Dental Health and Medicine: Cultural Competence

From the Health Resources & Services Administration

Organized by topic and designed to be clear and to follow best practices in health literacy. From MedlinePlus.

From the University of Iowa. "Use these terms in place of medical jargon, wherever you feel they might be better understood."

Information about the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Part of the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

From the CDC.

Links to a variety of cultural competence self-assessments. From the National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University.

From MedlinePlus

From MedlinePlus

From the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. Provides overviews and information about specific medical conditions for Blacks/African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders.

Medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups. Specific to groups in the Seattle area, but much of the cultural and health information is of interest and applicable in other geographic areas. Cultures include Cambodian, Chin, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Hispanic/Latino, Hmong, Iraqi, Karen, Nepali-speaking Bhutanese, Oromo, Somali, and VIetnamese, with some information for Burmese, Congolese, and Marshallese.

Links to MedlinePlus pages with information for different cultural groups including American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Asian American Health, Black and African American Health, Latino and Hispanic American Health, LGBTQ+ Health, Men's Health, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health, Older Adult Health, Veterans and Military Family Health, and Women's Health.