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Job Opening at CCHCP!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) is seeking a Community Outreach and Communications Coordinator.
Seattle, WA
2010 IMIA International Conference on Medical Interpreting
Friday, September 3, 2010 - Sunday, September 5, 2010
Boston, MA
National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
Monday, October 18, 2010 - Thursday, October 21, 2010
Baltimore, Maryland
Second Annual Trainers' Symposium
Friday, June 10, 2011
9:00 am
- 5:30 pm
Las Vegas, NV
to be announced
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CCHCP presents at the WSSDVS Annual Conference
On June 16, 2010 Nimisha Ghosh Roy provided a two hour training, “Preparing a Culturally Competent Volunteer Corp” at the annual conference of the Washington State Society of Directors of Volunteer Services. Held in Ellensburg, WA, this conference was attended by directors of volunteer services from hospitals across the state of Washington.
CCHCP, 07/26/2010 CCHCP provides the opening keynote at the WithinReach Cultural Competency Retreat
On July 13, 2010 Nimisha Ghosh Roy presented the opening keynote presentation entitled “The Road Map to Cultural Competency: Navigating the Cultural Competency Journey” at the WithinReach Cultural Competency Retreat. The retreat was held at the Fremont Baptist Church in Seattle, WA and was attended by approximately 25 staff members.
CCHCP, 07/26/2010 Environmental Justice Trainings Completed
Rose Long completed 6 trainings on environmental justice for all 70 staff members of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) in January, 2010. These trainings were the first of two phases of a 6-month project driven by the Agency's ten-year strategic plan. The project strengthens Puget Sound Clean Air Agency's underlying goal of equal access by environmental justice impacted communities through equal representation and meaningful participation. The project with CCHCP was initiated by then PSCAA Executive Director, Dennis McClaren, who has been appointed by President Obama as Regional Director for Region X of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in early February. Interim Director James Nolan is continuing the implementation of phase 2 of this project which is ongoing.
rml, 04/23/2010 CCHCP at the International Medical Interpreter Association (IMIA) Conference
Ira SenGupta and Rose Long presented at the recently concluded 2009 Annual Conference of the International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA) on Sunday, Oct 11 in Boston, MA. Ms. SenGupta spoke on Language Access' Role in Recruitment and Retention in Cancer Clinical Trials.
Rose Long presented on Language Access and its Role in Environmental Justice.
, 10/12/2009 2009 Symposium of the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter
Ira SenGupta presented the keynote speech -From Cultural Bump to Cultural Congruence: Enhancing Cultural Competence in Health and Human Services- at the recently concluded 2009 Symposium of the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter in Des Moines. The theme of the annual symposium was -Growth, Change, and Competency in a Culturally Diverse World. About 300 social workers attended the meeting ON April 17, 2009 ably coordinated by Kelli Soyer, Executive Director of NASW, Iowa Chapter.
CCHCP, 06/01/2009 CCHCP Presented at National WIC Association's 26th Annual Conference
Ira SenGupta, Executive Director, recently presented on Cultural Competency and Working Effectively with Interpreters at the 26th Annual Conference of the National WIC Association in Nashville, Tennessee. A rich diversity of people access WIC (Women, Infant and Children) services bringing with them worldviews and approaches to diet and nutrition, pregnancy, breastfeeding, alcohol and drug use, family planning, and healthcare that may be different from the WIC staff who serve them. More than 900 WIC staff and administrators attended the conference on May 24 to 27 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville.
CCHCP, 06/17/2009 Bridging the Gap Training at the Alaska Immigration Justice Project
On March 9 to 13, 2009, Rose Long, Director of the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Interpreter Training Program at CCHCP, presented the week-long training to 23 participants. The class was a very diverse group, languages represented were Laotian, Yup'ik, Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic, Korean, Nuer, Russian, Hmong, Vietnamese, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Portuguese, and Mandarin. In 2007, the Municipality of Anchorage awarded the Mayor's Community & Non-profit Organization Diversity Award to AIJP. AIJP is dedicated to protecting the human rights of all Alaskans by providing comprehensive immigration legal services and language interpreter services throughout Alaska.
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Resource Center --> Recommended Books Recommended Books We are proud to be an Amazon.com associate. You can order any of these books just by clicking on the title. Managing Diversity: A Complete Desk Reference and Planning Guide
by Lee Gardenswartz and Anita Rowe
Managing Diversity is a comprehensive reference on diversity with an excellent mixture of practical information, worksheets and activities. It goes past diversity awareness to systemic, long-term, hands-on implementation of a diversity strategy. Included are approximately 100 charts, checklists, suggested activities, worksheets, systems audits, exercises, sample interview questions, and tip sheets.
Exercises and worksheets are accompanied by the author's suggestions on how they can be best utilized in the trenches as well as how they fit into the theory of what is being explained in the text. The book covers everything from theory, implementation, evaluation and measurement to what the future holds, why some programs have failed, and what to do about it as well as offering a comprehensive resource section. Culture and the Clinical Encounter: An Intercultural Sensitizer for the Health Professions
by Rena C. Gropper
A promising Navajo student in medical school drops out before his final exam; a Muslim diabetic won't take the insulin he needs; a woman from Haiti refuses to accept her medical bill—why? In this book, readers discover possible explanations for these and forty-one other cross-cultural clinical encounters which encompass twenty-three cultural and ethnic groups.
This book provides a much needed contrast to the standard didactic techniques used in the training of health professionals. It gives the reader an opportunity to participate actively in the learning process and to discover through real-life incidents the impact of cultural differences in the clinical encounter and the potential consequences of misunderstanding and miscommunication. The reader gains the skills and motivation to be alert to possible intercultural misperceptions or conflicts and their outcomes. Helps prepare the professional to think creatively and to ask appropriate, clarifying questions. Caring for Patients from Different Cultures: Case Studies from American Hospitals (2nd Edition)
by Geri-Ann Galanti
Case studies of cross-cultural misunderstandings and how they can be avoided. There are chapters on such topics as communication, pain, religion, dietary practices, birth, death, family, men and women, staff relations, and folk medicine. A complete index to the 172 case studies, cross-referenced by ethnic group and topic, is included along with an extensive bibliography. A valuable and interesting volume that holds the reader's attention from beginning to end. Community Health Psychology: Empowerment for Diverse Communications
by Victor De La Cancela et al
Community Health Psychology is a comprehensive examination, including both historical and contemporary accounts, of populations of color in the United States. With engaging insight, these essays describe community health psychology models that inspire integrative approaches to health care administration for diverse communities. Based on extensive clinical and administrative experiences, the authors offer a new definition of community health psychology – one that demands improved access, communication, and cultural awareness in systems of care. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
by Anne Fadiman
Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy. By 1988 she was living at home but was brain dead after a tragic cycle of misunderstanding, overmedication, and culture clash: What the doctors viewed as clinical efficiency the Hmong viewed as frosty arrogance. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, written with the deepest of human feeling. Sherwin Nuland said of the account, "There are no villains in Fadiman's tale, just as there are no heroes. People are presented as she saw them, in their humility and their frailty—and their nobility.
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