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Walking Across Cultures
Sunday, May 11, 2008
11:30 am
- 1:30 pm
Join CCHCP during the week of May 11 – 17, 2008 for our annual "Walking Across Cultures" event.
Bridging the Gap Training
Monday, June 9, 2008
9:00 am
Medical Interpreter Training - Enroll Now
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The Northwest Resource Center
on CLAS and Health Disparities
A division of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program 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 us at resource@xculture.org.
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.
| | | 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.
| | | What is CLAS?
Links to the CLAS standards, Joint Commission resources, journals, and listservs.
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Northwest Resource Center Receives OMH Grant
The Office of Minority Health, Region X, has awarded a grant to CCHCP's Resource Center to fund development of an outreach program for health and social services professionals working with minority and underserved populations.
CCHCP, 04/14/2008 CCHCP Executive Director Addresses American Heart Association
CCHCP Executive Director, Ira SenGupta was the closing speaker for the American Heart Association’s ‘Painting the Future’ 2008 Health Strategies Leadership Summit in Dallas, Texas in March. She spoke on the topic of ‘The Role of Cultural Competency in Cardiovascular Health’ to over 100 members of the AHA’s leadership from all eight of its national affiliates.
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