Training: A Cultural Competency Training of Trainers Institute
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
An intensive 5-day course for organizations to meet mandates and recommendations for culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
April 22-26, 2013 in Seattle, WA.
Tag Archives: Cultural Competency
NJMS TB newsletter
Resource: TB & Cultural Competency newsletter #16- Assessing Ourselves
New Jersey Medical School, Global Tuberculosis Institute
Discusses a TB outbreak among immigrants working at a tomato packing plant in Maryland whose primary language was not English. Also includes information on assessing the cultural competency of an organization.
Refugees from Burma Health Profile
Resource: Refugees from Burma Health Profile
Refugee Health Technical Assistance Center and the Center for Applied Linguistics
Designed for health care professionals and others helping new refugee arrivals, this health profile provides basic information about refugees from Burma, their health experiences, and cultural beliefs that may influence their approach to health.
Making Children’s Mental Health Services Successful- Organizational Cultural Competence
Resource: Making Children’s Mental Health Services Successful- Organizational Cultural Competence
University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research & Training Center for Children’s Mental Health
Findings from a review of cultural competence assessment tools designed for use at the organizational level. The study aimed to identify and describe measurable organizational factors that lead to cultural competence in organizations and are therefore associated with increasing service accessibility for racially/ethnically diverse children with serious emotional/behavioral disorders.
Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
Event: The Eighth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
Presented by: DiversityRx
Audience: Physicians, clinical health care professionals, interpreters, health plan administrators, government agency representatives, researchers and students.
March 11-14, 2013, Oakland, CA
“Intercultural Competency” Webinar
Event: “Intercultural Competency” Webinar
Presented by: Higher
Audience: education professionals, trainers
Discuss different forms of training, training design, and tools for teaching adult learners.Webinar will provide examples and case studies from training experts.
Sept 20, 2012, 3-4pm EST
“Opening Doors” Disability Booklets
Resource: “Opening Doors” Disability Booklets
Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association
These booklets examine the perceptions of disability within particular culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia and are available in multiple languages.
“Enhancing the Delivery of Health Care” Report
Resource: “Enhancing the Delivery of Health Care” Report
Office of Minority Health and Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Provides recommendations to integrate culturally competent care and provide behavioral health care in locations that minority populations currently visit.
A new clinic model for refugee health care: Adaptation of cultural safety
In the Literature: A new clinic model for refugee health care: Adaptation of cultural safety. Reavy K, Hobbs J, Hereford M, Crosby K. (2012). Rural Remote Health.
Tips and Strategies to Promote Culturally-Sensitive Care around Refugee Women’s Health
Resource: Tips and Strategies to Promote Culturally-Sensitive Care around Refugee Women’s Health
RHTAC
Includes recommendations on how to serve refugee women and identify their special needs.