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
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.