Rehabilitation & Various Culture Groups in the United States

Links to Resources

1. Rehabilitation Providers Guide to Cultures of the Foreign-born (2002)
   1. http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/mseries.html#series

   Published by the Center for International Rehabilitation Research Informatiopn and Exchange (CIRRIE). Cultural Groups: Mexico, China, Philippines, India, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, Korea, El Salvador, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti.

2. The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture (2003)
   1. http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English

   A website sponsored by the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, and Management Sciences for Health (MSH). Cultural Groups: Sub-Saharan Africans, Hispanics/Latinos, African Americans, Arab Americans, Muslims, Native Americans/American Indian/Alaska Natives, Central Asians, South Asians, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Eastern Europeans.

3. A Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics (2001)
   1. http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/leftf.html

      Includes a core curriculum and ethnic specific modules. Published by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services. Cultural Groups: African American, American Indian / Alaska Native American, Hispanic / Latino, Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Pakistani, Southeast Asian

4. Disability, Diversity, and Dissemination (1999)
   1. http://www.ncddr.org/du/products/dddreview/culturalother.html# descriptionsethics

   A review of the literature on topics related to increasing the utilization of rehabilitation research outcomes among diverse consumer groups. Published by the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research. Cultural Groups: African American, Hispanic, Asian Pacific, and American Indian.

5. National Multicultural Interpreter Project (2000): A Curriculum for Enhancing Interpreter Competencies for Working Within Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities.
   1. http://www.epcc.edu/Community/NMIP/Welcome.html

   Published by the National Multicultural Interpreter Project, El Paso Community College. Supported by a grant from the US Department of Education (OSERS Grant H160c50004). Cultural Groups: African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino.

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