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Whether it is a book, video, DVD, learning guide, publication, web link or any other resource that you are looking for, our Diversity Library has a wealth of information about diversity. If you cannot find what you are looking for or have a diversity-related question, please contact us at 403-943-0205 or email diversity.services@albertahealthservices.ca and we will do our best to provide the information that you need.

Valuable resources that will help you become more diversity competent:

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Alternative Format Guidelines
Avoiding Common Communication Errors
Communicating Effectively in a Diverse Workplace
Communicating Effectively with People with Disabilities
Communicating with Diverse People
Checklist for Communicating Effectively with people who have limited English Proficiency
Cross-Cultural Profiles
Cultural Competency Check Card This is a quick reference card for professionals to illicit questions to support families in diagnosis.
Diversity Competency Checklist for Health Programs and Services This resource supports practitioners in having a hands-on tool to refer back to in preparation of meeting a family.
Enhancing Cultural Competency-A Resource Kit for Health Care Professionals
How to work Effectively with an Interpreter
Immigrant and Refugee Women's Health Practices: A Guide for Health Care Professionals. From Postpartum to menopause this guide discusses cultural practices as well as the behaviours of some immigrant/refugee women.
Inclusive Language Booklet
Multicultural Competencies Practice Tool This is an in-depth assessment tool looking at awareness of client's worldview, awareness of professionals world view and knowledge and skills regarding practice with cultural diverse families.
What To Do If You Have Made a Cultural Mistake

Diversity and Alberta Health Services Home Diversity Competency Resources Publications Demographics Programs & Services Health Info. for Diverse Populations Community Partners Contact Us	Diversity and Alberta Health Services Diversity Resources Diversity Library On-line Diversity Competency Self-Assessments \| Diversity FAQ's \| Diversity Library \| Diversity Definitions \| Health and Diverse Populations \| Research & Publications Whether it is a book, video, DVD, learning guide, publication, web link or any other resource that you are looking for, our Diversity Library has a wealth of information about diversity. If you cannot find what you are looking for or have a diversity-related question, please contact us at 403-943-0205 or email diversity.services@albertahealthservices.ca and we will do our best to provide the information that you need. Valuable resources that will help you become more diversity competent: Books Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education All Our Sisters: Stories of Homeless in Canada A Manual of Structured Experiences for Cross-Cultural Learning Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees & Immigrants Beyond the Narrow Gate Bioethics Beyond the Headline: Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides? Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada Caring For Patients from Different Cultures: Case Studies from American Hospitals Bullets on the Water: Refugee Stories Children in War Chinese Whispers: Cultural Essays Communication Highwire: Leveraging the Power of Diverse Communication Styles Coping with the Final Tragedy: Cultural Variation in Dying and Grieving Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication Cross-Cultural Caring: A Handbook for Health Professionals Cross-Cultural Dialogues: 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Difference Cross-Cultural Practice: Assessment, Treatment, and Training Cross-Cultural Rehabilitation: An International Perspective Cultural Context of Health, Illness, and Medicine (The) Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services Culture and Clinical Care Culture and Health Culture-Infused Counselling: Celebrating the Canadian Mosaic Culture and the Clinical Encounter: An Intercultural Sensitizer for the Health Professions Destination Canada: Immigration Debate and Issues Differences in Medicine: Unraveling Practices, Techniques, and Bodies Discrimination, Harassment, and the Failure of Diversity Training: What to Do Now Diversity at Work: The Business Case for Equity Diversity, Culture and Counselling: A Canadian Perspective Diversity Directive: Why Some Initiatives Fail and What to Do About It (The) Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out Ethnocultural Factors in Substance Abuse Treatment Experiencing Difference Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories, and Synthetic Cultures Handbook of Racial-Cultural Psychology and Counselling: Training and practice (Vol. II) Health, Healing, and Religion: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Health and Illness: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia Healthcare Professional's Guide to Clinical Cultural Competence (The) In the Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment: Developing Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills Lessons from the Intersexed Making it Happen: A Non-Technical Guide to Project Management Managing Intercultural Conflict Effectively Promoting Health in Multicultural Populations: A Handbook for Practitioners Race, Ethnicity, and Health: A Public Health Reader Refugees as Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese in America Removing Barriers II: Keeping Canadian Values in Health Care Responding to Diversity in the Metropolis: Building an Inclusive Research Agenda Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank Strangers at the Gate: The 'Boat People's' First Ten Years in Canada The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures Transcultural Nursing: Assessment & Intervention Unequal Relations: An Introduction to Race, Ethnic and Aboriginal Dynamics in Canada Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Westerners Who Can Ride the Dragon? An Exploration of the Cultural Roots of Traditional Chinese Medicine Worlds of Illness: Biographical and Cultural Perspectives on Health and Disease You & Yours PDF's Alternative Format Guidelines Avoiding Common Communication Errors Communicating Effectively in a Diverse Workplace Communicating Effectively with People with Disabilities Communicating with Diverse People Checklist for Communicating Effectively with people who have limited English Proficiency Cross-Cultural Profiles Cultural Competency Check Card This is a quick reference card for professionals to illicit questions to support families in diagnosis. Diversity Competency Checklist for Health Programs and Services This resource supports practitioners in having a hands-on tool to refer back to in preparation of meeting a family. Enhancing Cultural Competency-A Resource Kit for Health Care Professionals How to work Effectively with an Interpreter Immigrant and Refugee Women's Health Practices: A Guide for Health Care Professionals. From Postpartum to menopause this guide discusses cultural practices as well as the behaviours of some immigrant/refugee women. Inclusive Language Booklet Multicultural Competencies Practice Tool This is an in-depth assessment tool looking at awareness of client's worldview, awareness of professionals world view and knowledge and skills regarding practice with cultural diverse families. What To Do If You Have Made a Cultural Mistake
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