Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter Training
Monday, August 3, 2009  -  Friday, August 7, 2009
CCHCP in Seattle, WA

2009 Symposium of the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter
Ira SenGupta presented the keynote speech -From Cultural Bump to Cultural Congruence: Enhancing Cultural Competence in Health and Human Services- at the recently concluded 2009 Symposium of the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter in Des Moines. The theme of the annual symposium was -Growth, Change, and Competency in a Culturally Diverse World. About 300 social workers attended the meeting ON April 17, 2009 ably coordinated by Kelli Soyer, Executive Director of NASW, Iowa Chapter.
CCHCP, 06/01/2009

CCHCP Presented at National WIC Association's 26th Annual Conference
Ira SenGupta, Executive Director, recently presented on Cultural Competency and Working Effectively with Interpreters at the 26th Annual Conference of the National WIC Association in Nashville, Tennessee. A rich diversity of people access WIC (Women, Infant and Children) services bringing with them worldviews and approaches to diet and nutrition, pregnancy, breastfeeding, alcohol and drug use, family planning, and healthcare that may be different from the WIC staff who serve them. More than 900 WIC staff and administrators attended the conference on May 24 to 27 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville.
CCHCP, 06/17/2009

Bridging the Gap Training at the Alaska Immigration Justice Project
On March 9 to 13, 2009, Rose Long, Director of the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Interpreter Training Program at CCHCP, presented the week-long training to 23 participants. The class was a very diverse group, languages represented were Laotian, Yup'ik, Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic, Korean, Nuer, Russian, Hmong, Vietnamese, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Portuguese, and Mandarin. Barb Jacobs, Program Manager of the Language Interpreter Center (LIC) of the Alaska Immigration Justice Project (AIJP)successfully coordinated this training. In 2007, the Municipality of Anchorage awarded the Mayor's Community & Non-profit Organization Diversity Award to AIJP. AIJP is dedicated to protecting the human rights of all Alaskans by providing comprehensive immigration legal services and language interpreter services throughout Alaska. Robin Bronen is the Executive Director.
CCHCP, 05/28/2009

Current events and initiatives

CCHCP Awarded Transformation Grant by Regence Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 24, 2009

Seattle nonprofit gets $20,000 for online medical cultural competency training

Cross Cultural Health Care Program receives grant through Regence employee nomination

SEATTLE — The Regence Foundation announced today it awarded a $20,000 grant to help Seattle-based Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) take its training online so health care institutions anywhere in the state can communicate medical issues in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way. Regence employee Jennifer Frederick nominated CCHCP as part of the Regence’s second annual employee-nominated Transformation Grant program.

“In health care, misunderstandings are not only uncomfortable, they can be expensive and life threatening,” said Jennifer Frederick,

Regence employee and grant nominator. “I nominated CCHCP for a Regence Foundation grant because the work they’re doing to bridge language and cultural barriers for patients and providers is absolutely essential for improving health care outcomes.”

Patients with limited English proficiency often face barriers to care, and CCHCP’s goal is to ensure linguistically and culturally

appropriate information is available to help them make informed health care decisions. At the core of this effort is CCHCP’s program to train providers to work effectively with bilingual interpreters, which leads to better health outcomes including higher prescription fill rates, more preventive screenings and increased patient satisfaction.

“One of our greatest challenges as an organization is to make sure interpreter and cultural competency training is available to providers in rural and remote areas,” said CCHCP executive director Ira SenGupta. “We’re grateful for this grant from The Regence Foundation because it will enable us to develop the technological infrastructure necessary to create online training modules and offer Web conferences to health professionals regardless of location.”

For more information about Cross Cultural Health Care Program, visit www.xculture.org. For information about The Regence Foundation, please visit www.regencefoundation.org.

New! Advanced Cultural Competency Training Workshops A new series of advanced training workshops has been developed by the Cross Cultural Health Care Program. Designed to be taught in an 8-hour format, the trainings focus on strategies to end health disparities and on achieving health equity for medically-underserved communities. Each of the advanced trainings is presented with short background information and learning objectives. A variety of interactive instructional methods will be utilized to deliver the content. Relevant case scenarios will assist in skills building. The recommended strategies will enhance effective cross cultural communications and the creation and sustaining of effective personal and professional partnerships for health, social and human services. Please see the Cultural Competency Training portion of our website for more information or email Ira SenGupta to request more information.

CCHCP Publications Interpreter training materials "Communicating Effectively Through an Interpreter" DVD Bilingual medical glossaries in 21 languages including: Spanish, English, Arabic, Chinese, Somali, Portuguese, French, and Russian. Download a catalog Order from our online store

Who we are:

Our key initiatives are:

Cultural Competency Training and Consulting

Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter Training Program

Research and Information Services through the Northwest Resource Center on CLAS and Health Disparities

We enhance the abilities of health professionals to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate care.