Conference Series Co-Producers
Drexel University’s Center for Health Equality (CHE) was established to serve as a major resource for addressing inequities in health and health care. By developing new information and strategies, and creating constructive partnerships with communities, government, health care providers, and other academic centers, CHE works to improve the health and well-being of the city of Philadelphia, the state of Pennsylvania, and the nation. CHE’s projects and activities focus on three major areas – health disparities, cultural competence, and health literacy – and include cultural competence curriculum development and work on integrating disparities reduction, language assistance, and cultural competence into chronic disease management. Specific projects include a 14-year project that tracked the relationship of social and health indicators as related to race, ethnicity and other sociodemographic characteristics in the 100 largest cities, and the creation of a national consensus panel and network on integrating racially and ethnically diverse communities into emergency preparedness strategies.
The mission of RCCHC is to improve the accessibility and quality of health care for culturally diverse populations. Our goals are to transform the patient-provider relationship by acknowledging and addressing cultural and linguistic issues, and to support quality health care to diverse populations by promoting best practices, standards of care, and performance measures. Formed in 1995 as a national alliance of individuals and organizations in ethnic communities and health care organized to offer information and technical assistance on linguistic and cultural competence in health care, RCCHC activities include program design, policy development and analysis, research, and community advocacy. Among our many projects, we sponsor the DiversityRx website (www.diversityrx.org), and spearheaded the development of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Health Services (CLAS) for the HHS Office of Minority Health.
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was established in 1985 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is located within the Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary. The mission of OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of policies and programs that address health disparities and gaps. OMH serves as the focal point within HHS for national leadership; policy development and implementation; partnering with states, tribes, and communities; developing data policy; and dissemination of health related information to address the health needs of racial and ethnic minority populations.
Conference Staff
Drexel University School of Public Health’s Center for Health Equality
Dennis Andrulis, Candice Mathew Healy, Mary Ellen Cook, Mary Genevieve Carty
Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
Julia Puebla Fortier
CMI Resources
Marge Risinger, Gary Rosenberg, Tatiana Reeves