[Forwarded from AHRQ]

Ensuring Cultural Competence Across Care Settings

How can health care settings meet the pressing needs of diverse populations? Join innovators from AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange as they discuss how cultural competency can be the foundation for effective innovations on childhood obesity, health care access, and other health care services.

This free Webinar will be held Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 4:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (US/Canada)

The following innovations will be highlighted.
• Group-Based, Culturally Sensitive Weight-Loss Program for Families Leads to Improvements in Children’s Health-Related Behaviors and Declines in Body Mass Index

• Bilingual, Culturally Competent Community Health Workers Increase Insurance Enrollment, Access to Care, and Self-Efficiency

To register for this free Webinar, go to: https://compx08.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/register/reg.cfm?BID=1&RegID=01FA68C7

Check out other innovations at AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange at: http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov

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