From Exclusion to Destitution: Race, Affordable Housing, and Homelessness
George R. Carter III, U.S. Census Bureau Download Research (PDF)
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Ethical and Cultural Issues
Community Health Centers in US Inner Cities: From Cultural Competency to Community Competency
James Jennings, PhD Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University Download Research (PDF)
Cultural Competence Checklist
From the Communication & Connection Tool Kit in Shelter Health: Essentials of Care for People Living in Shelter by Ken Kraybill & Jeff Olivet | National Health Care for the Homeless Council Download Research (PDF)
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Outreach to People Experiencing Homelessness: A Curriculum for Training Health Care for the Homeless Outreach Workers
See Module 2D: Cultural Competence in Outreach Download Research (PDF)
Addressing Cultural and Linguistic Competence In the HCH Setting: A Brief Guide
By Jennifer Holzworth, National Health Care for the Homeless Council Download Research (PDF)
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Healing Hands: Paso a Paso: Step-by-Step Toward Cultural Competence
Achieving cultural competence — the ability to communicate effectively across different linguistic and cultural traditions — is necessarily a gradual process. For clinicians, this requires close examination of health-related attitudes and beliefs — their clients’ and their own. The following articles suggest some steps that homeless health care providers can take to begin the journey.
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Organizing Health Services for Homeless People
A Practical Guide (Second Edition 2001) | Marsha McMurray-Avila, National Health Care for the Homeless Council- Includes a chapter on cultural competency (pp. 268 – 273) Download Research (PDF)
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