Just a friendly reminder that publications from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are available in many languages, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Spanish. The translated resources can be found here: http://www.medicare.gov/publications/multilanguage.asp
Below are some interesting articles and reports for reading.
1) Who owns health inequalities?
2) Diversity in the Health Professions- A New Report
3) Modest and Uneven: Physician Efforts to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
4) Racial discrimination and health: A systematic review of scales with a focus on their psychometric properties
Proposals for the 2010 National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations are due February 1, 2010. The conference will be held October 18-21, 2010 in Baltimore, MD. The theme for the conference is “Improving health care for culturally diverse populations: A new place on the national health agenda.” They are currently requesting [...]
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! A Senate Briefing on the Cost-Savings of Reducing Health Disparities in Health Reform September 22, 2009 — 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Capitol Visitor Center, Senate Meeting Rooms (SVC) 208 & 209 In order to build support for health reform and inform congressional Members and staff about health and health care disparities, the [...]