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An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a one-day public workshop that will feature invited presentations and discussion on facilitating health communication related to immigrant, refugee, and migrant populations through the use of health literate approaches. The workshop may include presentations and discussion of issues related to cultural competence, language access, and understanding of the U.S. health care system.
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·2017
The increasingly diverse ethnic composition of the United States population has created a profound and ongoing demographic shift, and public health and health care organizations face many challenges as they move to address and adapt to this change. To better understand how the public health and heal...
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An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a one-day public workshop that will feature invited presentations and discussion on facilitating health communication related to immigrant, refugee, and migrant populations through the use of health literate approaches. The workshop may include presentations and discussion of issues related to cultural competence, language access, and understanding of the U.S. health care system. The committee will define the specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and other participants, and moderate the discussions. A brief proceedings of a workshop will be produced in addition to a proceedings of a workshop by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
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Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
Private: For Profit
Private: Non Profit
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Lead