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Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence
Posted: 03/08/2023
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Develop infrastructure that supports diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence; and builds capacity to address and reduce inequities and disparities.
This project is designed to research, develop, and disseminate a set of resources for the national network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) to embed cultural diversity and cultural and linguistic competence (CLC) in their curricula and training activities. The project builds the capacity of network programs to embed widely accepted CLC policies, structures, and practices across the four UCEDD core functions of pre-service training and continuing education, community services, research, and information dissemination. The project has a special focus on unserved and underserved communities in the United States, its territories, and tribal communities. This project is conducted in collaboration with key stakeholders in the UCEDD network and funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Inventory of Resources for Standardized Demographic and Language Data Collection
Posted: 12/12/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Share Data: Strategy B: Share data to help drive research priorities.
Collecting standardized patient demographic and language data
across health care systems is an important first step toward improving
population health. Comprehensive patient data on race, ethnicity, language,
and disability status are key to identifying disparities in quality of care and
targeting quality improvement interventions to achieve equity. Here you will find
an overview of:
• Minimum standards for data collection as outlined by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services;
• Best practices and guidelines for health care organizations in implementing
standardized data collection, including information to address key challenges in
collecting these data;
• Training tools and webinars to help health care organizations educate their staff
on the importance of standardized data collection and best practices for data
collection; and
• Sentinel articles and books that provide in-depth discussion of issues,
challenges, recommendations, and best practices in standardized
data collection.
A Tool to Help Your Group Be More Culturally Competent (plain language introduction)
Posted: 09/26/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees.
Empower Young Adults: Strategy A: Identify opportunities to empower young adults.
Diversity Global
Posted: 09/26/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees.
Empower Young Adults: Strategy A: Identify opportunities to empower young adults.
Diversity is Not a Quota System
Posted: 09/26/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
Employee Resource Groups
Posted: 09/26/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees.
Policy & Advocacy : Employments Training and wages
Posted: 09/26/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Disability Justice: An Audit Tool
Posted: 08/08/2022
Theme: Performance Measurement
Objective: Establish guidance and measure progress toward diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence.
Disability Justice: An Audit Tool” is aimed at helping Black, Indigenous and POC-led organizations (that are not primarily focused around disability) examine where they’re at in practicing disability justice, and where they want to learn and grow. It includes questions for self-assessment, links to access tools, organizational stories and more. Fill out the form below to download a PDF of the tool.
Global Diversity and Inclusion Fostering Innovation Through a Diverse Workforce
Posted: 07/14/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
Fostering Innovation through a diverse workforce. A PDF that includes tips on improving the workforce with innovation.
Background and Process for Developing Disparity Measures
Posted: 07/13/2022
Theme: Performance Measurement
Objective: Establish guidance and measure progress toward diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence.
This document includes information on background and process for developing Disparity Measures. The document also includes an infographic on the process for developing revising disparity measures.
Global Diversity and Inclusion Fostering Innovation Through a Diverse Workforce
Posted: 07/13/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
PDF document with practices for innovation through a diverse workforce . The PDF touches on Diversity and inclusion.
Approaches to Managing Organizational Change
Posted: 07/11/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Provide and participate in ongoing staff and faculty training.
Much has been written about the nature of change and the best methods to manage it. Based on the research, we now have a better understanding of the steps that must be taken to ensure that change efforts have a significant and lasting impact. In this article, I discuss some of the most well known and popular models of the change
process.
Guide to Providing Effective Communication and Language Assistance Services
Posted: 07/05/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Address language, culture, literacy, and access barriers in all published materials and activities
The Guide will help you and your organization provide effective communication and language assistance services to culturally and linguistically diverse individuals receiving care and services from your organization.
It covers strategies for communicating in a way that considers the cultural, health literacy, and language needs of your patients and their families.
National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards
Posted: 06/29/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Develop infrastructure that supports diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence; and builds capacity to address and reduce inequities and disparities.
