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Bridging the Gap Interpreter Training
Monday, February 22, 2010 - Friday, February 26, 2010
Bridging the Gap Training of Trainers
Monday, April 12, 2010 - Friday, April 16, 2010
National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
Monday, October 18, 2010 - Thursday, October 21, 2010
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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. Barb Jacobs, Program Manager of the Language Interpreter Center (LIC) of the Alaska Immigration Justice Project (AIJP)successfully coordinated this training. 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. Robin Bronen is the Executive Director.
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Northwest Resource Center on CLAS and Health Disparities | Need to learn more about a particular topic area? Explore our Resource Guides. These guides list key resources to help define and explore particular topics, and include websites, organizations, governmental agencies, listservs, and more.
Resource Guide Topics: Cultural Competence
Interacting effectively and openly with people of different cultures.
| | Glossary of Terms
Commonly-used terms and their definitions. In PDF format.
| | Health Disparities
Research and resources that address the differences in health quality and access associated with patient race, ethnicity, income, education, and place of residence.
| | Language Access
Materials related to interpreter training and resources, as well as medical and health care materials in other languages.
| | Medical Interpreter Services
Information on interpreter and translator services and training. This includes standards of practice, ethics, competency testing, and role definition.
| | Patient Navigators
Learn more about how patient navigators help overcome barriers to care; evidence of the efficacy of patient navigator programs to impact health disparities.
| | What is CLAS?
Links to the CLAS standards, Joint Commission resources, journals, and listservs. | | | What is the Northwest Resource Center on CLAS and Health Disparities?
Online library and information clearinghouse focusing on digital, print, and multimedia materials and staffed by trained library science professionals.
What topic areas are covered in the NWRC collection? - Culturally and linguistically appropriate services in the health and social science fields
- Health disparities
- Medically underserved populations
- Medical interpretation
- Limited English proficiency
- Low health literacy
What services does the NWRC provide? - Free online web resources (catalog and resource guides).
- Fee-based research and custom bibliographies in health and social sciences.
- Training, consulting, and assessments on CLAS and health disparity issues for organizations.
Need more information? Please email resource@xculture.org. |
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