Cultural competence in the U.S.A.

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The CLAS standards

U.S. Department of Health And Human Services Office of Minority Health: NATIONAL STANDARDS ON CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES (CLAS) IN HEALTH CARE Download here (Excerpted from the Federal Register: December 22, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 247) Page 80865-80879).

Links to the standards with clarifying commentary and a complete report on the project can be found online here

Other sources

National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University

The Commonwealth Fund has many reports etc. on minority health and health care.

Dept. of Health and Human Services (HRSA): information on cultural and linguistic competence education of health professionals here.

Special Issue on Racial and Ethnic Disparities. Health Affairs, March/April 2005 (Vol 24 No. 2) Table of contents (access is now free)

Extract from article by Betancourt et al. on cultural competence: Download

Joseph R. Betancourt, Alexander R. Green, J. Emilio Carrillo and Elyse R. Park (2005) Cultural Competence And Health Care Disparities: Key Perspectives And Trends Free access here

Book review on "Addressing Racism"

News item (August 8, 2008): States mandate 'culturally competent' health care Link to article