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Online Toolkit
Chapter 1: Collecting Information on Race and Ethnicity
  Resources on Collecting Race/Ethnicity Data

 

Sample survey
  Data pilot: overview and results
  Articles on Collecting Race/Ethnicity Data:
  Commonwealth Fund Toolkit for collection of race and ethnicity
  Hospital practices for collection of patient information to address health care disparities

Chapter 2: Measuring Health Disparities
  Resources on Measuring Health Disparities
  Sub-Committee members
  Clinical treatment data by race and ethnicity
  Model to facilitator quality improvement rounds focusing on health disparities
  Articles on Measuring Health Disparities
  Kaiser Family Foundation: Differential Access to Treatment and Testing for Black Patients.
  University of Michigan: Tool to Measure and Understand Health Disparities
  Schulman Report

Chapter 3: Diversifying the Health Care Workforce
  BPHC Model Practices
  Boston Area Health Education Center (BAHEC)
  Health Crew
  Resources on Workforce Diversity
  Elements of a successful career ladder program.
  Elements of a comprehensive health careers program.
  Local Best Practice:
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  Boston Private Industry Council
  JP Neighborhood Development Corporation
  Partners Health Care Career Ladder Initiatives

 

Articles on Workforce Diversity
  Sullivan Commission
  Health Care For All Physician Diversity Project
  IOM Report Unequal Treatment

Chapter 4: Improving Cultural Competence at Your Hospital
  Resources on Improving Cultural Competence
  BPHC Cultural Competence Assessment Tool
  Diversity & Cultural Proviciency Assessment Tool for Leaders
  National Center for Cultural Competence
  Critical Measures: E-Learning course on acculturation
  HPHC Foundation institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills
  Implicit Assumption Test
  Articles on Improving Cultural Competence
  American Journal of Managed Care, September 2004 – Series on Cultural and Linguistic Competence

Chapter 5: Including the Community in Institutional Decision-Making Processes
  BPHC Model Practices
  Boston Healthy Start Initiative
  REACH 2010 Breast and Cervical Cancer
  REACH Boston Elders
  Local Best Practices
  Cherishing Our Hearts and Souls
  MetroBoston HIV/AIDS Coalition
  Articles/websites:
  Workplace Diversity”, Society for Human Resource Management, 1999
  Calvert Online, Issue Brief, Board Diversity, (Oct. 2002) ("Diverse boards offer expanded perspectives and have been shown to improve the quality of corporate deliberations and policymaking.")
  The Meaning and Impact of Board and Staff Diversity in the Philanthropic Field”, Joint Affinity Groups, May 2002

 
  
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