Culture Care ConneCtion - Stratis Health
Culture Care ConneCtion - Stratis Health
Culture Care ConneCtion - Stratis Health
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StratiS HealtH <strong>Culture</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>ConneCtion</strong><br />
Resources for Your Clinic<br />
<strong>Culture</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Connection<br />
www.culturecareconnection.org<br />
This Minnesota Web site is an online learning and resource<br />
center dedicated to supporting Minnesota’s health care organizations<br />
in their efforts to provide culturally competent care. The<br />
site provides resources to help organizations meet the Office<br />
of Minority <strong>Health</strong>’s national standards on Culturally and<br />
Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), including information<br />
on cultural competence concepts, health topics, ethnicities,<br />
stakeholder organizations, and resources that reflect the needs of<br />
Minnesota’s diverse populations.<br />
Minnesota Online Interpreter Roster<br />
www.health.state.mn.us/interpreters<br />
Locate interpreters by language and location on the Minnesota<br />
Department of <strong>Health</strong> searchable database. The roster includes<br />
interpreters representing more than 20 languages with information<br />
about interpreter availability, languages spoken, gender, and<br />
experience in medical specialty areas.<br />
The exchange<br />
www.health-exchange.net<br />
The Exchange is an online resource to exchange information<br />
and health education materials translated in the languages most<br />
frequently spoken in Minnesota.<br />
Minnesota <strong>Health</strong> Literacy Partnership<br />
http://healthlit.themlc.org<br />
Open to Minnesota consumers and health care, social service,<br />
and community organizations. Members benefit from regular<br />
updates on local and national health literacy efforts, monthly<br />
networking and educational meetings, and sharing resources.<br />
International Institute of Minnesota<br />
http://www.iimn.org<br />
A social service organization that serves people in transition and<br />
promotes the welfare of all nationalities and races.<br />
Center for Victims of Torture<br />
http://www.cvt.org/index.php<br />
A social service organization that works to heal the wounds of<br />
torture for individuals, their families and communities, and to<br />
stop torture worldwide.<br />
Calendar of events<br />
India Fest<br />
August 15, 2010<br />
St. Paul, MN<br />
Join Asian Indian’s in Minnesota at the annual celebration of<br />
India’s rich culture and heritage. Presented by the India Association<br />
of Minnesota. More><br />
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Clinical<br />
Practice Forum - Breathing easier: Palliative <strong>Care</strong> and<br />
Advanced Pulmonary Disease<br />
September 17-19, 2010<br />
Bloomington, MN<br />
Pulmonary disease is one of the top four leading causes of death<br />
in America. Life-limiting illnesses, such as advanced pulmonary<br />
disease present their own unique challenges for patients living<br />
with and dying from advanced pulmonary disease. The 2010<br />
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Clinical Practice<br />
Forum will demonstrate the integration of palliative care and<br />
pulmonary nursing practices for end-of-life care management.<br />
More ><br />
Many Faces of Community<br />
<strong>Health</strong> 2010 Conference:<br />
Time of Transformation –<br />
Roots and Redesign<br />
October 28-29, 2010,<br />
Minneapolis, MN<br />
<strong>Stratis</strong> <strong>Health</strong> is again a proud<br />
sponsor of this year’s fifth annual conference, which explores<br />
ways to improve care and reduce health disparities in underserved<br />
populations and among those living in poverty. Sessions will<br />
examine how community-based primary care will grow, develop,<br />
and change under national health reform and Minnesota state<br />
reforms already underway. Take this opportunity to assess the<br />
impact of health reform on delivery of care to medically underserved<br />
populations. More>