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• MassChip – identify health disparities in your community with this tool

• Office of Minority Health Toolkit (PDF)

• Families USA Health Action 2004 Toolkit

Patient Education Links

• Partnership for Clear Health Communication

• Closing the Health Gap

Interpreter Services

• National Health Law Program

Municipality Resources

• National League of Cities

• Healthy Communities Checklist

Hospital Resources

• Health Research and Education Trust – eliminating disparities through community and hospital partnerships

Cultural Competence

• National Center for Cultural Competence

• Resources for Cross Cultural Care

Disease Specific

• Culturally Competent Prevention and Control of Asthma for American Indians and Alaska Natives

• REACH 2010

• Tools for Improving Quality of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs

• Report on Disparities in Asthma

• Reducing Cancer Health Disparities

Population Specific

• Health Disparities Among Older Immigrants to U.S. (PDF)

• Immigrant Health Care and Linguistic Access

• Native American Health

Provider Resources

• Why the Difference: Initiative to Raise Physician Awareness About Disparities in Medical Care

• Health Disparities Collaborative

• American Medical Association:  Ethics and Health Disparities

• Through the Physician's Eyes:  The Despair of Disparities

The Uninsured

• Families USA 2004 Toolkit

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