Announcement!

Helen Dao will be a guest speaker at The University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health (UMDNJ-SPH) presenting on "Multicultural Health in Public Health Practice"

Date: May 25, 2011
Place: UMDNJ- School of Public Health, 683 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

The face of North America has changed and continues to change.  Currently, there are almost 45 million people in the nation who speak a language other than English, and over 30 million who were born outside of the United States.  During the past decade, the number of Spanish and Asian language speakers grew by 50 percent.  Community clinics and health centers are in the position of improving quality of care through the understanding of cultural competence and the implementation of Limited English Proficiency (LEP) strategies in public health practice. This seminar will discuss cultural competence in public health.

Helen will review a definition for cultural competency and its applicability to public health. This seminar will address the barriers to culturally competent care such as: Lack of diversity in health care's leadership and workforce; systems of care poorly designed to meet the needs of diverse patient populations; and poor communication between providers and patients.

For Registration On-line copy and paste the following link into your browser to register on line

https://ophp.umdnj.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=PHSS041311

Or you can register by telephone. Call Carl Donaldson at (732) 235-9451. All seminars are held from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM at UMNDJ School of Public Health, 683 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ. All seminars carry 1.5 CEU, 1.5 CHES, 1.5 Nurse Contact Hours.