Effective health communication is as important to health care as clinical skill. To improve individual health and build healthy communities, health care providers need to recognize and address the unique culture, language and health literacy of diverse consumers and communities.
OMH's primary responsibility is to improve health and healthcare outcomes for racial and ethnic minority communities by developing or advancing policies, programs, and practices that address health, social, economic, environmental and other factors which impact health.
"RHIN is a national collaborative partnership that has created a database of quality multilingual, public health resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. Resources include: 1) Health education materials in various languages and formats (brochures, fact sheets, videos), and 2) Provider tools (including information on refugee populations and cultures)
The RHIN national partnership enables resettled refugees, asylees, their health care providers, and public health administrators to easily access information relevant to health conditions and health services." --RHIN
This site brings together a large number of multicultural health resources useful to students and practitioners. A table of contents organizes about 200 links into four groups: General Resources, Religious Groups, Ethnic Groups, and Other Populations.