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General Resources Regarding Minority Populations

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Minority Health Program (Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services)

Wisconsin Minority Health Statistics (Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts web site)

General
Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity, 2001 Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1999

Culturally Specific Health Resources (SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services, U.S. DHHS)

National Center for Cultural Competence (Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development)


Specific Issues
Stigma of Mental Health with New Immigrants 

Substance Abuse resources now available in multiple languages from the Multi-Language Initiative of the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture (The Provider's Guide is part of Management Sciences for Healths Electronic Resource Center, which is funded in part by the U.S. Agency for International Development.)

Minority Women's Health (listing of agencies and initiatives to combat the health disparities suffered by minority women by The National Women's Health Information Center, U.S. DHHS)

Culturally Competent Crisis Response: Information for School Psychologists and Crisis Teams (National Association of School Psychologists)