Research Guides: Cultural Competency: Additional Resources

Awareness in Writing and Publishing

On Racism: A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities
Health Affairs Blog, July 2, 2020.
DOI: 10.1377/forefront.20200630.939347
Bias-Free Language (APA)
"The guidelines for bias-free language contain both general guidelines for writing about people without bias across a range of topics and specific guidelines that address the individual characteristics of age, disability, gender, participation in research, racial and ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality. These guidelines and recommendations were crafted by panels of experts on APA’s bias-free language committees."
Inclusive Language: AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
Power and Language in Medical Education
Doobay-Persaud, A., Ngongo, W., Whitfield, S., & Saffran, L. (2020). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 31(5), 120-127. doi:10.1353/hpu.2020.0143.
Diversity Style Guide
"This guide, initially a project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism at San Francisco State University, brings together definitions and information from more than two dozen style guides, journalism organizations and other resources."
When a cardiologist flagged the lack of diversity at premier medical journals, the silence was telling
STAT. April 12, 2021.
The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals (JAMA)
February 22, 2021.
Updated Guidance on the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals (JAMA)
JAMA. August 17, 2021;326(7):621-627. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.13304
Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts (AMA)
From the AMA Center for Health Equity
"Designed for physicians and other health care professionals, the Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts provides guidance and promotes a deeper understanding of equity-focused, first-person language and why it matters."
Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation of Editors at Leading Medical and Scientific Journals: A Cross-sectional Survey
Salazar, J. W., Claytor, J. D., Habib, A. R., Guduguntla, V., & Redberg, R. F. (2021). JAMA Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2363
"We developed and administered a survey to assess the diversity of editors at leading medical and scientific journals."

Professional Advocacy & Related Legislation

Fenway Health: Advocacy
"Fenway Health advocates for legislation and budget priorities that align with its mission to serve the LGBTQIA+ community, those living with HIV/AIDS, and those who are vulnerable to health care access inequities. Health care inequity is a social justice issue that impacts BIPOC communities, people who are LGBTQIA+, people who inject drugs, people experiencing homelessness, and other marginalized communities. We are committed to breaking down barriers and working towards the principle that healthcare is a right, not a privilege."
Fenway Health: #TransYouthMatter Resources & Talking Points
Fenway Health Policy Brief: State bills restricting access of transgender youth to health care, school facilities, and school athletics threaten health and well-being

DEI Funding Opportunities

NIH Common Fund’s Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) program

Additional Resources for Terms and Definitions

11 Terms You Should Know to Better Understand Structural Racism
Aspen Institute. July 2016
Health Equity Terms (ASTHO 2018)
"ASTHO [Association of State and Territorial Health Officials] conducted an informal survey with its employees to understand which terms are used most frequently to discuss health disparities, health equity, and minority health. This list is not all-encompassing, nor does it capture all the nuances of the terms, some of which may be more politically or culturally sensitive"
Power and Language in Medical Education
Doobay-Persaud, A., Ngongo, W., Whitfield, S., & Saffran, L. (2020). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 31(5), 120-127. doi:10.1353/hpu.2020.0143.
Pronouns Matter
UCSF Lebian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center
Racial Equity Tools Glossary
Writing About Race, Racism, and Disease Risk
CommunicateHealth. August 20, 2020
"name racism — not race — as a risk factor for disease, when that’s what we’re really talking about."
Diversity Glossary
Penn State College of Medicine provides "basic working definitions to help guide discussions"

Cultural Competency Podcasts

Short Wave: Should Black People Get Race Adjustments In Kidney Medicine? (episode)
January 2021. 14 minutes.
Short Wave: The Importance of Black Doctors (episode)
July 2020
Grapevine Health (podcast)
Addressing Race and Racism in Medical Education (Podcast Episode)
Academic Medicine Podcast. Sep 14, 2020
#222 Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Medicine Utibe Essien MD, MPH (Curbsiders)
Curbsiders. June 25, 2020.
Antiracism in Medicine: Clinical Problem Solvers (Series)
Race Correction in the UTI Guidelines [Cribsiders]
"This short [12-minute] companion episode to our Pediatric UTI episode dives deeper into the race correction factor present in the UTI guidelines"

Mobile Apps

Disasters and Religions App
"created by the National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN), New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS), and the University of Southern California Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC)"

Comics

Black Mothers Face Far Worse Health Outcomes. How Do We Fix It? by Whit Taylor
24 February 2020
African-Americans Are More Likely to Distrust the Medical System. Blame the Tuskegee Experiment.
26 February 2018

Websites and Working Groups

Structural Competency Working Group

Cultural Competency: Additional Resources

Awareness in Writing and Publishing

Professional Advocacy & Related Legislation

DEI Funding Opportunities

Additional Resources for Terms and Definitions

Cultural Competency Podcasts

Mobile Apps

Comics

Websites and Working Groups

Social Media

Twitter Hashtags