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Washington State Department of Health Olympia, WA 98504-7990
Project: Implementing CLAS Standards in Washington State Amount: $150,000 The Department of Health works to protect and improve the health of people in Washington State and, in doing so, believes in the following values: ethics, diversity, respect, communication and collaboration.
Project Abstract
Through the development of project partnerships with health-related associations, groups and organizations, this project will adopt and implement National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care (National CLAS Standards) to improve the health of Washington’s diverse communities and to work toward the elimination of health disparities (by improving diversity, cultural competence and language access. The target populations of this project are minorities affected by health disparities, the health workforce and health organizations that serve minority populations.
The Implementing CLAS Standards in Washington State project will engage in the following activities:
The project’s intended outcomes include but are not limited to:
A structure, process and outcomes evaluation will be used to evaluate the evidence of intervention effectiveness and will include measures of project inputs, activities, short-term outcomes, intermediate-term outcomes and long-term outcomes.
Objectives:
Healthy People 2020 objectives toward which the project’s results contribute: This project will contribute to the Healthy People 2020 overarching goal to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of all groups. It will also contribute to the Healthy People 2020 foundational health measure related to disparities.