Julia Puebla Fortier's blog

In just a few weeks, the White House Office of Public Engagement will host a Champions of Change event focused on immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs – the best and brightest from around the world who are helping create American jobs, grow our economy, and make our nation more competitive.

Let's nominate someone from the world of cross cultural health care! Read more »

As we review the Eighth DiversityRx Conference in Oakland that took place last week, we'd like to hear from you about what the future holds for the field of health equity and diversity, and what stories you have from your work. Please fill out this short survey: Read more »

We are looking for health care organizations that can pilot test a tool to improve the accessibility, utilization and quality of health care for migrants and ethnic minorities. Read more »

Do you have a health program or research project on culturally diverse patient populations that you'd like to share with your colleagues? Read more »

I'm at the International Health Promoting Hospitals conference in Taipei, Taiwan this week and for the first time, immigrant and minority health was on the agenda for a plenary session. I was very pleased to give the presentation "The Globalized Patient: Adapting Health Systems for Mobile, Migrant and Minority Populations."  Read more »

Help put multicultural health on the list of the 20 great challenges facing health care!
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From conferences to standards development to community language resources, the field of diversity and health is active around the world. Here is a sample:
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On April 28, 2011, DiversityRx will be hosting a webinar, The Power of Peers: How Social Groups Can Drive Behavior Change for Health --  A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tina Rosenberg
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The New York Times has featured several good articles recently on health, culture, communication, and immigration:

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We get some great discussions on our CLAS-talk email discussion list and occasionally we share them here. They have been edited for brevity and clarity.

Questions

What are the differences between diversity training and education in cultural competency? How are these terms used and why does it matter? Read more »