A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence 

Pennsylvania CASSP Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Cultural Competence. The Pennsylvania 

Model of Towards A Culturally Competent, System of Care [sic]. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania 

Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health, Bureau of Children's Services. no date.  

Pittman, Karen J. et al.  Making Sexuality Education and Prevention Programs Relevant for African 

American Youth.  Journal of School Health 62 (7) (Sept., 1992): 339 344.  

Shimen, David A. The Prejudice Book: Activities for the Classroom. New York: Anti Defamation League 

of B'nai B'rith. 1979.  

Thomas, Stephen B. and Quinn, Sandra Crouse.  The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972: 

Implications for HIV Education and AIDS Risk Education Programs in the Black Community.  American 

Journal of Public Health. 81 (11) (Nov., 1991): 1498 1505.  

Treadway, L. and Yoakam, J.  Creating a Safer School Environment for Lesbian and Gay Students.  

Journal of School Health, 62, (7) (Sept., 1992): 353.  

Suggested Additional Reading  

Bowser, Benjamin.  African American Culture and AIDS Prevention   From Barrier to Ally.  Cross 

Cultural Medicine   A Decade Later [special issues] Western Journal of Medicine. (Sept. 1992): 286 

289. 

Brindis, Claire.  Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention for Hispanic Youth: The Role of Schools, Families, 

and Communities.  Journal of School Health. 62 (7) (Sept., 1992): 345 351. 

COSSMHO (National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations). Hispanic Sexual 

Behavior: Implications for Research and HIV Prevention. Washington, DC: COSSMHO, 1991.  

Earls, Felton.  Health Promotion for Minority Adolescents: Cultural Considerations.  In Susan G. 

Millstein, Anne C. Peterson and Elena Nightingale, eds. Promoting the Health of Adolescent: New 

Directions for the Twenty first Century. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1993. 

Marin, Gerardo.  AIDS Prevention Among Hispanics: Needs, Risk Behaviors and Cultural Values.  

Public Health Reports 104 (5) (Sept./Oct., 1989): 411 415.  

Matens, Richard.  Cultural Sensitivity in AIDS Education for the Hispanic Community.  AIDS Patient 

Care (June, 1991): 140 142. 

Ramer, Leah. Culturally Sensitive Caregiving and Childbearing. Series 4 Nursing for the 21st Century. 

White Plains, NY: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 1992.  

Whitlock, Katherine. Bridges of Respect: Creating Support for Lesbian and Gay Youth. Philadelphia, PA: 

American Friends Service Committee, July, 1989.