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Think Cultural Health

WEBThink Cultural Health is a website of the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides health and healthcare professionals with information, continuing education opportunities, resources, and more to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services, or CLAS.

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National CLAS Standards

WEBSimilar to these initiatives, the National CLAS Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Adoption of these Standards will help

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United States Department of Health and Human Services

WEBThese Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health disparities. The National CLAS Standards provide you with a blueprint for increasing your cultural and linguistic competency. Content for this site is maintained by the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

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A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care

[email protected]. or 833-485-1664. ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE UPDATED PHYSICIANS PRACTICAL GUIDE E-LEARNING PROGRAM! A Physician's Practical Guide for Culturally Competent Care has been updated! In April 2013, the National CLAS Standards were re-released after undergoing a two-year …

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About Think Cultural Health (TCH)

WEBThink Cultural Health (TCH) is dedicated to advancing health equity at every point of contact. With growing concerns about health inequities and the need for health care systems to reach increasingly diverse patient populations, cultural competence has become more and more a matter of national concern. Providers can take the first step to

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Physician's Site

WEBA Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care Web site offers CME/CE credit and equips health care professionals with awareness, knowledge, and skills to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population they serve. The curriculum offers CME (continuing medical education) and teaches physicians to deliver culturally competent

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Think Cultural Health

WEBPromoting Healthy Choices and Community Changes, a free Think Cultural Health (TCH) e-learning program, aims to build the capacity of promotores to promote individual- level and community-level changes toward good health. Available in Spanish and English, the program is comprised of four units that offer strategies for equipping community

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What is The Guide to Providing Effective Communication and

WEBThe Guide is designed for health care providers, administrators, and executives who work across a broad spectrum of health care organizations, including medical care, mental health services, oral health care, emergency services, long-term care, public health services, and more. The information in this Guide is relevant to both small and large

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National Standards for Culturally and

WEBHealth inequities result in disparities that directly affect the quality of life for all individuals. Health disparities adversely affect neighborhoods, communities, and the broader society, thus making the issue not only an individual concern but also a public health concern. In the United States, it has been

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National CLAS Standards: Fact Sheet

WEBThe enhanced National CLAS Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by establishing a blueprint for individuals as well as health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. The enhanced Standards are a comprehensive series of

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A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care

[email protected]. or 833-485-1664. ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE UPDATED PHYSICIANS PRACTICAL GUIDE E-LEARNING PROGRAM! A Physician's Practical Guide for Culturally Competent Care has been updated! In April 2013, the National CLAS Standards were re-released after undergoing a two-year …

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National Standards for Culturally and

WEBAppropriate Services in Health Care (National CLAS Standards). The National CLAS Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by establishing a blueprint for health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. A growing number of insti-

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Physician's Site

WEBThink Cultural Health (TCH) is dedicated to advancing health equity at every point of contact. With growing concerns about health inequities and the need for health care systems to reach increasingly diverse patient populations, cultural competence has become more and more a matter of national concern. Providers can take the first step to

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Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)

WEBdiverse, improving cultural and linguistic competency across public health and our health care system can be one of our most powerful levers for advancing health equity.” J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health. Developed by the Health Determinants & Disparities Practice, CSRA Inc. under contract with the

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An Implementation Checklist for the National CLAS Standards

WEBThe checklist of implementation practices lists successful CLAS-related organizational activities we observed across the organizations we studied. We provide a CLAS action worksheet for you to plan CLAS activities at your ofice or organization or other type of health care services. At the end of this document, testimonials from those who

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Physician's Site

WEBPhysician Assistants. This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 9 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Approval is valid for one year from the issue date of December 31, 2023. Participants may submit the self-assessment at any time during that period.

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Effective Cross-Cultural Communication Skills

WEBUnderstand and recognize differences in communication styles. Appreciate how your communication preferences and style may differ from others’ Understand how communication styles (e.g., nonverbal communication cues) and norms (e.g., the role of various family members) differ across cultures Tailor your communication so that your …

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Arthur Kleinman’s Eight Questions

WEBArthur Kleinman’s Eight Questions. Understanding your client’s explanatory model helps you provide patient-centered care. The explanatory model includes the client’s beliefs about their illness, the personal and social meaning they attach to their disorder, expectations about what will happen to them and what the provider will do, and

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