The following resources have been gathered to supplement the Curricula Enhancement Module Series.

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Cultural Self-Assessment Resources

A Youth Leader’s Guide to Building Cultural Competence, Chapter 2: Self-Assessment.
Downloaded January 2004 from http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/guide/chapter2.htm

Afterthoughts on “A World Waiting to be Born: Strategies to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities” Conference. November 2003. Electronic newsletter from the Connecticut Health Foundation. Available at http://www.cthealth.org/matriarch

Appendix C: Strengths, Opportunities, Challenges and Barriers, Roundtable National Analysis from Canada, Voice in Health Policy. Downloaded September 2003 from http://www.projectvoice.ca/Roundtable_Report_AppendixC.html

The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA) (2007). On cultural competency and ethical practice. Retrieved June 1, 2009 from http://www.aota.org/Practitioners/Ethics/Advisory/36525.aspx

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) (June, 2008). Blueprint for teaching cultural competence in physical therapy education. Retrieved June 1, 2009 from http://www.apta.org/AM/TemplateRedirect.cfm?Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=49349

Cartwright, B. Y., Daniels, J., & Zhang, S. (2008). Assessing multicultural competence: Perceived versus demonstrated performance. Journal of Counseling & Development, 86(3`), 318-322.

Dolhun, E. P., Muñoz, C., & Grumbach, K. (2003). "Cross-cultural education in U.S. medical schools: Development of an assessment tool." Academic Medicine, 78(6), 615–622.

Jeffreys, M. R. (2006). Teaching cultural competence in nursing and health care: Inquiry, action, and innovation. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

National Association for School Psychologists (NASP) The provision of culturally competent services in the school setting. Retrieved March 30, 2009 from http://www.nasponline.org/resources/culturalcompetence/provision_cultcompsvcs.aspx

National Association for Social Workers (NASW) (2007). Indicators for the achievement of the NASW Standards for cultural competence in social work practice Retrieved May 25, 2009 from http://www.socialworkers.org

Robins, L. S., Alexander, G. L., Wolf, F. M., Fantone, J. C., & Davis, W. K. (1998). "Development and evaluation of an instrument to assess medical students' cultural attitudes." Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association, 53 (Suppl. 3), 24–127.

Sedlacek, W. E., & Kim, S. H. (1995). "Multicultural assessment." ERIC Digest. Downloaded March 2003 from ERIC database.

The National Center for Cultural Competence, including self-assessment checklists for Promoting Cultural Diversity and Cultural Competence, at http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc/products.html

Other links of interest are at http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc/links.html

Whealin, J. M., & Ruzek, J. (2008). Program evaluation for organization cultural competence in mental health practices. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 39(3), 320-328.

Tools for Self-Assessment of Cultural and Linguistic Competence
(Cultural Self-Assessment: Appendix A)

Agency Cultural Competence Checklist (1992). Dana, R. H., Behn, J., & Gonway, T. See description in Dana, R. H. (1998). "Cultural competence in three human service agencies." Psychological Reports, 83, 107–112.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (2009). Self-assessment for cultural competence. Retrieved March 15, 2009 from http://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/self.htm

California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale (no date given). Gamst, G., Dana, R., Der-Karabetian, A., Aragon, M., Arellano, L., Morrow, G., & Martenson, L. A CBMCS user’s manual is available upon request from Glenn Gamst, e-mail: gamst@ulv.edu

Cross-Cultural Counseling Inventory Revised (CCCI-R) (1991). LaFramboise, T., Coleman, H., & Hernandez, A. Contact Dr. LaFramboise at http://ed.stanford.edu/suse/faculty/displayRecord.php?suid=lafrom

Cultural Competence Program Self-Assessment (1995). Claudia Dengler, Amherst Wilder Foundation. Contact at http://www.wilder.org

Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Instrument (2002) revised, Child Welfare League of America. Available http://www.cwla.org/pubs/pubdetails.asp?PUBID=8401

Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Protocol for Health Care Organizations and Systems (no date given), developed by Dennis Andrulis, Thomas Delbanco, Laura Avakian, and Yoku Shaw-Taylor. Available at http://erc.msh.org/provider/andrulis.pdf

Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Questionnaire (1996). James Mason, Chemeketa Community College, 4000 Lancaster Drive, NE, P.O. Box 14007, Salem, OR 14007.

Gamst, G., Dana, R. H., Der-Karabetian, A., Aragon, M., Arellano, L., Morrow, G., et al. (2004). Cultural competency revised: The California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale. Measurement and evaluation in counseling and development, 37(3), 163-183.

Gozu, A., Beach, M. C., Price, E. G., Gary, T. L., Robinson, K., Palacio, A., et al. (2007). Self-administered instruments to measure cultural competence in health professionals: A systematic review. Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal, 19(2), 180-190.

Language Assistance Self-Assessment and Planning Tool for Recipients of Federal Financial Assistance (2002). Interagency Working Group on LEP, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice. Available at http://www.lep.gov/selfassesstool.pdf

Multicultural Cultural Competence Survey (2001). Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). Available for download with instructions from http://www.aucd.org/councils/multicultural/resources.htm

Massachusetts Cultural Council Organizational Self-Assessment Tool (2003). Available at http://www.massculturalcouncil.org/services/org_assessment.pdf

Nosek, B., Banaji, M., & Greenwald, T. (1998-2008). Implicit Association Tests. These assessments (IATs) were developed by social psychologists who sought to provide a new way for individuals to examine their own hidden biases. IATs are available for examining implicit attitudes and beliefs about a variety of topics, including disability, sexuality, race, and gender. Retrieved June 1, 2009 from https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html

O'Brien, R., Kosoko-Lasaki, O., Cooke, C. T., Kissell, J., Peak, F., & Williams, E. H. (2006). Self-assessment of cultural attitudes and competence of clinical investigators to enhance recruitment and participation of minority populations in research. Journal of the National Medical Association, 98(5), 674-682.

Organizational Self-Study on Cultural Competence for Agencies Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect (1991). Terry Cross, National Indian Child Welfare Association, Inc. Contact organization at http://www.nicwa.org

Roysircar, G. (2004). Cultural self-awareness assessment: Practice examples from psychology training. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35(6), 658-666.

Switzer, G. E., Scholle, S. H., Johnson, B. A., & Kelleher, K. J. (1998). "The Client Cultural Competence Inventory: An instrument for assessing cultural competence in behavioral managed care organizations." Journal of Child and Family Studies, 7, 483–491.

Toward Culturally Competence Care: A Toolbox for Teaching Communication Strategies (2002). Mutha, S., Allen, C., & Welch, M. Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco. See http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/cnetwork/resources/curricula/diversity.html