The National CLAS Standards are a set of 15 action steps intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Peer Support to Engage People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in Research
Posted: 06/22/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
This toolkit is designed for:
- Researchers with IDD who want to use peer support to engage their peers with IDD in research
- Research team leaders, who may or may not have a disability, who want to use peer support to include more people with IDD on their teams.
The toolkit includes information about:
- What is peer support?
- Roles and strategies for peer supporters
- How peer support can be used during research engagement
- Ways peer supporters can help across the phases of research
- Information about recruiting and hiring
- Considerations for supports and accommodations
Reconciling the Past and Changing the Future: Engaging Young Adults with IDD-MH and Researchers in Comparative Effectiveness Research
Posted: 03/31/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
This website shares what was learned during a project to begin to reconcile past harms and change the way research is conducted with persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and mental health service experiences (IDD-MH) and their families.
Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication
Posted: 03/15/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Address language, culture, literacy, and access barriers in all published materials and activities
CDC’s Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication emphasize the importance of addressing all people inclusively and respectfully. These principles are intended to help public health professionals, particularly health communicators, within and outside of CDC ensure their communication products and strategies adapt to the specific cultural, linguistic, environmental, and historical situation of each population or audience of focus.
Infusing Intersectionality into Disability Employment Systems Change Efforts: A Primer for Strengthening your Organization’s Internal Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Posted: 03/01/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Develop infrastructure that supports diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence; and builds capacity to address and reduce inequities and disparities.
This Primer is focused on helping grantees identify how to infuse diversity, equity, and inclusion in policy and programming to increase competitive, integrated employment for people with disabilities from marginalized and underserved populations.
Building Connections in Black Communities: Faith, Autism, Health Care, and Research
Posted: 02/24/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Develop and nurture partnerships with organizations representing or affiliated with diverse communities.
Webinar: Faith, Disability, Mental Health, and Research: Engaging Black People of African Descent in the Dialogue
Posted: 02/24/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Develop and nurture partnerships with organizations representing or affiliated with diverse communities.
In this webinar, which will take place February 23, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Mirian E. Ofonedu, Ph.D., LCSW-C, will discuss the role that faith-based communities play in addressing the challenges experienced by Black people of African descent with autism, mental illness, and other disabilities. She will discuss strategies for addressing barriers to diagnosis and treatment services access and the distrust of medical research created by the historical events.
To address the personal experiences of exclusion and shame that Black people of African descent with autism, mental illness, and other disabilities experience, it is important that professionals utilize culturally appropriate community networks, such as faith-based communities, to increase disability awareness, reduce stigma, and improve Black people’s engagement in research and mental health services. View the webinar recording here.
Reconciling the Past and Changing the Future: Engaging Young Adults with IDD-MH and Researchers in Comparative Effectiveness Research
Posted: 02/07/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
This website shares what was learned during a project to begin to reconcile past harms and change the way research is conducted with persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and mental health service experiences (IDD-MH) and their families.
Toolkit for Remote Inclusive Research
Posted: 02/01/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
This toolkit:
- Is designed for research team leaders who want to include research team members with IDD.
- Includes descriptions of strategies that can be used across different stages of a research process. For each strategy, the toolkit also includes:
- Accommodations to make sure everyone on the team can participate
- Adaptations to use strategies during remote collaboration
- Accessible resources for team members, such as video directions for frequently used technologies and forms that can be individualized for your project
- Suggestions of free and low-cost technologies that teams can use to collaborate remotely
- Examples of other research projects that have used each strategy and accommodation
Best Practice Highlights for Treating Diverse Patient Populations
Posted: 01/21/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
Developing Culturally Responsive Approaches to Serving Diverse Populations: A Resource Guide for Community-Based Organizations
Posted: 01/21/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
Tailoring Nutrition Services: Development of a Cultural Toolkit
Posted: 01/21/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
Teaching: Readers Share Ideas on Inclusive and Anti-Racist Teaching
Posted: 01/21/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
Understanding Historical Trauma & Microaggressions
Posted: 01/21/2022
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
A Tool to Expand Organizational Understanding of Workforce Diversity
Posted: 01/20/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Bringing More Diversity to Leadership
Posted: 01/20/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
Disentangling the Meanings of Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
Posted: 01/20/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Programs that Support Students and Faculty from Racial and Ethnic Groups Underrepresented in Maternal and Child Health Training Programs
Posted: 01/20/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
The Role of Cultural Diversity in Mentoring
Posted: 01/20/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees.
