DiversityRx: Promoting language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities. Discover how language and culture affect the delivery of quality services to ethnically diverse populations. Policymakers, health care providers, and consumer representatives can find resources here to learn about language and cultural competence in health care, design better programs and policies, and network with colleagues and experts.
				Now on DiversityRx! Save the Date: The Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations will be held on September 21-24, 2008 at the Marriott City Center in downtown Minneapolis, MN. The call for presentation proposals will open on December 15, 2007. Click here for more information Get connected: Do you have information, resources, or questions to share with others working on culturally competence in health care? Join the CLAS-talk listserv! With over 1000 participants from healthcare organizations, government, business, academia, national and community-based organizations, and philanthropy, this active listserv helps you to stay current and get support on practice, policy and research issues. 2006 Conference resources Over 600 attendees assembled in Seattle, Washington for the Fifth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Building the Essential Link between Quality, Cultural Competence and Disparities Reduction. Visit the conference site to view the final program, download plenary presentations, and visit our photo gallery. Audio CDs are also available for purchase. Model Programs from the National Conference Series on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: You can also read the proceedings from 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 conferences and browse our database of more than 500 cultural competence model programs. Collected from our five national conferences, these abstracts highlight innovations from communities nationwide and around the world. First-time visitor? Find out how to get the most from DiversityRx: what we're all about and how to get around

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