Minority Health

Literacy and Readings

Books

• Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder, Publisher: Random House, Inc., August 2004 
• The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman, Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, September 1998 
• Purnell's Model for Cultural Competence, by Larry D. Purnell & Betty L. Paulanka, Publisher: F. A. Davis Company, September 2004 
• Transcultural Health Care-A Culturally Competent Approach, by Larry D. Purnell & Betty L. Paulanka, Publisher: F.A. Davis Company; 2nd Bk&Cdr Ed, November 2002 

Links

• DHSS Office of Minority Health
• Departmento de Salud y Servicios Humanos Oficina de Salus de las Minorias
• CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
• CDC Oficina de Salud de las Minorias
• National High Blood Pressure Education Program
• On-Line Cultural Competency Training

Reports

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. (2001).
  National Standard for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care Final Report
  (Contract No. 289-0039). Rockville, MD: IQ Solutions, Inc.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000)
  Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health
  2nd ed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office
• Center for Immigration Studies. (2001).
  Sussex County Data: Legal Immigration
  Retrieved July 7, 2003 from the Federation for American Immigration Reform Web site
• Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice. (n.d.)
  Core Competencies with Skill Levels
  Retrieved November 11, 2003 from Trainingfinder Web site

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