Training Brief

Cultural Competence

Georgetown University's MCH Navigator is pleased to work with the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) in development of this list of online trainings and resources for use by the Title V workforce in addressing cultural and linguistic competency as a way of improving health outcomes and removing barriers to care.

Table of Contents

• Trainings from the MCH Navigator
• Resources from the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)

Trainings from the MCH Navigator

• Cultural Competence and Global Leadership. Date Developed: 1/1/2011. Source: Maternal & Child Health Public Health Leadership Institute. Presenter(s): David Steffen, Ph.D., Virginia Suarez, Ph.D. Type: Narrated Slide Presentation. Level:Introductory. Length: 60 minutes.
• Health Care Beliefs and Practices among Native American Patients. Date Developed: 10/19/2010. Source: National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) User Call Series. Presenter(s): Rick Haverkate, M.P.H.. Type:Webinar Archive. Level: Intermediate. Length: 60 minutes.
• Infusing Cultural and Linguistic Competence into Health Promotion Training. Date Developed: Unknown. Source: National Center for Cultural Competence. Presenter(s): Suzanne Bronheim, PhD; Tawara Goode. Type: Video. Level: Introductory. Length: 90 minutes.

Resources from NCEMCH

Meta Resources

• Culturally Competent Services Resource Brief. Directs readers to the key national websites that cover cultural and linguistic competency and connects them to other NCEMCH resources on related topics such as minority health organizations and translation tools.

Online Resources

• U.S. Office of Minority Health, Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care. 2011. Think cultural health. Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Minority Health, Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care.
• Goode TD. 2010. A guide for using the Cultural and Linguistic Competence Family Organization Assessment Instrument. Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, 28 pp.
• National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention, Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. [2009]. Cultural and linguistic competence (CLC) [toolkit]. Newton, MA: National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention,
• Bronheim S, Dunne C, Goode T. 2009. Rationale for cultural and linguistic competence in Maternal and Child Health Bureau-funded training programs. Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, 4 pp.
• Martinez K et al. 2010. A systems of care team guide to impementing cultural and linguistic competence. Washington, DC: Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health, 14 pp.
• Goode T, Jones W. 2007. A guide for advancing family-centered and culturally and linguistically competent care. Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, 23 pp.
• Goode TD, Jones W, Dunne C, Bronheim S. 2007. And the journey continues... Achieving cultural and linguistic competence in systems serving children and youth with special health care needs and their families. Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, 56 pp.

February 2014; Updated September 2015