Health care has been at the forefront of public debate in recent months. This has not just served to highlight the public regard and concern for health care but also the highlighted the institutional limitations of current health and welfare programs to respond to the most vulnerable populations. Having worked intensively in Marylands local communities, one indication of this concern is the lack of cultural and communication competencies among health care professionals. This has contributed not only to the prevalence of health care disparities but has effectively led to the marginalization and disenfranchisement of vulnerable populations, the same individuals who are in most need of adequate health care (Pascoe Richman, 2009).
In April of this year, the state of Maryland passed into law the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, citing that, despite the establishment of educational and professional standards of practice that should ensure democratic health care access, health care professionals are unable to do so because of the lack of sufficient cultural and linguistic competencies. The statute was enacted last October and tasks professional societies to develop training programs in coordination with state licensing boards to enforce new standards. Though funding for the Program is to be provided by the state and initial research working groups are to be under the management of the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, there have already been calls for private funding to support competency training. In response to this call, it is hoped that the Our Lady of Mercy Foundation can sponsor or host seminars for the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, particular for social workers.
The foundation will only be involved in the hosting and promotion of events. Since the programs for the trainings are to be developed by the professional associations and the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the foundation will not have to involve itself anymore in research and development of the actual trainings or seminars. Neither will it be necessary for the foundation involve itself in monitoring of health care professionals which will also allow it to become a balanced commentator of the success of competency training efforts. Furthermore, this will also allow the foundation the opportunity to have a direct access in the development of cultural and language competency standards and to compel the recognition of particular groups that it considers to be among the most vulnerable.
One such group is the local Hispanic community, who relatively have not been able to realize social opportunities which has led them to remain marginalized and even discriminated against. Though Spanish proficiency is growing in the United States, the growth of the said proficiency has not been fully mirrored among health care professionals particularly for states such as Maryland where Hispanics remain to be a relatively small minority (Kilbourne et al, 2006). At the same time, because Hispanics challenge is cultural and linguistic, health care professionals will also have to develop deeper insights and sensitivity to socio-cultural issues in addition to developing their communication proficiency (L Cook et al, 2009 Norheim and Asada, 2009).
The effort to improving cultural and communication competencies is a long-term process and one that will not likely lose relevance considering trends in globalization and migration. The Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program is still in its infancy and more intensive involvement may not be yet feasible. However, this should not deter the foundation from becoming active in the program and instead, this should be considered as a great motivation since it will allow the foundation to help mould the directions of competency training programs. Moreover, this will allow the foundation to be at the forefront of one of the most critical issues for health care which is reducing health care disparities not only in Maryland but the rest of the country as well.
We hope for your positive response in support of Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program. Thank you.
Good day
Health care has been at the forefront of public debate in recent months. This has not just served to highlight the public regard and concern for health care but also the highlighted the institutional limitations of current health and welfare programs to respond to the most vulnerable populations. Having worked intensively in Marylands local communities, one indication of this concern is the lack of cultural and communication competencies among health care professionals. This has contributed not only to the prevalence of health care disparities but has effectively led to the marginalization and disenfranchisement of vulnerable populations, the same individuals who are in most need of adequate health care.
In April of this year, the state of Maryland passed into law the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, citing that, despite the establishment of educational and professional standards of practice that should ensure democratic health care access, health care professionals are unable to do so because of the lack of sufficient cultural and linguistic competencies. The statute was enacted last October and tasks professional societies to develop training programs in coordination with state licensing boards to enforce new standards. Though funding for the Program is to be provided by the state and initial research working groups are to be under the management of the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, there have already been calls for private funding to support competency training. In response to this call, it is hoped that the Our Lady of Mercy Foundation can sponsor or host seminars for the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, particular for social workers.
The foundation will only be involved in the hosting and promotion of events. Since the programs for the trainings are to be developed by the professional associations and the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the foundation will not have to involve itself anymore in research and development of the actual trainings or seminars. Neither will it be necessary for the foundation involve itself in monitoring of health care professionals which will also allow it to become a balanced commentator of the success of competency training efforts. Furthermore, this will also allow the foundation the opportunity to have a direct access in the development of cultural and language competency standards and to compel the recognition of particular groups that it considers to be among the most vulnerable.
One such group is the local Hispanic community, who relatively have not been able to realize social opportunities which has led them to remain marginalized and even discriminated against. Though Spanish proficiency is growing in the United States, the growth of the said proficiency has not been fully mirrored among health care professionals particularly for states such as Maryland where Hispanics remain to be a relatively small minority. At the same time, because Hispanics challenge is cultural and linguistic, health care professionals will also have to develop deeper insights and sensitivity to socio-cultural issues in addition to developing their communication proficiency,.
The effort to improving cultural and communication competencies is a long-term process and one that will not likely lose relevance considering trends in globalization and migration. The Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program is still in its infancy and more intensive involvement may not be yet feasible. However, this should not deter the foundation from becoming active in the program and instead, this should be considered as a great motivation since it will allow the foundation to help mould the directions of competency training programs. Moreover, this will allow the foundation to be at the forefront of one of the most critical issues for health care which is reducing health care disparities not only in Maryland but the rest of the country as well.
