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The Northwest Resource Center on CLAS & Health Disparities - A division of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program - | |
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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