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Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce (Prepublication Copy)
As the nation’s baby boomers turn 65 and older and are living longer lives, fundamental changes in the health care system need to take place, and greater financial resources need to be committed to ensure they can receive high-quality care.  Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce (Prepublication Copy) examines the nation’s readiness to meet the social and health care needs of elderly people.
Aging Among Southeast Asian Americans in California
Created by the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, this is a summary report of findings from The Aging Among Southeast Asian Americans in California Conference held in October 2003.
Are We Caring for Our Elderly? Health and the Aging Laotian
The Asian American population in the United States is growing at an astonishing rate. This publication takes a look at the Laotian population, which as a refugee and immigrant group, has unique and varied needs, and brings to light the topic of refugee health care.
Barriers to Care: Hmong Experiences with the Sacramento Health Care System
Health Rights Hotline, funded by The California Endowment, provides advocacy services to help ensure access to health care for newly arriving Hmong refugees and their sponsoring families. This report analyzes data collected from Hmong individuals who contacted the Health Rights Hotline regarding health care access problems or questions.
Improving Cultural Competency in Children’s Health Care: Expanding Perspectives
This report examines steps to address disparities in children’s health care and to advance the ability of organizations to provide culturally competent care.
Multicultural Health 2002: An Annotated Bibliography, Prepared March 2002
This is a follow-up piece to an earlier annotated bibliography published at The Endowment. It is designed to provide a glimpse into the unique health needs of underserved populations.
Multicultural Health: Setting the Stage for Innovative and Creative Approaches, Prepared July 1999
The field of multicultural health has been overlooked for far too long. The California Endowment is proud to present this annotated bibliography - Multicultural Health: Setting the Stage for Innovative and Creative Approaches - to serve as a compass for those who strive to improve the health of California's diverse residents.
Safe Place to Learn
Consequences of harassment based on actual or perceived orientation and gender non-conformity and steps for making schools safer are the focus of this report created by the California Safe Schools Coalition.
Southeast Asian American Elders in California
Created by the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, this report contains demographic data of the Southeast Asian American elders in California gleaned from the 2000 Census as well as survey results from a needs assessment of Mutual Assistance Organizations and Faith-Based Organizations.
The San Diego Transgender Assessment Report 2006
The San Diego Transgender Assessment Report 2006, prepared by the Family Health Centers of San Diego, examines the health needs of San Diego's transgendered community.
The State of Black Los Angeles
Funded by The California Endowment and produced by the Los Angeles Urban League and United Way of Greater Los Angeles, this report presents key indicators that measure the equality of conditions for ethnic groups in Los Angeles and provides an action agenda for improving communities.
Women, Health and Aging: Building a Statewide Movement
More than 75 percent of low-income seniors are women. To consider effective strategies to address the growing needs of older persons in California, The California Endowment commissioned a series of research papers to provide an overview of current policy and program environments that affect the state's most vulnerable elder population.
Giving Voices to the Voiceless: Language Barriers & Health Access Issues of Black Immigrants of African Descent
Immigrants of African descent in California have been systematically marginalized within the health care system. This report by the Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc., takes an initial step toward identifying language and cultural issues that impede access to culturally competent health care for this population.

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