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National Center for Cultural Competence
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc/

 

Sponsor:

National Center for Cultural Competence
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Mission:

The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health care and mental health programs to design, implement and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems.

Focus:

  1. Disparities in health care delivery

  2. Policy development

  3. Incorporation of culturally competent values within organizations

Resources:

  1. Policy briefs

  2. Tools (guides and check lists)

  3. CC Exchange Newsletter

  4. Web Links (arranged in categories)

    1. Culturally and linguistically appropriate services to children
    2. Health care and cultural diversity issues
    3. Cultural competence skills and experts
    4. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/Infant Death
    5. Other related sites
  5. Annotated 500 item database that is searchable through pull-down menus

Last Update:

2002

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