Global

We need your input -- pilot test global standards for culturally competent care!

Type: Blog entry

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.

Tagged: Director's Notes, Organizational Cultural Competence, Standards, Organizational Assessments and Measurement, Global

The Globalized Patient: conference presentation in Taiwan

Type: Blog entry

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."

Tagged: Director's Notes, Global

Using peer groups to support behavior change: tell us your stories

Type: Blog entry

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

Tagged: behavior change, Director's Notes, peer education, peer support, US - National, Patient Education and Support, Community Education, Culturally Competent Care, Global

DiversityRx 2010 -- Highlights from a Diversity Practitioner

Type: Blog entry

By Mina Kini, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Texas Health Resources

Tagged: Baltimore, conference, Conference, DiversityRx 2010, US - National, Global

viaLanguage

Type: Organizational Profile

viaLanguage delivers healthcare translation and localization counsel and services to clients in all areas of the healthcare industry.

Where We are Now

Type: Blog entry

Four years ago, when I began working at NCQA, several projects were underway to address culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) and health care disparities in racial, ethnic and linguistic minorities.

Tagged: Your Voices, Global, Cultural Competence 101

Welcome to the new DiversityRx!

Type: Blog entry

In 1996, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care received a grant from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation to create one of the first websites devoted to culturally and linguistically competent health care.

Tagged: Director's Notes, Global

Putting on the final touches

Type: Blog entry

With over 700 people registered, the DiversityRx team is putting the final touches on the 2010 conference program, slated for October 18-21, 2010 in Baltimore, MD. The line-up of speakers and workshops is equally impressive:

Tagged: Conference, conference, DiversityRx, models, Organizational Cultural Competence, training, US - National, Culturally Competent Care, Global, Cultural Competence Training, Language Access, Policy, Research

Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Type: Organizational Profile

The Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity (CHFCD) in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (New Brunswick, New Jersey) was established in 1997, and is dedicated to leadership, advocacy, and excellence in promoting culturally-responsive, quality health care for diverse populations.

Tagged: Health Professions School, US - National, US - Northeast, Global

Cross Cultural Health Care Program

Type: Organizational Profile

Cross Cultural Health Care Program is primarily a training and consulting organization supported by a wide array of multilingual publications available for purchase through our online store, the Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) endeavors to enhance the abilities of health professionals to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate care.

Tagged: Community Based Organization, US - National, Global

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