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Research where in the United States your culture has a large population.

Next, try going to the Migration Policy Institute's US Immigrant Population by State and County website. Look to the bottom right of the map for the drop down menu to Select Country/Region of Origin.

Once you find a city, go to Google to find a research, teaching or university hospital nearby for additional information.

Government Websites

Simply Put: A Guide for Creating Easy-to-Understand Materials: Simply Put from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) helps you transform complicated scientific and technical information into communication materials your audiences can relate to and understand. The guide provides practical ways to organize information and use language and visuals. This PDF guide will be useful for creating fact sheets, FAQ’s, brochures, booklets, pamphlets, and other materials, including web content.

Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring: This e-learning program is designed to help you deliver culturally and linguistically competent care. Cultural and linguistic competency is the capacity for individuals and organizations to work and communicate effectively in cross-cultural situations. Cultural and linguistic competency can help improve the quality of the care you deliver to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. *It is accredited for up to 9 continuing education credits, at no cost, for nurses and social workers.

Miscellaneous Websites

EthnoMed: The objective of the website is to make information about culture, language, health, illness and community resources directly accessible to health care providers who see patients from different ethnic groups. EthnoMed was designed to be used in clinics by care providers in the few minutes before seeing a patient in clinic. From Harborview Medical Center in Washington State.

Multi-Cultural Resources for Health Information - US Department of Health and Human Services: A list of various web resources complied by the United States Government; take a look at Cultural Competencies

World Health Organization