Resource Bank

Highlights

• Guide: A Guide for Advancing Family-Centered and Culturally and Linguistically Competent Care
  This guide underscores the need to merge family-centered care with cultural and linguistic competence in the healthcare sector. The authors:

  • emphasize the importance of honoring cultures and family traditions when implementing family-centered care via culturally and linguistically competent policies and structures,
  • present a roadmap to stakeholders on how to integrate these elements into healthcare, and
  • focus on research, education, information dissemination, innovative practices, and accountability.

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• Guide: A Planner's Guide...Infusing Principles, Content and Themes Related to Cultural and Linguistic Competence into Meetings and Conferences
  This guide is designed to assist meeting and conference planners in incorporating principles, content, and themes related to cultural and linguistic competence. The guide:

  • highlights culture's pervasive influence,
  • emphasizes the importance of providing diverse learning opportunities and respecting cultural traditions in meetings and conferences, and
  • offers guidance on planning content, logistics, and evaluation strategies.

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• Guide:Cultural and Linguistic Competence Assessment for Respite Organizations (CLCARO) and Guide
  The Cultural and Linguistic Competence Assessment for Respite Organizations (CLCARO) is designed as a self-assessment consisting of four sections: Our World View, Who We Are, What We Do, and How We Work. The instrument requires responses to detailed statements based on the participant’s knowledge and lived experiences. The CLCARO was developed to support State Agency Lifespan Respite grantees, State Respite Coalitions, and respite provider agencies to:

  • plan for and incorporate cultural and linguistic competence into their core functions,
  • enhance the quality of respite services, supports, and information provided to culturally and linguistically diverse communities,
  • advance cultural and linguistic competence as essential approaches to reduce disparities and promote equity among the diverse populations in need of respite services across the life span, and 
  • meaningfully engage persons and families in need of respite services in public policy efforts.  The accompanying Guide provides context for and step-by-step guidance on how to engage in self-assessment for cultural and linguistic competence, and how to implement the findings most successfully.

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