Pediatrics Resource Guide

This site, sponsored by the Office of Minority Health, offers the latest resources and tools to promote cultural and linguistic competency in health care. You may access free and accredited continuing education programs as well as tools to help you and your organization provide respectful, understandable and effective services.

EthnoMed is Harborview Medical Center's ethnic medicine website containing medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups. Information is specific to groups in the Seattle area, but much of the cultural and health information is of interest and applicable in other geographic areas. EthnoMed is a joint program of the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries and Harborview Medical Center's Interpreter Services Department/Community House Calls Program (ISD/CHC).

The NCCC is a component of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD) and is housed within the Department of Pediatrics of the Georgetown University Medical Center.

HRSA's list of cultural competency links and resources.

An overview of Cultural Competency from OMH - also see other health disparities tabs

This document examines how cultural competence affects health care delivery and health outcomes, and it is sponsored by AHRQ and the Office of Minority Health (OMH).

Prepared by The California Endowment, this consensus document includes information on how to structure a cultural competence training program, as well as resources to assist in setting up a training program, to identify qualified trainers, and to assess the cultural competence of organizations and their personnel