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Health Disparities Resources

  • Facilitator's Guide and PowerPoint, Medical School Curriculum: “Stopping Discrimination before it Starts: the Impact of Civil Rights Laws on Healthcare Disparities.” – A collaboration of OCR, the National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals, and Stanford University School of Medicine. (MedEdPORTAL: Pub Id #7740)

  • Addressing Heath Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency – Unified Health Communication on-line training course to improve patient-provider communication. (Health Resources and Services Administration)

  • CDC Health Disparities Topics – Information on populations identified to be at-risk for health disparities. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

  • Health Care Language Services Implementation Guide – Interactive web-based planning tool for implementing language access services. (Office of Minority Health)

  • National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals – A collaboration of eighteen US medical schools to address health disparities through innovative education programs. Consortium funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. (National Institutes of Health)

  • National Healthcare Disparities Report (2009) – Summary of health care quality and access trends among various racial, ethnic, and income groups and other priority populations. (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

  • Priority Populations – Information regarding the delivery of healthcare to low-income individuals, minority groups, women, children, the elderly, and individuals with special health care needs. (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

  • Think Cultural Health: Bridging the Health Gap through Cultural Competency Continuing Education Programs – Resources and tools to promote cultural competency in health care. (Office of Minority Health)

  • WomensHealth.gov – Information, programs and resources devoted to minority women's health. (Office on Women’s Health)



Content created by Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Content last reviewed November 30, 2015
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