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Do Some Pre-Conference Networking!
Use this online tool
A new tool allows Diversity Rx conference attendees and presenters to
network with each other before, during and after the conference (September
21-24, Minneapolis). Registered participants can enter contact details
and information about expertise, organizations, and key projects. Others
attending the conference can search using the same criteria.
Get a Translated Guide to Emergency Prep
More than 40 languages on Drexel Site
This new online national
resource center focuses on the public health
preparedness needs of culturally diverse communities. A joint initiative
of the Drexel University School of Public Health’s Center for Health
Equality and the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Office
of Minority Health. Site features cross-referenced annotated resources
in over 40 languages.
Joint Commission Improves Website
Redesign offers easier navigation
The Joint
Commission’s Hospitals, Language, and Culture: A Snapshot
of the Nation study has updated and redesigned its website with easier
to navigate pages, downloadable reports and resources, and additional
links. Here’s where you can access information on Joint Commission
standards on language and culture issues.
CDC Compiles
Health Disparities Info
Bibliography simplifies research
This bibliography contains publication citations written by CDC staff and partners
since 2005. Included are peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters,
and
monographs focusing on the United States.
MedlinePlus Patient Info Now in Various Languages
2500 pieces in more than 40 languages
MedlinePlus now
includes a multilingual feature, providing access to high quality
health information in languages other than English and Spanish. The
collection
contains over 2,500 links to information
in more than 40 languages and covers nearly 250 health topics.
Disparities
TV Show Offers Great Web Resources
E-mail video clips plus interactive tools
This
site features
send-to-a-friend video clips of the recent 4-part PBS documentary series
on health disparities, Unnatural Causes,
as well as interactive activities, case studies, tools for action, a
directory of organizations that are working on health equity initiatives,
and a moderated forum.
What’s the Link between "Race" and
Genetics?
Casual use of term, "race," limits understanding
Human genome sequencing offers new tools to determine if health disparities
are actually due to biological differences. This
article discusses genetic
variation among African Americans and Hispanic Americans and its implications
for "race," and concludes that the casual use of "race" to
define groups in biomedical research limits understanding of the complex
disease etiology and risk factors driving health disparities.
Get Our New Guide on Using Translated Materials
Developed for Minnesota providers
Get tips on using translations for LEP patients
in this new Exchange-produced guide: In
Translation: How interpreters and providers can use translated health
education materials
for better
patient
care. This downloadable PDF also includes a cautionary note
about expecting interpreters to make sight translations of important
print
documents. Developed by The Exchange, this piece was also approved
by a panel of Minnesota interpreters.
New Materials in Exchange Library
Nearly 3000 translated materials available
online to members
Recently added or updated
materials include these translations in multiple languages:
- From the Centers for Disease Control, in English
and Spanish:
- Bacterial Vaginosis: The Facts
- Chlamydia: The Facts
- Gonorrhea: The Facts
- Genital Herpes: The Facts
- Genital HPV: The Facts
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: The Facts
- STDs and Pregnancy: The Facts
- Trichomoniasis: The Facts
- From Hospice Minnesota, in English and Hmong:
- From the Minnesota Department of Human Services:
- MFIP Self-Screen, in Arabic, Bosnian, English, Hmong, Khmer,
Lao, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese
- MHCP Individualized Education Program (IEP) Services, in Arabic,
Bosnian, English, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Oromo, Russian, Somali,
Spanish and Vietnamese
- Minnesota Health Care Programs, in English, Hmong, Russian,
Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese
- From the Multicultural Perinatal Network: in English,
Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese:
- Comfort Measures During Labor
- Newborn Babies Need…
- Newborn Babies… What People Worry About
- From the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants,
in English, Hmong and Russian:
- Keeping Your Baby Healthy
- Common Respiratory Illnesses
- Keeping Your Teeth Healthy
- Living with Disabilities in the United States
- Medicaid and Health Insurance
- Personal and Home Hygiene
- Healthy Pregnancy
- Watching Your Child Grow
- From the Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning,
in English, Hmong, Somali and Spanish:
- Autism: Is This Your Child?
Major diversity conference set for Minneapolis
Diversity Rx session is in September,
2008
Planners
for the sixth National Conference
on Quality Health Care for Culturally
Diverse Populations have
chosen Minneapolis as the
site for the September 2008
event. Previous years’ conferences
have
showcased developments in cultural
competence as an essential element
in
reducing
health disparities. Find proceedings
from the 5th annual conference
(and earlier), and learn more
about
the
conference at the Diversity
Rx website.
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