Research Guides: Cultural Competency: Public Health Resources

Government Resources

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health (CDC)
"These pages provide information and resources on some of the health issues and inequities affecting LGBT communities. Links to other information sources and resources are also provided. Some of this information is designed for members of the general public. Other information has been developed for health care providers, public health professionals, and public health students."
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (NHQDR): Data Tools
Reports, State Snapshots, and National summaries across quality measures.
"Use the tools to inspect States as geographic areas for quality disparities in vulnerable populations"

GW Resources

Publications and Posters from the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity

Decision-Making Resources

Quality Assessment of Community Evidence (QACE) Tools
Tools developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tool (NCCMT) to
assess the quality of evidence for:
A) local health issues and local context; and
B) community and political preferences and actions.
Living health equity values in public health organizations: A review and dialogue-based tool
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2021). Antigonish, NS: NCCDH, St. Francis Xavier University.
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"Use this resource to
increase your understanding of the values that support health equity action in public health organizations;
support dialogue to increase alignment between organizational values and health equity action; and
articulate your organization’s core health equity values and identify opportunities to operationalize such values into action."

Additional Reading

Antiracism Resources for Epidemiologists & Public Health Researchers
Equity
National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
Collection of webinars, workshops, and presentations on topics at the intersection of environmental health and equity
Strengthening Culturally Competent Health Communication
Feinberg, I. Z., Owen-Smith, A., O'Connor, M. H., Ogrodnick, M. M., Rothenberg, R., & Eriksen, M. P. (2021). Health security, 19(S1), S41–S49. https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2021.0048
Environmental justice and policy research
BMC Collection, including "research about air pollution, sewage management, water systems management, drinking water quality, pesticides and much more."
The Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Primary Care Access for Underserved Populations: An Assessment of the Literature
Kona M, Houston M, Gooding N. The Milbank Memorial Fund. Published January 24, 2021.
Executive summary, full report, and five fact sheets.
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Part 1: Increasing the Availability of Primary Care Clinicians
Part 2: Bringing Outpatient Clinics into Communities
Part 3: Alleviating Structural Barriers to Obtaining Primary Care Services
Part 4: Removing Financial Barriers to Primary Care
Part 5: Ensuring Comfort and Communication in the Delivery of Primary Care Services
Actions to Transform US Preventive Services Task Force Methods to Mitigate Systemic Racism in Clinical Preventive Services
US Preventive Services Task Force, et al. (2021). JAMA, 326(23), 2405.
Also see Addressing Racism in Preventive Services Methods Report to Support the US Preventive Services Task Force

Podcasts

Pride In Our Health
"explore[s] a different LGBTQIA+ health topic each episode...The mission of Fenway Health is to enhance the wellbeing of the LGBTQIA+ community and all people in our neighborhoods and beyond through access to the highest quality health care, education, research and advocacy"