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National Center for Cultural Competence. 2006. A guide for using the Cultural and Linguistic Competence Policy Assessment instrument. Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, 40 pp.

Annotation: This document provides guidance on how to use the Cultural and Linguistic Policy Assessment instrument, a tool designed to support the Bureau of Primary Health Care and its funded programs in (1) improving health care access and utilization, (2) enhancing the quality of services within culturally diverse and underserved communities, and (3) promoting cultural and linguistic competence as essential approaches in the elimination of health disparities. The document describes the instrument and provides a checklist for conducting cultural and linguistic competence organizational self-assessment.

Contact: National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, P.O. Box 571485, Washington, DC 20057-1485, Telephone: (202) 687-5387 Secondary Telephone: (800) 788-2066 Fax: (202) 687-8899 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://nccc.georgetown.edu Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Assessment, Cultural competence: Language, Cultural diversity, Language barriers, Minority health, Underserved communities
   

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