Cultural and Linguistic Competency

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers several resources for improving cultural and linguistic competency in delivering health care.

Setting the Agenda for Research on Cultural Competence in Health Care

Examines how cultural and linguistic competency affects health care delivery and health outcomes and contains a review of the literature, including article abstracts, and a comprehensive research agenda.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/cultural.htm

Evidence-based Clinical Practice

Number 90: Strategies for Improving Minority Healthcare Quality. Examines strategies targeted at health care providers or organizations that have been shown to enhance cultural competency and improve minority health care quality.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/minqualtp.htm

Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services: Guides for Managed Care Plans

AHRQ and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have developed guides to assist health plans in developing plans for providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cods/cultcomp.htm

Providing Oral Linguistic Services

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cods/oralling.htm

Planning Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cods/planclas.htm

What Is Cultural and Linguistic Competence? Explanations of the definitions used in the guides.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cods/cultcompdef.htm

Health Literacy and Cultural Competency Browse

A listing of information products and research findings specific to health literacy and cultural and linguistic competency.

Go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitix.htm

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