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Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity
CHFCD faculty and staff have provided multicultural education and training to health care professionals, administrators, research fellows, residents, medical and public health students, and community members through workshops, seminars, short courses, and conferences. Technical assistance and consultation has also been provided to academic medical centers, managed care organizations, hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, federal, state, and local governments, health insurers, and community organizations regionally, nationally, and internationally. Topic areas have included: participatory quality improvement, culturally and linguistically competent health care; organizational cultural competence; and cross-cultural clinical preventive services. CHFCD faculty and postdoctoral fellows have carried out primary care/health services research relating to racial/ethnic health disparities and multicultural/minority health issues. They have collaborated with faculty in the Department of Family Medicine's Research Division, other RWJMS and UMDNJ Departments, and other interested organizations external to the University. The CHFCD has co-sponsored four successful UMDNJ/RWJMS Conferences on Culturally Competent Care that have attracted national audiences. Information has also been disseminated through publications, websites, videos, and CD-ROMs, and more than 200 presentations have been given on the subject of culturally and linguistically appropriate services delivery. Contact Information Robert C. Like, MD, MS Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity |
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The Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity (CHFCD) was established in the 1997-98 academic year, and is dedicated to leadership, advocacy, and excellence in promoting culturally-responsive, quality health care for diverse populations. It has evolved from a program focused primarily on multicultural education and training for health professionals, to an expanded and growing resource for technical assistance, consultation, and research/evaluation services. The CHFCD recognizes that persisting racial and ethnic health disparities are a major clinical, public health, and societal problem. Its approach to developing cultural and linguistic competency involves a systems perspective, a focus on quality improvement, community involvement, and collaboration with key stakeholders and constituency groups. The CHFCD exists to foster justice and equity in health care. 