Serving diverse populations

Cultural competency resources

Diverse Care - Tools to help achieve health equity

Patient panels are growing more diverse and needs are becoming more complex. It is important for providers to have the knowledge, resources, and tools to offer culturally competent care. Amerigroup District of Columbia, Inc. wants to help by offering the following comprehensive trainings and resources as we all work together to achieve health equity.

Comprehensive Trainings - Individualized care every patient deserves

My Diverse Patients
The My Diverse Patients website offers learning experiences, techniques, and helps you to provide the individualized care every patient deserves, regardless of their diverse backgrounds.

Cultural competency and patient engagement
A training resource to increase cultural and disability competency to help effectively support the health and healthcare needs of your diverse patients.

Caring for Diverse Populations toolkit
A comprehensive resource to help providers and office staff increase effective communication by enhancing knowledge of the values, beliefs, and needs of diverse patients.

Resources for populations we serve

Aging resources

• Center on an Aging Society

African American resources

• National Association of Black Cardiologists

• National Black Nurses Association

American Indian/Alaskan Native resources

• Association of American Indian Physicians

• Native American Cancer Research

• National Indian Council on Aging

• National Indian Health Board

Asian American/Pacific Islander American resources

• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum

• Chinese American Medical Society

• National Asian Pacific Center on Aging

Disability resources

• U.S. Department of Justice – ADA Requirements for Effective Communication

• Administration for Community Living DHHS

Hispanic/Latino American resources

• National Alliance for Hispanic Health

• National Hispanic Council on Aging

• National Hispanic Medical Association

LGBTQ resources

• Health Professionals Advancing LQBTQ Equality

• Creating an LGBT Friendly Practice