I. Language Access

A. Legal Rights and Responsibilities

1. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Ensuring Linguistic Access in Health Care Settings: An Overview of Current Legal Rights and Responsibilities.Los Angeles, CA: National Health Law Program; 2003.

The report focuses on the language access responsibilities under the Federal Civil Rights laws relevant to healthcare and coverage providers.
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/kcmu4131report.cfm  

B. Strategies for Increasing Language Access

1. Hablamos Juntos -- Resource Library

The Resource Library distributes useful tools and resources by Hablamos Juntos, a National Program Office for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Some of these resources include: Organizational Readiness Guides, interpreter services and non-English materials.
http://hablamosjuntos.org/resource_guide_portal/
default.resource_guide_portal.asp

2. C Brach, O Fraser, K Paez. Crossing the language chasm: an in-depth analysis of what language-assistance programs look like in practice. Health Affairs. 2005;24(2):424-434.

The study examines the connection between linguistic competence and healthcare quality. In addition, the study looks at the impact this relationship has on particular language-assistance practices.
http://www.nlbha.org/PDFs/Crossing_Language
_Chasm_424.pdf

C. Materials in Languages other than English

1. Hablamos Juntos -- Developing Quality Spanish Language Materials

This web site provides tools and materials to equip people in healthcare organizations to address Spanish language barriers.
http://hablamosjuntos.org/sm/default.index.asp

2. SAMHSA -- National Mental Health Information Center in Spanish

This web site provides mental health related publications such as pamphlets, booklets, fact sheets, posters, articles and videos in Spanish.
http://store.mentalhealth.org/espanol/

3. National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health.

The National Center maintains a wide range of health information in languages other than English.
http://www.mchlibrary.info/nonenglish.html

4. Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS) -- Multilingual Resources

The BRYCS web site offers some of its materials in more than 20 languages, ranging from Albanian to Vietnamese. http://www.brycs.org/brycs_topics.htm#multilingual



5. Preventive Health Information, Routine Immunization and Pandemic Preparedness Information for Limited English Speaking Persons
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/noneng.htm

D. Translation/Interpreter services

1. Hablamos Juntos -- Interpreter Services

This web site provides ways to increase the number and quality of health interpreters by providing training content, testing information, and community solutions.
http://hablamosjuntos.org/is

II. Cultural Competency

A. General

1. National Center for Cultural Competence -- Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development

This organization aims to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to create, implement and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems. The contents of this web site includes conceptual frameworks, health practitioner assessments, and training materials.
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc

2. Fleming M, Towey K. Delivering Culturally Effective Health Care to Adolescents. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association; 2001.

This workbook provides practical information to enhance communication with adolescent patients by offering suggestions for delivering individualized health care that is culturally effective.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/39/
culturallyeffective.pdf

B. Culturally Appropriate Mental Health

1. Center for Multicultural Human Services. Understanding, Preventing, and Treating Problem Behavior Among Refugees and Immigrant Youth. Falls Church, VA; 2002.

The report examines behavioral issues (i.e. violence) among refugees and immigrant youths in the U.S. to provide effective recommendations that can enable public and private health, education and social service agencies to better understand and address this complex issue.
http://www.brycs.org/documents/CMHS_publication.pdf

2. World Health Organization; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Mental Health of Refugees. Geneva, Switzerland; 1996.

This manual provides guidelines for people who work with refugees or other displaced persons.
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/publ/opendoc.pdf?tbl
=PUBL&id=3bc6eac74

3. SAMHSA -- Refugee Well-Being

This web site contains information about SAMHSA’s Refugee Well-being Program at the Center for Mental Health Services. This program provides refugee mental health consultation and technical assistance to Federal, State, or local agencies.
http://www.refugeewellbeing.samhsa.gov

4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, US Public Health Service, U.S. Surgeon General. Culture Counts (Chapter 2) in Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity—A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services; 2001.

This chapter within the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health takes an in depth look on the effects of culture and society on mental illness and related services.
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cre/ch2.asp

5. Saldana, D. Cultural Competency: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Service Providers. Austin, TX: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health; 2001.

This guide provides information that will enable mental health service providers to address cultural competency issues. These tools include necessary knowledge, skills, and attributes to developing cultural competence. In addition, the guide provides helpful ways for communication, evaluation, addressing cultural variability, and conducting effective outreach.
http://www.hogg.utexas.edu/PDF/Saldana.pdf

III. Evidence-based Interventions

A. Clinical Interventions

1. SAMHSA -- Center for Mental Health Services: Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Resource Kits

The kits encourage the use of evidence-based practices in mental health services. Featured toolkits include Family Psychoeducation and Co-Occurring Disorder and Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment.
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/communitysupport/toolkits

2. SAMHSA -- Model Programs: Effective Substance Abuse and Mental Health Programs for Every Community

This web site provides information about promising programs, effective programs, and model programs that have been reviewed by SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. In addition, the web site includes alphabetical listings of the programs and they can be compared or searched. 

http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/prevline/pdfs/BKD479.pdf


3. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health -- Cultural Adaptation: Providing Evidence-Based Practices to Populations of Color

This web site provides general information about the Cultural Adaptation Initiative and also provides useful definitions and cultural competency assessment tools.
http://www.hogg.utexas.edu/programs_cc.html

B. Whole School/Classroom-Based Interventions

1. The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

CASEL aims to enhance the success of children in school and life by promoting coordinated, evidence-based social, emotional, and academic learning as an essential part of their education from preschool through high school. The web site contains detailed information about the organization, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), projects and publications, and other SEL resources.
www.casel.org

2. Greenberg MT, Domitrovich C, Bumbarger B. Preventing mental disorders in school-age children: A review of the effectiveness of prevention programs. Philadelphia, PA: Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development; 2000.

