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Cultural Competence and ADRCs - Issue Brief
05/13/2010 | 1973 Requests *Summary
How can ADRCs increase their outreach and strengthen their relationship with diverse populations and community-based organizational partners? This brief provides an overview of cultural competence including its definition and how it can be best implemented. Also included are key demographics, barriers to culturally competent service provision, organizational assessment tools, practices and standards, and a list of cultural competence resources that may be useful for ADRC staff.
Author
Thomas, Alicia; Ettner, Barbara; Wright, Bernadette
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Keywords
Wages and Benefits; Enrollment; Aging and Disability Resource Center; Advocacy; culturally competent practices; race; ethnicity; health disparities; quality improvement; assessment profile; state examples
Topic
Resource Center, State/Agency Information
Type/Tool
Assessments, Data, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers
Source
The Lewin Group
State
Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, All States/Territories
Date Created
05/13/2010
Contact
The Lewin Group
703-269-5500
703-269-5500
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