Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC)
http://iccnetwork.org/ and http://ccc.iccnetwork.org/
The Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC) is the largest national, not-for-profit organization that promotes policies, programs, partnerships, and research to eliminate the unequal burden of health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities and priority populations in the United States and its associated territories. Baylor College of Medicine assumes fiscal and organizational management for the Intercultural Cancer Council and provides the Council with a national office and Web sites. The ICC Web sites include news updates, contacts across the ICC National Network, information about the regional meetings on minorities, the medically priority and cancer, as well as a variety of other resources. The ICC’s Cancer Fact Sheets (http://iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/) and the Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Care Professional’s Passport pocket guide (http://iccnetwork.org/pocketguide/) are two of the most popular resources provided.
Eliminating Disparities in Clinical Trials (EDICT) Project
http://www.bcm.edu/edict/
The Eliminating Disparities in Clinical Trials (EDICT) project is entering its 5th year, and is devoted to assessing problems and prescribing policy solutions related to improving participation of underrepresented groups in clinical trials. The Website includes a downloadable booklet of Policy Recommendations, a Reading Room consisting of short thought pieces, and other resources.
EDICT BackPack Project
http://www.bcm.edu/edict/backpack/
The EDICT BackPack Project compiles information about policies, programs, projects, promising practices, and other resources that have been demonstrated to help eliminate disparities in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups in clinical trials and other research. Visitors are invited to review posted protocols and also to contribute additional nominations.
EDICT CLAS-ACT Project
http://www.bcm.edu/edict/clas-act/
The goal of The EDICT CLAS-ACT Project is to increase implementation of CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards in clinical trials and other research activities. These standards were developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH). Web-based and downloadable CLAS-ACT self-assessments help researchers and research organizations to implement these standards consistently and systematically from participant recruitment through all study phases.
CDRC’s Multicultural Patient Care Web Site
http://www.bcm.edu/mpc/
The Center’s Multicultural Patient Care Web site provides users with tools and knowledge to help inform encounters with patients from different cultures. Culture and its effects on interpersonal interactions are influenced by a broad spectrum of individual and social qualities, such as race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, class, gender, and socioeconomic status. While none of these cultural contributors stands alone in determining a patient’s “culture,” each one distinctly shapes the individual patient and the interactions you will have with him/her.
