Web-based resources-homelessness and health

• National Health Care for the Homeless Council & Clinician's Network
  HCH 101, and many resources for adapting your practice for individuals living homeless
  
  
• Health Disparities Collaboratives
  Best practices in chronic disease management, including self-management goals.
  
  
• National Resource Center on Homelessness & Mental Illness
  Homelessness Resource Center: Best practices and training opportunities with a focus on substance abuse and mental illness.

• Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity
  Offers technical assistance and consultation related to cultural competency education and training developed by three practicing physicians at the Manhattan Cross Cultural Group; uses a patient-based approach. Quality Interactions (online cross cultural curriculum)
  
  
• Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring
  This is a free online educational program from the Office of Minority Health (OMH) . It is designed specifically for nurses and is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The course features video-based case studies and interactive tools that can be completed anytime and anywhere to accommodate busy nurses.
  
  
• National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
  The CLAS standards are primarily directed at health care organizations; however, individual providers are also encouraged to use the standards to make their practices more culturally and linguistically accessible. The principles and activities of culturally and linguistically appropriate services should be integrated throughout an organization and undertaken in partnership with the communities being served.
  
  
• A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care
  Also from the Office of Minority Heath, the cultural competency curricula offers information about a variety of cultural, language services and organizational issues using a variety of engaging case studies and real feedback from providers in health care settings. This program equips physicians with awareness, knowledge, and skills to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population they serve and earn CME, CNE and CEU credit.
  
  
• OMH Introduces Language Services Guide for Healthcare Organizations
  A Patient-Centered Guide to Implementing Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations is now available from OMH. The guide is intended to help healthcare organizations implement effective language access services to meet the needs of their limited-English-proficient patients, and increase their access to health care
  
  
• The Washington State Department of Public Health offers a great resource to help health care providers serving diverse populations of patients. A law passed in 2006 requiring all health care providers licensed by the department to receive multicultural health awareness education and training. The Cultural Competency in Health Services and Care -- A Guide for Health Care Providers is a tool in that effort. This guide is intended to increase the knowledge, understanding, and skills of those who provide health care in cross-cultural situations.
  
  
• The Providers Guide to Quality & Culture
  Health disparities, cultural competence, a quiz, and more. From the Bureau of Primary Health Care
  
  
• Culture Clues
  Tip sheets for clinicians, designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from the diverse cultures served by University of Washington Medical Center.

• Washington State Coalition for the Homeless Advocacy
  Training and education on issues of homelessness in Washington State
  
  
• Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness
  Local information and statistics about homelessness. Information about the one night count, advocacy information and encouragement, and much more.
  
  
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
  A nationwide federation of public, private, and nonprofit organizations devoted to ending homelessness. Includes discussion forum.
  
  
• Committee to End Homelessness
  The Committee to End Homelessness (CEH) is a broad coalition of government, faith communities, nonprofits, the business community and homeless and formerly homeless people working together to implement the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in King County
  
  
• National Center for Homeless Education
  Best practices in addressing the educational needs of homeless youth and children.
  
  
• Center for Social Innovation
  Online training opportunities.

• Bevel Up
  A documentary about street nursing in Vancouver, BC
  
  
• Street Medicine
  Delivering health care on the streets of Santa Barbara, CA