SELECTED RESOURCES ON LANGUAGE ACCESS ISSUES
Federal Government
Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency Portal
http://www.lep.gov
Key Documents on Implementation of Executive Order 13166
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/13166.htm
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights and LEP Issues
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/lep/
Office of Management and Budget Report to Congress on Executive Order 13166 (March 2002)
http://www.usdoj.gov./crt/cor/lep/omb-lepreport.pdf
Institute of Medicine, "Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care" (2002)
http://www.nap.edu/books/030908265X/html/
Interpreter Associations and Resources
National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare Working Papers
http://www.ncihc.org/workingpapers.htm
California Healthcare Interpreters Association
http://www.chia.ws/
Other Resources and Reports
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
http://www.xculture.org/
Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
http://www.diversityrx.org/
Massachusetts Department of Public Health and LEP Issues
http://www.state.ma.us/dph/omh/interp/interpreter.htm
Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence, "Policy Brief on Linguistic Competence"
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu//nccc/ncccpolicy2.html
National Health Law Program, "Providing Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Settings: Examples from the Field" (May 2002)
http://www.cmwf.org/programs/minority/youdelman_languageinterp_541.pdf
Summit Health Institute for Research and Education and National Health Law Program, " Racial, Ethnic, and Primary Language Data Collection in the Health Care System: An Assessment of Federal Policies and Practices" (September 2001)
http://www.cmwf.org/programs/minority/perot_racialethnic_492.pdf
Access Project, "What a Difference an Interpreter Can Make" (April 2002)
http://www.accessproject.org/downloads/c_LEPreportENG.pdf
California Primary Care Association, "Providing Health Care to Limited English Proficient Patients: A Manual of Promising Practices"
http://www.cpca.org/resources/research/pdf/PPGuide.pdf
California Health Plans and Language Access Report (November 2001)
../languageaccess.htm
National Health Law Program, "Ensuring Linguistic Access in Health Care Settings: Legal Rights and Responsibilities" (January 1998)
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/kcmu4131report.cfm
