Addresses the broad cultural issues that influence the health of individuals and families living in ethnic minority communities throughout the United States. The Seattle, Washington-based Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP), established in 1992, serves as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to culturally and linguistically appropriate quality health care. The Web site provides information on a number of CCHCP’s programs, including cultural competency and interpreter training, community coalition-building activities, research projects, and other services. Its online library contains bilingual medical glossaries, interpreter handbooks, and other books on topics relevant to immigration and ethnic communities in the U.S.; instructional videos as well as videos dealing with the cultural beliefs and history of different ethnic communities; articles on a range of subjects including beliefs about illness, dying, and death as well as best health care practices for cross-cultural settings; and profiles of specific ethnic communities, from Arab to Ukrainian. Also available through the site are pertinent government documents and links to other Web sites containing information about cultural competency, interpretation and translation, and relevant health care organizations.
