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Annotated list of links to resources on TransculturalÌýMental Health

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP)


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by Dr. Yutang Lin

: Recommendations for National Standards and an Outcomes-Focused Research Agenda

(Missouri Institute of Mental Health Program In Consumer Studies and Training)

, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world. For a summary of these groups see Features of Major Refugee and Immigrant Groups Seen at Central Seattle Health Clinics.

  • Pearls of Cross Cultural Care (collection of links pertaining to Clinical Cross-Cultural work)
  • Topics in General Cross Cultural Health Care
  • Ethnic Medicine Guide: Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington: Mental Health Issues of Resettled Refugees By Richard Ater, RN, University of Washington, November 18, 1998
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, Harvard Review of Psychiatry


Selecting, training and supporting key outreach staff
Community House Calls, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.


A series of six features about and 12 personal essays from women worldwide, "Voices Heard" culminated in Monitor Radio's coverage of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing Aug. 30 to Sept. 8, 1995.

in the context of war and its stresses.

Ìý(Queensland Government) has sponsored the development of the following guides to support the provision of culturally-sensitive health care in hospitals and community health services.

  • : Provides suicide prevention training programs in Alberta, Canada and around the world.
  • : A booklet produced for Queensland Health by the Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, The University of Queensland. It derives from research conducted to identify cultural and linguistic issues among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, which affect their use of hospital services, their understanding of procedures within hospitals, and the quality of care provided to them.
  • : Guidelines to Practice Providing Care to Patients from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds. This is a reference booklet on linguistic and cultural issues in hospital care. It is designed to inform and guide staff to enhance the quality and cultural sensitivity of health care. Target Audience: Health professionals in hospital settings

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