Practice Transformation and Implications for Health Centers Serving AA&NHPIs - Part 5
Ensuring Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Practice Transformation Initiatives
Year Developed: 2015
Resource Type: Archived Webinar.Primary Audience: Enabling Staff
Language(s): English
Developed by: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This webinar reviews DHHS' Office of Minority Health’s enhanced standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) and how these standards can guide practice transformation for diverse patient populations. It highlights why it is particularly important for health centers serving medically-underserved Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPIs) to continuously measure and improve their culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Resource Details: This webinar is the fifth and final webinar of a five-part webinar series focusing on proving the latest information on practice transformation and the impact on health centers serving Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. It focuses on the Office of Minority Health and the importance of providing and documenting culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS).
Resource Topic: Promising/Best Practices, Special and Vulnerable Populations, Quality Improvement
Resource Subtopic: Policy and Advocacy.
Keywords: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) , Data Collection, Management, and Analytics.This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.