order governmental documents on the topic of Quality
and Culture.
Transcultural
Nursing Society
http://www.tcns.org/
Provides information about transcultural nursing, access to Dr.
Madeleine Leininger’s web pages, information about the Journal
of Transcultural Nursing, and membership information.
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