The report examines current knowledge on the effectiveness of preventive interventions for reducing the risk or effects of mental health on school-age children. In addition, the report provides suggestions on how to improve the quality of program development and evaluation.
http://www.prevention.psu.edu/pubs/docs/CMHS.pdf

IV. Other Key Issues and Resources

A. Legal Issues

1. Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)

The ILRC works with immigrants and citizens to make legal assistance and social services accessible to all . The web site includes information about legal and community program, services and products for legal practitioners, online resources, and aid for immigrants (in English and Spanish).
www.ilrc.org

2. National Immigration Law Center (NILC)

The NILC aims to protect and promote the rights of low income immigrants and their family members. The Center provides services such as policy analysis and advocacy, impact litigation, and coalition and capacity building. The web site contains information about trainings and conferences, publications, and important developments that impact the lives on immigrants.
www.nilc.org

B. Building Collaboration and Partnerships

1. Dorfman D. Building Partnerships Workbook –– Strengthening Community Education: The Basis for Sustainable Community Renewal. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Rural Education Program; 1998.

The workbook provides information to community organizers on how to form networks and guide community development. It is useful for organizing community groups, discovering who wants to commit to the process, and practicing social relations.
www.nwrel.org/ruraled/publications/com_building.pdf

2. Stein BD, Kataka S, Jaycox LH, Wong M, Fink A, Escudero P, Zaragoza C. Theoretical basis and program design of a school-based mental health intervention: a collaborative research partnership. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2002;29(3):318-326.

The study describes a collaborative research model for school-based mental health services that specifically looks at recent immigrant children with violence-related mental health symptoms.
Click here for the abstract

3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Points of Wellness: Refugee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Toolkit. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Office of Global Health Affairs; 2005.

The toolkit shows community organizations how to find partners and resources and how to plan and carry out health promotion activities for refugees. It includes a manual, training guide and PowerPoint slides, an article on health promotion and disease prevention, and a video.
http://www.refugeewellbeing.samhsa.gov/products.aspx

C. Other Related Material

1. Malone N, Baluja KF, Constanzo JM, Davis CJ. The Foreign-Born Population: 2000, Census 2000 Brief. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau; 2003.

This report takes an in depth look into the distribution of the foreign-born population in the United States, regions, states, counties, and places with populations of 100,000 or more in 2000.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-34.pdf

2. Montemurro M, Lavelle J, Mollica RF. An Annotated Bibliography on Refugee Mental Health. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services; 2005.

This bibliography contains primarily materials in the published scientific literature on refugee mental health.
http://www.refugeewellbeing.samhsa.gov/level2/biblio.aspx

3. Brown JM, Council CL, Penne MA, Gfroerer JC. Immigrants and Substance Use: Findings from the 1999-2001 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, Office of Applied Studies; 2005.

The report provides information on the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use among immigrants aged 18 or older in the U.S. from 1999-2001.
http://oas.samhsa.gov/immigrants/immigrants.pdf

4. Jaycox LH, Stein BD, Kataoka SH, Wong M, Fink A, Escudero P, Zaragoza C. Violence exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depressive symptoms among recent immigrant schoolchildren. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2002;41(9):1104-1110.

The study examines the rate of violence exposure and associated symptoms among recent immigrant children in Los Angeles.
Click here for the abstract

D. Resources and Links

1. Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS)

BRYCS is a technical assistance project that aims to broaden the scope of information and increase collaboration among service providers for refugee youth, children and families. The web site includes targeted resources for educators and parents, multilingual resources, and a clearinghouse of selected resources related to refugee youth and child well-being. For more information about BRYCS, please contact Lyn Morland at 202-541-3354 or lmorland@usccb.org.
www.brycs.org

2. Shields MK, Behrman RE (Eds). Children of Immigrant Families: Analysis and Recommendations. The Future of Children, Princeton University and The Brookings Institution, 2004;4(2).

This publication includes an in depth look at the strengths and challenges of children growing up in immigrant families. It describes demographic related changes and their life circumstances, and economic and labor trends. Children of Immigrant Families intends to translate research into better policy and practice for children.
http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/Vol_14_No2_no_photos.pdf

3. National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) -- Columbia University School of Public Health

NCCP is dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. The web site includes a series of publications that address children in low-income immigrant families.
http://www.nccp.org/

4. Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)

GCIR seeks to move the philanthropic field to advance the contributions and address the needs of the world's growing and increasingly diverse immigrant and refugee populations. The web site provides fact sheets, statistics, publications, and other resources.
http://www.gcir.org/

5. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

ORR advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to refugee resettlement, immigration, and repatriation. ORR plans, develops and directs implementation of a comprehensive program for domestic refugee and entrant resettlement assistance. This site indexes ORR regulations, information on welfare reform, and Medicaid information.
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/orr/

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