Diversity and Genetics

Diversity Resources

Language and cultural resources regarding health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities

Cross Cultural Health Care

DiversityRx, National Conference of State Legislatures, Resources for Cross Cultural HealthCare
EthnoMed, Ethnic medicine information, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, cultural beliefs and medical issues pertinent to health care of recent immigrants to Seattle, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world
Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links, Health Profiles, Government Offices (Amish, Buddhist, Christian Science, Hindu, Islam, Jehovah Witness, Judaism, Mormon, Quaker, African American, Alaskans, Native Americans, Asian and Pacific Islanders, Chinese, Cambodian, Hispanic, Hmong, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Native American,Thai,Tibetan,Vietnamese, Women)
Four Winds Food Specialists (FWFS), cultural nutrition, questions on cultural food habits, ethnic foods or ethnic ingredients
Center for Cross-Cultural Health, Minneapolis, MN
Center for Cross Cultural Research, curriculum, research, and publications in cross-cultural psychology
Cross Cultural Health Care Program, Pacific Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Multicultural Health Resources, Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
Multicultural Health Links, Australia

Cultural Resources

Center for Applied Linguistics, research and information about language and culture to educational, cultural,and social concerns
Human Languages Page - dictionaries, translation programs, cultural resources (Spanish, German, French, Russian, Vietnamese, sign language, other)
The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction, EMartin, book deals with a cultural analysis of reproduction, views of women from various cultural upbringing about woman's body and reproduction, background for health care in diverse settings (Sept, 1992, Beacon Press, ISBN 0807046191)

Minority Health

Minority Health Network, Global Health Network, experts in health and communications

Immigration and Migrant Health

Immigrant Policy Project of the State and Local Coalition on Immigration, National Conference of State Legislatures, policies
Migration Dialogueis, international migration and integration
Migrant Health Newsline of the National Center for Farmworker Health
Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees

Native Americans

Inupiaq - Alaska Native Cultural Profile, University of Washington, and Inupiaq Elder, Kotzebue Alaska, 1999
Tribal Connections in the Pacific Northwest, American Indian/Alaska Native Communities Health Resources, University of Washington

Asian and Pacific Islander Health

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Asian Pacific Islander (API ) health
Khmer Health Advocates (KHA), health assessments, mental health services, survivors of concentration camp syndromes for Khmer speaking peoples from Connecticut and Western Mass
Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project
Southeast Asian Archive, University of California, Irvine
WWW Hmong Homepage,history, culture, language, current events
The Cambodian Genocide Program, Yale University
General Health Care Status of Hispanics, Rice University, Texas
Asian Pacific Islanders Women's Health, Los Angeles District FDA, cancer screening in a variety of languages

Health Education Sites

Multicultural Health Communication, Australia, services to people of non-english speaking backgrounds
MultiLingual Health Education Net, translated health education materials, British Columbia health agencies

Health

Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Intergovernmental Health Policy Project, NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures)

Interpreting and Language Issues

Health Care Interpreting, Training, Standards and Testing (.pdf file)
Yamada WWW Language Guides, ~115 languages, ~112 fonts for 40 languages, pointers to: Yamada Font Archive, links to annotated list of language related news groups, language related mailing lists
iLoveLanguages, formerly The Human-Languages Page, many language, cultural resources
Animated American Sign Language

Translation Programs

Free Translation (English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish), text or web page

Translation service, AltaVista, Babelfish (Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, English)

Babylon translation program, free (English to Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Hebrew, Chinese)

Genetic Counseling for specific populations

Genetic Screening Directory, with focus on genetic disorders that affect the Jewish Community, Mazor Guide to Jewish Genetic Diseases
Jewish Genetic Disease Program, Saint Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center, Livingston, New Jersey [Bloom Syndrome, Canavan Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Fanconi Anemia (Type C), Familial Dysautonomia, Gaucher Disease, Niemann-Pick Disease (Type A), Tay-Sachs Disease]
Boys Town Research Registry for Hereditary Hearing Loss, Omaha, NE
Deafness and Hard of Hearing, Gallaudet University, Department of Biology and Medical College of Virginia, Department of Human Genetics
Spanish Genetics resources, web sites, health sites, education materials

Greek and Latin

Greek and Latin Learning Tools, Textkit

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