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Conducting a Cultural Competence Self-Assessment
| Self-assessment for health practitioners developed at the request of the HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care. Assesses both organizational and individual cultural competence in six domains: Values and Belief Systems, Cultural Aspects of Epidemiology, Clinical Decision-Making, Life Cycle Events, Cross-Cultural Communication, and empowerment/Health Management. |
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The Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment (CCHPA)
| Self-assessment for health practitioners developed at the request of the HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care. Assesses both organizational and individual cultural competence in six domains: Values and Belief Systems, Cultural Aspects of Epidemiology, Clinical Decision-Making, Life Cycle Events, Cross-Cultural Communication, and empowerment/Health Management. |
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Culture, Collaboration, and Capacity: A Call to a Healthier Community
| A model of a Hispanic Needs Assessment, this report “seeks to examine the health status and health needs of the Latino population, as well as determine what the health care provider community requires in order to improve the capability of local organizations and agencies to address Latino health needs. In addition to reporting on the results of the survey and key informant interviews, the report analyzes the data and provides recommendations for capacity building, grantmaking, and policy improvement opportunities. This report is designed to determine optimal methods of building the infrastructure necessary to serve diverse populations, with an eye on the needs of the Ventura County Latino community.” |
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Developing a Self-Assessment Tool for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Local Public Health Agencies
| This report presents the results of the project Developing a Self-Assessment Tool for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Local Public Health Agencies, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH). The project’s objective was to construct an organizational self-assessment tool for Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs) that offers sound measures of culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS)
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Hispanic Health Needs Assessment: A Community Guide for Documenting Health Status and Establishing Priorities
| A process and tool for identifying critical health issues and needs within Hispanic communities through the use of existing public health data systems and community surveys and within the context of Healthy People objectives.
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Indicators of Cultural Competence in Health Care Delivery Organizations: An Organizational Cultural Competence Assessment Profile
| The specific objectives of this project were to: 1) develop an analytic framework for assessing cultural competence in health care delivery organizations; 2) identify specific indicators that can be used in connection with this framework; and 3) assess the utility, feasibility and practical application of the framework and its indicators. The project was implemented through a contract with The Lewin Group, Inc. HRSA's Office of Minority Health and Office of Planning and Evaluation provided both oversight and substantive input to the project. The Assessment Profile is an analytic or organizing framework and set of specific indicators to be used as a tool for examining, demonstrating, and documenting cultural competence in organizations involved in the direct delivery of health care and services. The Profile is most pertinent for organizations that are community-oriented. |
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NICHQ Improving Cultural Competency in Children’s Health Care Assessment
| Working with the California Endowment, National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) is developing a structured process to translate the abstract knowledge in the field of cultural competency into a package that can be used to drive change in clinical practice first in California and then throughout the nation. |
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Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Primary Health Care Services
| This checklist is intended to heighten the awareness and sensitivity of personnel to the importance of cultural and linguistic cultural competence in health and human service settings. It provides concrete examples of the kinds of beliefs, attitudes, values and practices which foster cultural and linguistic competence at the individual or practitioner level.
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