Figure 4
Cultural Competence Strategies Used, 2003

Staffing Strategies (95 grantees)
Hired staff who represented target population 86%
Conducted training with staff 64%
Required contractors to hire diverse staff 44%

Language Strategies (74 grantees)

Assigned participants to staff who speak the same language 77%
Enlisted friends or family to translate 46%
Contracted with translation /interpretation Services 30%
N= 95

Figure 5
Predominant Case Management Staff
Background of Healthy Start Grantees, 2003

Any Staff
Lay/paraprofessional 71%
Social Work 66%
Nursing 60%
Public Health 14%
Other 20%

Predominant Staff
Lay/paraprofessional 17%
Social Work 22%
Nursing 16%
Multidisciplinary 45%
N= 95

Note:
Predominant case management staff background reflects grantees in which 75 percent or more of staff FTEs came from a single background. Multidisciplinary reflects grantees in which no single staff background represented at least 75percent of total FTEs. Other includes case management staff with disciplinary backgrounds in health education, nutrition, and mental health.

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