Topic Resources

ETHNOGERIATRICS AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE FOR NURSING PRACTICE

Government information agencies

Easley, C., Charles, G. (Kauaqlak), Graves, K. (2004). Our View of Dignified Aging: Qualitative Report Conferences of Alaska Native Elders. National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Elders. University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska.

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (2004, November). Older Americans 2004, Key indicators of well-being. Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office.

National Center for Cultural Competence. Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems.
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu//nccc/

The Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum. A national advocacy organization dedicated to promoting policy, program and research efforts to improve the health and well-being of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. http://www.apiahf.org/

The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO). A national association representing community health organizations dedicated to promoting advocacy, collaboration and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders within the United States, its territories and freely associated states, primarily through member community health centers. http://www.aapcho.org/

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Administration on Aging Statistics on the Aging Population: http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/statistics.asp

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Aging home page: http://www.hhs.gov/aging/index.shtml

United States Department of Health and Human Services: The Office of Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/


Last updated - July 2006