Title VI--Cultural Competency

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Length: 15 minutes

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This presentation by Aaron Wendelboe, PhD Candidate, MSPH, gives you an overview of cultural competency and its implications for workers in the health care industry, mainly public health.

Target Audience

These learning modules are applicable to all public health, medical, veterinary, pharmacy, emergency management, hospital and other professionals interested in public health preparedness. These modules are created by faculty and guest lecturers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Educational Objectives

Understand Title VI and its implications
Understand what it means to be culturally competent
Know the laws concerning cultural competency
Be informed of the standards used to measure the health care industry's cultural competency
Know the demographic distribution of people by language and race in North Carolina

Competencies Addressed

This training addresses selected applied epidemiology, core public health, and public health preparedness and response competencies as noted below. (Please note: The following training does not provide comprehensive or in-depth treatment of specified competencies, it provides basic knowledge of the competencies listed below.)

Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

2) Considers the role of cultural, social, and behavioral factors in the accessibility, availability, acceptability and delivery of public health services (4: Cultural Competency Skills)

Public Health Preparedness & Response Core Competencies

1.5. Demonstrate respect for all persons and cultures.

2.4. Collect data according to protocol.

References

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/coord/titlevi.htm

US Department of Justice. Your Rights Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/Pubs/t6broch.htm

http://www.healthlaw.org/pubs/BBAregs/BBAcultural.html

USDHHS. Developing a Self-Assessment Tool for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Local Public Health Agencies: Final Report 2003; Office of Minority Health

USDHHS, Office of Minority Health. National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care. March 2001. Washington, D.C.

Office of Minority Health. National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care. DHHS. March 2001. (Powerpoint slideshow provided by Christina Harlan.)

National Census Bureau. American Fact Finder. 2000. Accessed on World Wide Web on July 16, 2004 at
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

Author and Narrator:

Aaron Wendelboe, PhD Candidate, MSPH

Reviewer:

Jennifer Horney, MPH

The author(s) and reviewer(s) of this training have no personal financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this presentation to disclose.

Continuing Education Credit:

The UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness offers the following continuing education credit/s on this training. Eligibility for all continuing education credit is determined on an annual basis.

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