3248.0 Applying Cultural Standards and Guides to Primary Care Delivery

Monday, October 29, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: -Compare single items against the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults and identify those that perform well. -Discuss the enhanced National CLAS Standards as a tool to improve quality through the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services. -Identify three barriers to accessing culturally competent health care in limited English proficient underserved populations. -Describe the role of health navigators as a new care model in the promotion of prevention and wellness.
Organizer:
Marian Ryan, PhD, MPH, CHES
Moderator:
Marian Ryan, PhD, MPH, CHES

12:30pm
National CLAS Standards: An HHS Office of Minority Health initiative to advance culturally and linguistically appropriate health services
Guadalupe Pacheco, MSW, C. Godfrey Jacobs, Darci Graves, MA, MA, MPP, Jennifer Kenyon, BA and Crystal Barksdale, PhD
     
12:50pm
Evaluating the validity of health literacy items in English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanics from a community registry
Wendy Pechero Bishop, MS, Jasmin A. Tiro, PhD, Trisha V. Melhado, MPH, Clare Stevens, MPH, Simon Craddock Lee, PhD, MPH and Celette Sugg Skinner, PhD
     
  
1:10pm
Health Navigators: Promoting cultural competence and health literacy to increase prevention and wellness in underserved communities
Phyllis Pei, MA, MBA, RN, Arisa Becerra, LVN, Xuan Mai Thi Do, Prisilla Le, Wendy Lau, MA, Jinli Stephanie Liang, Tiffany Huong Pham, Savee Pralourng, Kwee Say, BS, Susanne Wong, Jinyoung Chun, Livia Young, LVN and Kimberly Chang, MD
     
1:30pm
Are academic institutions teaching their students about the national standards for Culturally Linguistic Appropriate Services?
Bonnie Dadig, PA-C, EdD, Genny Carrillo Zuniga, MD, MPH, ScD, Yoon-Ho Seol, PhD, Kent Guion, MD, MA, Vivian Rice, BSM and Norma Garza, BS
     
  

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Organized by: Medical Care
Endorsed by: Latino Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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