Presenter(s): Robin Shrestha-Kuwahara, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rbk5@cdc.gov Maureen Wilce, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, muw9@cdc.gov
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Abstract: One of the overarching goals in public health is to eliminate health disparities among racial and ethnic groups. Eliminating health disparities is contingent upon a health care system’s ability to reduce barriers to care and enhance patient-centered programs. Recognizing the power of evaluation to identify disparities and ensure the quality of programs to address them, the National Asthma Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently developed a Toolkit to assist state partners. Grounded in the CDC’s Framework for Program Evaluation, the Self-Study Asthma Disparities Toolkit employs the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Service (CLAS) Standards, designed to improve the responsiveness of services to diverse needs. This session will include a presentation on how the Toolkit’s construction and a demonstration of how it measures public health program activities using recommendations related to: 1) culturally competent care; 2) language access services; and 3) organizational support for cultural competence.