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Sponsor:

The National Conference of State Legislatures
Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundations

Mission:

Promoting language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities.

Focus:

  1. Linguistic competence in health care delivery

  2. Cultural competence in health care delivery

Resources:

  1. Essentials

    1. Orientation to basic issues and concerns

    2. Demographics and Statistics (Facts, figures, definitions, opinions)

    3. Experts speak out

    4. Glossary

  2. Models and Practices

    1. Summary of strategies available to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers

    2. Bilingual interpreter services, practice, and associations

    3. Research and reports

    4. Language education programs

    5. Translation

    6. Cultural competence training

    7. Cross cultural health programs and initiatives

    8. Community action

  3. Policy

    1. Federal laws

    2. Organizational policies and protocols

    3. Costs

  4. Legal Issues

    1. Overview

    2. Reports

    3. Laws

  5. Networking

    1. Face to face

    2. Hot links

    3. News and calendar

 

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