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Over 600 attendees assembled in Seattle, Washington for the Fifth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Building the Essential Link between Quality, Cultural Competence and Disparities Reduction. Coming from nearly 40 states and 8 countries including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Europe, participants included a broad array of clinicians, health care administrators, advocates, government officials, community representatives, foundation officers, and academic scholars. Seventeen public and private agencies and organizations provided funding for the conference including the USDHHS Office of Minority Health; The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; W.K. Kellogg Foundation; The Commonwealth Fund; The California Endowment; GlaxoSmithKline; Kaiser Permanente and the Washington Health Foundation. (For a full listing of conference sponsors, click here.)
With over 200 presenters, the conference focused on the importance of integrating issues concerning culture and language into quality of care. It featured a wide range of topics, including cultural competence training and curriculum development, building community and institutional partnerships, emergency preparedness, certification of medical interpreters, funding for language assistance programs, and models of culturally competent care, which were discussed in workshop panels, roundtable discussions, and “Peer-to-Peer” sessions. Preconference sessions offered intensive skills building during 3 hour workshops. Other conference activities included a Resource Center featuring poster presentations, a technology salon, and formal exhibits; a film festival; and a performance by Tony Award winner Sarah Jones of her W.K. Kellogg Foundation-commissioned show, A Right to Care, which explores how ethnic, racial and economic health disparities impact people’s daily lives.
Attendees were enthusiastic about the conference and had the following comments about the value of the conference:
"The performance of A Right to Care was tremendous. Many, many thanks for the whole experience." |
"The expertise present and the wonderful caring people it attracts is what makes this conference special."
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"The workshops included panelists who reflected the communities they serve. Quality of panelists! Without exception."
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"It charged my batteries. It helped me to understand issues such as racism better. It helped to update yourself on research, projects taking place at a national level."
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"Congratulations for the excellence of the conference! I think this conference is a great forum to go beyond sharing innovative projects." |
Julia Puebla Fortier, Director of Resources for Cross-Cultural Health Care, and co-founder of the Conference series
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Dennis Andrulis with Sarah Jones,
after her performance of A Right to Care
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Click here to download a PDF of the final conference program. All presentation abstracts and presenter biographies will be available online in early 2007.
Plenary Session PowerPoint presentations are available in PDF form by clicking here.
You may also order audio CDs of all conference sessions. Please click here to download an order form.
Please visit our 2006 Conference Photo Gallery.
The Sixth National Conference, Partnerships for the future: Supporting practitioners and advancing the field through innovation, policy and research, will be held September 21-24, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN. Visit the 2008 pages for more information.
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