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Best Practices in Transnational Competence: HRSA

January 1, 2006

Website Link  http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/

HRSA unveils this user-friendly site highlighting approximately 40 HRSA-supported projects on the critical subject of serving ethnoculturally and socially diverse groups.

This page:

  • serves as a one-stop-shop for health care providers wishing to learn about HRSA's progress in improving culturally competent healthcare.
  • profiles the diverse approaches taken by HRSA-funded activitiesand programs in areas such as assessment, culture and language, specific diseases, health professions, research, special populations, technical assistance, training, and web-based learning.
  • was developed by HRSA's Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHHD) 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.