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Transcultural Nursing Journals

These are just a sample of relevant journals. You will be prompted to log in when you click on these links.

Journal of Transcultural Nursing
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Formerly Journal of Immigrant Health
Journal of Gender, Culture and Health

Transcultural Nursing Web Sites

EthnoMed
The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
Native Health Research Database
Medical Informatics for the Hispanic Center of Excellence
From the University of Arizona. Some of the informatinis limited to the Southwest region.
SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages
SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages is a joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library is supported by a grant from the New England Region
Asian American Health
Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.
DiversityRx Resources
DiversityRx is a clearinghouse of information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees and other diverse populations seeking health care.
Office of Minority Health
The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities.
Culturediversity
Culturediversity.org is a non profit organization, dedicated to increasing awareness to the issues of Transcultural Nursing, to promote cultural diversity in nursing, and propose solutions when problems of bias or conflict arise.
Migration Information Source
A project of the Migration Policy Institute, the Migration Information Source provides data from global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends.
REFUGEE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK - RHIN
Based at Georgetown University, RHIN is a national collaborative partnership that has created a database of quality multilingual, public health resources. Provider tools (information on refugee populations, cultures) Links to related websites'.
National Center for Cultural Competence
“The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems.”
National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
“The CLAS standards are primarily directed at health care organizations; however, individual providers are also encouraged to use the standards to make their practices more culturally and linguistically accessible. "
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
"The Cross Cultural Health Care Program is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 whose mission is to help ensure underserved communities full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate."