Knowledge Center

Cultural Competency

• A Global Perspective on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Era of Antiretroviral Treatment
  This article reviews the role of CAM in HIV treatment and the implications of CAM use for Antiretroviral Treatment uptake and adherence.
  Source: Pubmed 2011
• HIV In Communities of Color: The Compendium of Culturally Competent Promising Practices: The Role of Traditional Healing in HIV Clinical Management
  Source: AIDS Education and Training Center National Multicultural Center (AETC-NMC) at Howard University College of Medicine 2011
• Language, culture and emotions: exploring ethnic minority patients' emotional expressions in primary healthcare consultations
  This study explores ethnic minority patients' expression of emotional cues and concerns in primary healthcare, and examines relationships with patient, provider and consultation attributes.
  Source: Pubmed 2011
• Complementary and alternative medicine use among Asian Indians in the United States: a national study. Asian Americans use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) at a higher rate than Americans. This national study on Asian Indians (AIs), the third largest Asian-American subgroup in the United States, examined the CAM use by gender and its association with acculturation, health behaviors, and access to health care .
  Source: PubMed 2010
• Development and evaluation of a complementary and alternative medicine use survey in African-Americans with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
  The purpose of the current study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a culturally- and stage-of-disease-appropriate measure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among a population of African-American individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) using a mixed-method design. 
  Source:  JACM 2010
• Equitable access to HCV care in HIV-HCV co-infection can be achieved despite barriers to health care provision, Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2010; 6: 207–212.
• A Patient-Centered Guide to Implementing Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations
  This 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.
  Source: Office of Minority Health 2010
• Language Barriers and the Use of Interpreters in the Public Health Services. A Questionnaire-Based Survey
  This study aims to examine cross-cultural communication in health-care settings, which has implications or equal access to health services. 
  Source: PubMed 2010
• Equitable access to HCV care in HIV-HCV co-infection can be achieved despite barriers to health care provision, Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2010; 6: 207–212.
• AETC-NMC Documents
  • http://aetcnmc.org/documents/BESAFE_AfrAmr.pdf
  • http://aetcnmc.org/documents/BESAFE_latino.pdf
  • http://aetcnmc.org/documents/NativeAmr_Bk.pdf
  • http://aetcnmc.org/documents/API_BeSafe.pdf
  • http://aetcnmc.org/documents/BeSafe_Spanish.pdf
  • http://aetcnmc.org/documents/CompendiumBk.pdf
  • http://aetcnmc.org/documents/Compendium_Book_Healing.pdf
• http://www.diversityrx.org
• http://www.ethnomed.org
• http://cccm.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov
• Office of Minority Health: National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)

HIV/HCV

• Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, & Treatment of Viral Hepatitis, Updated 2014-2016
• Unique Patient Populations: Patients with HIV/HCV Co-Infection, IDSA, April 2015
• Testing, Evaluation, and Monitoring of Hepatitis C
• HIV and Viral Hepatitis
• HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis, March 2014
• Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents Updated: Apr. 12, 2022
• Treatment Barriers and Best Practices for Newcomers Living with HIV/HCV, Ontario HIV Treatment Network, November 20, 2014
• Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Hepatitis, NCBI, 2014
• African Americans and Hepatitis, NCBI, 2013
• Hepatitis C and HIV Co-infection, National AIDS Trust 2012
• American Indians/Alaska Natives and Hepatitis, NCBI 2012
• Paintsil E, He H, Peters C, Lindenbach BD, Heimer R. Survival of hepatitis C virus in syringes: implication for transmission among injection drug users. J Infect Dis. 2010;202(7):984-990. Available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20726768
• Viral Hepatitis Populations
• Piroth L, Larsen C, Binquet C, et al. Treatment of acute hepatitis C in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: the HEPAIG study. Hepatology. 2010;52(6):1915-1921. Available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21064156
• http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Statistics/2012Surveillance/Table2.1.htm
• http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Statistics/index.htm
• http://www.cdc.gov/aids2012/diseases/hepatitis/
• http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/guidelines/domestic/screening-hiv-infection-domestic.html
• http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/1000/p58.html
• http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/guidelines/domestic/hepatitis-screening-guidelines.html