Cultural and Linguistic Competence Council

Increase the number of students of color (African American, Hispanic, Latino/Latina, Asian American, and Native American) who choose healthcare as a field of study.

• Identify health care administrators and others committed to introducing students of color to healthcare professionals (i.e., who are already working with youth)

• Partner with identified others to develop a week-long institute to encourage students of color to consider healthcare as a profession

• Partner with identified others to be speakers on issues of health disparities to students of color

Empower the CACHE board and members to increase interpersonal effectiveness in addressing issues of cultural and linguistic competence at personal, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural levels.

• Conduct a cultural and linguistic strategic competence workshop

• Conduct a quarterly cultural and linguistic strategic competence session

• Review the cultural and linguistic competence plan, annually.

Offer cultural and linguistic competence workshops to patients (including children and youth), community groups, and healthcare providers to help improve the quality of health care.

• Provide at least four workshops, each year, to healthcare providers who primarily work in communities of color

• Partner with AHEC, Mecklenburg County Health Department, and identified others to conduct workshops

Advocate for state and local policies that address issues of cultural and linguistic competence in health care.

• Identify state and local entities that distribute funds for health care disparities and determine whether policies are in place to address cultural and linguistic competence

• Develop alliances with other advocates for cultural and linguistic competence in health care

• Develop and/or advocate for policies that insure that those receiving funding for health care and health care disparities have policies in place that address cultural and linguistic competence skill issues

Council

Deborah J. Walker, PhD, Chair, VISIONS, Inc.

dwalker@cacheinc.org

Jesus A. Hernandez, APRN, BC,Secretary, Queens University

jhernandez@cacheinc.org

Iris Hanna, Charlotte AHEC

Domonique Brown, Mecklenburg Co. Health Department

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