Dr. Vivian Chávez MSW, a California-based public health professional produced a short film exploring cultural humility through storytelling, music, and interviews, highlighting lifelong learning, power differentials, and accountability to build trust, address inequities, and create more inclusive systems and relationships. Watch this 30-minute video to expand your understanding of Cultural Humility and it’s impact in home visiting.
Resource: Cultural Humility: People, Principles, and Practices
The Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) developed this Haitian cultural backgrounder to support refugee service workers in providing culturally responsive care to Haitian families who have resettled or migrated to the U.S. This Haitian cultural backgrounder includes information on the history, language, family, social life, and cultural considerations for U.S. cultural integration, among others. Due to the rapid changes in immigration policy, please refer to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services website for information on legal status changes that may not be reflected in this resource.
Switchboard adapted a cultural backgrounder on Afghanistan, originally produced by Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange, to support refugee service workers in providing cultural responsive care to Afghan families who have resettled in the U.S. This Afghanistan cultural backgrounder includes information on the historical context, languages, holidays, traditions, and family dynamics, among other topics.
The Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) developed this Syrian cultural backgrounder to support refugee service workers in providing culturally responsive care to Syrian families resettled in the U.S. This Syrian cultural backgrounder includes information on the history, language, family, social life, and cultural considerations for U.S. cultural integration, among others.
In this two-part series, Welcoming America explains the meaning of language access and gives you the fundamental tools to distinguish language access tools and work effectively with language access tools to support limited English proficiency families in your program.
Switchboard created a cultural backgrounder on Ukrainians to support refugee service workers in providing cultural responsive care to Ukrainian families who have resettled in the U.S. This Ukrainian cultural backgrounder includes information on the historical context, languages, holidays, traditions, and family dynamics, among other topics.
The Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) developed this Congolese cultural backgrounder to support refugee service workers in providing culturally responsive care to families resettled in the U.S. from diverse ethnic groups from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This Congolese cultural backgrounder includes information on the history, language, family, social life, and cultural considerations for U.S. cultural integration, among others.
The Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) developed this Rohingya cultural backgrounder to support refugee service workers in providing culturally responsive care to Rohingya families resettled in the U.S. This Rohingya cultural backgrounder includes information on the history, language, family, social life, and cultural considerations for U.S. cultural integration, among others.
Switchboard created a cultural backgrounder on Afrikaners to support refugee service workers in providing cultural responsive care to Afrikaner families who have resettled in the U.S. This Afrikaner cultural backgrounder includes information on the historical context, languages, holidays, traditions, and family dynamics, among other topics.
Bridging Refugee Children & Youth Services (BRYCS) created this toolkit to support staff who work with refugee families in utilizing cultural backgrounders to effectively provide culturally responsive care.
Resource: Using Cultural Backgrounders in Work with Newcomers
