Cultural Competency

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Cultural competency is relevant for health literacy in a number of ways. You can read more about that here: www.chcs.org/media/Health_Literacy_Role_of_Culture.pdf 

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General Resources

American Hospital Association

• Becoming a Culturally Competent Health Care Organization

Centers for Disease Control

• Cultural Competence

Centers for Disease Control

• People First Language

Georgetown University

• National Center for Cultural Competence

National Institutes of Health

• Cultural Respect

Syracuse University

• Cultural competence and cultural humility

United States Office of Minority Health

• National CLAS Standards

Cultural competency training

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Cultural Competency Training (use course #1062987)

Washington State

• CLAS Standards Training

Tools for assessing cultural competence

Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration

• Improving Cultural Competence