Commonwealth Fund: National Conference On Quality Health Care For Culturally Diverse Populations

9/27/2002

From: The Commonwealth Fund, 718-270-7727

News Advisory:

National Conference On Quality Health Care For Culturally Diverse Populations: Advancing Effective Health Care Through Systems Development, Data, and Measurement

WHEN: October 2-4, 2002

WHERE: Westin Chicago River North Hotel, Chicago, IL

WHO: More than 100 speakers on such topics as organizational cultural competence, linguistic access, measurement and assessment, policy and research, and cultural competence training, including:

-- Anne C. Beal, M.D., M.P.H., The Commonwealth Fund: Curriculum on cultural competence in medical schools. (Oct. 2, 3:15-5:15 pm CT) and measuring cultural competence and health care quality for minority populations in health care organizations (Oct. 4, 1-4 pm CT).

-- Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, will present information from a new Commonwealth Fund report, Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Frameworks and Practical Approaches (Oct. 2nd, 8:30-11:30 am CT and 3:15-5:15 pm CT).

-- Maren Monsen, M.D., Stanford University: Showing segments of her film, Worlds Apart, on providing health care to multicultural populations (Oct. 3, 6:30-9 pm CT).

-- Mara Youdelman, National Health Law Program: Legal issues and advocacy strategies for assuring linguistic and cultural access to health care (Oct. 2, 8:30-11:30 am CT).

-- Mara Youdelman (NHELP) and Ruth Perot, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc.: Collecting race, ethnicity, and language data: federal policies, practices, and perceptions (Oct. 3rd, 1:30-3:30 pm CT).

RSVP: To register online, please visit www.DiversityRx.org/ccconf, or e-mail ccconf@downstate.edu, or call 718-270-7727.