The Southeastern Health Equity Council (SHEC) released its Cultural Competency Resource Guide in fall 2015. This guide is comprised of resources, trainers, institutions and publications about cultural and linguistic competency that can be shared with the 10 Regional Health Equity Councils (RHECs), stakeholders and partners to help address cultural barriers with health care systems. Additionally, this guide includes important terms for members of the SHEC to become familiar with as the Council develops a common language around cultural competency. To view the resource guide, visit:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/region4.npa-rhec.org\/in-the-spotlight\/resourceguidewhitepaper<\/p>\n
To follow up on the release of the Cultural Competency Resource Guide, the SHEC will host three webinars in various regions of the country. The webinars will include speakers from organizations that focus on cultural competency. Upon completion of the first of these webinars \u2013 on the Hispanic\/Latino population \u2013 the participant will be able to accomplish the following from the specific organizational perspective:
\n1. Define cultural competency;
\n2. Describe the diversity within the Hispanic\/Latino community;
\n3. Explain the relationships among culture, language and health within the Hispanic\/Latino community; and
\n4. Identify cultural competency assessment and evaluation tools.<\/p>\n
The focus of the webinar will be the Community Engagement and Cultural Diversity Program at the Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the services it provides to bring cultural and linguistic assistance to the Hispanic\/Latino community in Florida.<\/p>\n