For You: Providing Preventive Care

Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture -- The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture was developed to help physicians and other health care providers understand the role of culture in the patient/provider relationship.

Summary of Promising Programs to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities -- Despite amazing advancements in disease prevention and medical technology during the past century, evidence suggests that minorities still receive lower quality health care than do white Americans.

AAFP Immunization Resources -- Schedules for adults and children from the AAFP, CDC and other organizations

Diversity Rx's "Why Language and Culture Are Important" -- Diversity Rx is a clearinghouse of information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees and other diverse populations seeking health care.

Immunization Action Coalition -- Free publications for clinicians and patients

Eliminate Health Care Disparities -- The CDC's wide-ranging program aimed at eliminating health care disparities

National Minority Quality Forum -- The goals of the National Minority Quality Forum are to build public/private partnerships, foster cultural competency among health care providers, encourage health education and training and expand the use of state-of-the-art technology.