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KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAOFFICE OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATIONCultural Competence Standards in Managed Care Mental Health Services: Four Underserved/Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic GroupsDesigned to provide readers with the tools and knowledge to help guide the provision of culturally competent mentalhealth services within today's managed care environment. Document derived from experts from four core racial/ethnicpopulations: Hispanics, American Indians/Alaska Natives, African Americans, and Asian/Pacific Islanders.Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationDate: 01 / 2001http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/sma00-3457/Cultural Competence Works: Using Cultural Competence to Improve the Quality of Health Care for Diverse Populations and AddValue to Managed Care ArrangementsIdentifies and describes successful programs that address the needs of underserved, culturally diverse communities,including interpreter services, cultural competence training for staff, targeted outreach programs, and other culturallyappropriate interventions.Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administrationhttp://minority-health.pitt.edu/archive/00000278/Cultural Competence: It All Starts at the Front DeskDiscusses how developed policies, training, and direct resources targeted for support staff in health care organizations willdevelop the attitudes, behaviors, skills, and knowledge necessary to serve families in culturally and linguistically competentways.Sponsoring organization: National Center for Cultural Competencehttp://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/documents/FrontDeskArticle.pdfImproving Cultural Competency in Children's Health CareReport describes the practical changes in processes to make healthcare providers and the systems in which they workmore effective in responding to the needs of diverse children and how health care delivery organizations can track theirprogress.Sponsoring organization: National Initiative for Children's Healthcare QualityDate: 07 / 2005http://www.hablamosjuntos.org/resources/pdf/NICHQ_Improving_Cultural_Competency_in_Childrens_Health_Care.pdf#search=%22Improving%20Cultural%20Competency%20in%20Children's%20Health%20Care%22National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care: Final ReportProvides a list and discussion of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Careas issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (OMH) to ensure that all peopleentering the health care system receive equitable and effective treatment in a culturally and linguistically appropriatemanner. These standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services or CLAS are proposed as a means to correctinequities that currently exist in the provision of health services and to make these services more responsive to theindividual needs of all patients/consumers.Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services AdministrationDate: 03 / 2001http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=15Teaching Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Review of Current Concepts, Policies and PracticesReports the findings of an environmental scan that will serve to inform the development of Cultural CompetenceCurriculum Modules (CCCM) for family physicians. This work is supported by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) of theU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and represents the first effort to create such training materials atthe national level.Date: 03 / 2002http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/em01garcia1.pdf#search=%22Teaching%20Cultural%20Competence%20in%20Health%20Care%3A%20A%20Review%20of%20Current%20Concepts%2C%20Policies%20and%20Practices%22156Page 6 of 62/20/2009