From: HRSA Broadcast Center (DO NOT REPLY)
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:26 PM
To: HRSA Broadcast Messages - HQ; HRSA HSB Field Staff; HRSA OPR Regions
Subject: New HRSA Cultural Competence Web Page
Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to unveil HRSA's new Web page on cultural competence (www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence). This user-friendly site highlights approximately 40 HRSA-supported projects on the critical subject of cross-cultural health care. HRSA has provided exceptional leadership in helping health care providers enhance their clinical and organizational skills in cultural competence. As a result, the quality of cultural and linguistically appropriate services that HRSA provides to its diverse constituents has vastly improved.
This page is special for several reasons:
1. It serves as a one-stop-shop for health care providers wishing to learn about HRSA's progress in improving culturally competent health care.
2. It profiles the diverse approaches taken by HRSA-funded activities and programs in areas such as assessment, culture and language, specific diseases, health professions, research, special populations, technical assistance, training, and web-based learning.
3. HRSA's Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHHD) developed the page with important input from the HRSA Cultural Competence Committee. This Committee consists of representatives from HRSA bureaus and offices that help ensure that HRSA programs integrate cultural competence into health services and health professions education.
I applaud the collaborative effort that produced this excellent resource, hope you will utilize it often, and share it with your grantees and colleagues. If you need assistance, please contact Leonard G. Epstein, M.S.W., Senior Advisor, Clinical Quality & Culture, OMHHD at 301-594-3803 or lepstein@hrsa.gov.
HRSA is committed to a health care system that provides the highest quality health services for our Nation's increasingly diverse patients.
William A. Robinson, MD, MPH
Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Chief Medical Officer