We hope for your positive response in support of Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program. Thank you.
In April of this year, the state of Maryland passed into law the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, citing that, despite the establishment of educational and professional standards of practice that should ensure democratic health care access, health care professionals are unable to do so because of the lack of sufficient cultural and linguistic competencies. The statute was enacted last October and tasks professional societies to develop training programs in coordination with state licensing boards to enforce new standards. Though funding for the Program is to be provided by the state and initial research working groups are to be under the management of the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, there have already been calls for private funding to support competency training. In response to this call, it is hoped that the Our Lady of Mercy Foundation can sponsor or host seminars for the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, particular for social workers.
The foundation will only be involved in the hosting and promotion of events. Since the programs for the trainings are to be developed by the professional associations and the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the foundation will not have to involve itself anymore in research and development of the actual trainings or seminars. Neither will it be necessary for the foundation involve itself in monitoring of health care professionals which will also allow it to become a balanced commentator of the success of competency training efforts. Furthermore, this will also allow the foundation the opportunity to have a direct access in the development of cultural and language competency standards and to compel the recognition of particular groups that it considers to be among the most vulnerable.
One such group is the local Hispanic community, who relatively have not been able to realize social opportunities which has led them to remain marginalized and even discriminated against. Though Spanish proficiency is growing in the United States, the growth of the said proficiency has not been fully mirrored among health care professionals particularly for states such as Maryland where Hispanics remain to be a relatively small minority (Kilbourne et al, 2006). At the same time, because Hispanics challenge is cultural and linguistic, health care professionals will also have to develop deeper insights and sensitivity to socio-cultural issues in addition to developing their communication proficiency (L Cook et al, 2009 Norheim and Asada, 2009).
The effort to improving cultural and communication competencies is a long-term process and one that will not likely lose relevance considering trends in globalization and migration. The Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program is still in its infancy and more intensive involvement may not be yet feasible. However, this should not deter the foundation from becoming active in the program and instead, this should be considered as a great motivation since it will allow the foundation to help mould the directions of competency training programs. Moreover, this will allow the foundation to be at the forefront of one of the most critical issues for health care which is reducing health care disparities not only in Maryland but the rest of the country as well.
We hope for your positive response in support of Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program. Thank you.
Good day
Health care has been at the forefront of public debate in recent months. This has not just served to highlight the public regard and concern for health care but also the highlighted the institutional limitations of current health and welfare programs to respond to the most vulnerable populations. Having worked intensively in Marylands local communities, one indication of this concern is the lack of cultural and communication competencies among health care professionals. This has contributed not only to the prevalence of health care disparities but has effectively led to the marginalization and disenfranchisement of vulnerable populations, the same individuals who are in most need of adequate health care.
In April of this year, the state of Maryland passed into law the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, citing that, despite the establishment of educational and professional standards of practice that should ensure democratic health care access, health care professionals are unable to do so because of the lack of sufficient cultural and linguistic competencies. The statute was enacted last October and tasks professional societies to develop training programs in coordination with state licensing boards to enforce new standards. Though funding for the Program is to be provided by the state and initial research working groups are to be under the management of the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, there have already been calls for private funding to support competency training. In response to this call, it is hoped that the Our Lady of Mercy Foundation can sponsor or host seminars for the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, particular for social workers.
The foundation will only be involved in the hosting and promotion of events. Since the programs for the trainings are to be developed by the professional associations and the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the foundation will not have to involve itself anymore in research and development of the actual trainings or seminars. Neither will it be necessary for the foundation involve itself in monitoring of health care professionals which will also allow it to become a balanced commentator of the success of competency training efforts. Furthermore, this will also allow the foundation the opportunity to have a direct access in the development of cultural and language competency standards and to compel the recognition of particular groups that it considers to be among the most vulnerable.
One such group is the local Hispanic community, who relatively have not been able to realize social opportunities which has led them to remain marginalized and even discriminated against. Though Spanish proficiency is growing in the United States, the growth of the said proficiency has not been fully mirrored among health care professionals particularly for states such as Maryland where Hispanics remain to be a relatively small minority. At the same time, because Hispanics challenge is cultural and linguistic, health care professionals will also have to develop deeper insights and sensitivity to socio-cultural issues in addition to developing their communication proficiency,.
The effort to improving cultural and communication competencies is a long-term process and one that will not likely lose relevance considering trends in globalization and migration. The Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program is still in its infancy and more intensive involvement may not be yet feasible. However, this should not deter the foundation from becoming active in the program and instead, this should be considered as a great motivation since it will allow the foundation to help mould the directions of competency training programs. Moreover, this will allow the foundation to be at the forefront of one of the most critical issues for health care which is reducing health care disparities not only in Maryland but the rest of the country as well.
We hope for your positive response in support of Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program. Thank you.
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