These labs are remarkably diverse — here’s why they’re winning at science
Posted: 01/20/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
Best Practices for Managing Organizational Diversity
Posted: 01/12/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Toolkits and Cultural Agility for Stay Interviews
Posted: 01/12/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
Workforce Recruitment Program
Posted: 01/12/2022
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
Representative Hiring: Strategy F: Engage underrepresented staff/faculty to fill position vacancies.
Developing Diverse Teams to Improve Performance in the Organizational Setting
Posted: 01/07/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
How a community grew stronger with the contributions of people with disabilities
Posted: 01/07/2022
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Considerations for Improving Services for Native American/American Indian Individuals with Disabilities and Mental Health Concerns
Posted: 12/06/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
Fact sheet by the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (MHDD) National Training Center based on a study identifying four important factors on how disabilities are viewed by NA/AI people. This study was done by hearing directly from NA/AI people on this topic.
ASAN Foundations for Inclusive Advocacy Toolkit
Posted: 11/29/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
This toolkit provides easy-to-understand explanations of societal discrimination and definitions of some words used to talk about different forms of oppression.
This toolkit will explain:
- Respectful ways to learn about new people, like their names and pronouns
- How stereotypes hurt people, and how to avoid them
- How society, and individual people, discriminate against many different groups
- The importance of listening to people about discrimination
Black and Brown Students Want Black and Brown Mentors. What’s a Primarily White Institution to Do?
Posted: 11/10/2021
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees.
S. Brooke Vick from Muhlenberg College shares three ways mentoring efforts can support students of color.
Institute on Community Integration Policy Research Brief: The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: Low Wages and Racial Disparities
Posted: 11/01/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Share Data: Strategy B: Share data to help drive research priorities.
A brief reporting findings from a recent study exploring direct support professionals (DSPs) providing support during the COVID-19 pandemic confirmed the critical shortage of DSPs supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, reflected in high turnover and vacancy rates, and low wages they earn. Fear of becoming infected or spreading the virus to others and added responsibilities for childcare are among factors that have amplified staffing challenges and added stress to DSPs and the people they support.
Lessons Learned from AUCD's Language and Communications Access Plan
Posted: 11/01/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
From 2019-2021, the UCEDD Resource Center (URC) supported a pilot implementing the plan, with the creation of the Plain Language Advisory Group and Spanish Language Caucus. Join us to learn about the work of both groups, what the URC has learned in its efforts to improve the language and communications accessibility of its technical assistance, and how this might apply to the work at your center or program. We will also share out some resources for creating Spanish translations or plain language adaptations of existing materials.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Maternal Health Care
Posted: 08/30/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Provide and participate in ongoing staff and faculty training.
This free, 2-hour e-learning program is designed for providers and students seeking knowledge and skills related to cultural competency, cultural humility, person-centered care, and combating implicit bias across the continuum of maternal health care.
NIH-funded Study Highlights Stark Racial Disparities in Maternal Deaths
Posted: 08/27/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality — deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth — in the United States may be larger than previously reported, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. By re-examining information on death certificates from 2016 and 2017, researchers found that the maternal mortality rate among non-Hispanic Black women was 3.5 times higher than among non-Hispanic white women. Previously, standard analyses had indicated a 2.5-times-higher death rate for Black women.
COVID-19 Data on Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Posted: 08/23/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Share Data: Strategy B: Share data to help drive research priorities.
MI-DDI Spanish Language COVID-19 Vaccine Infographics
Posted: 08/20/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Address language, culture, literacy, and access barriers in all published materials and activities
Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute is excited to share six Spanish plain language infographics on the COVID-19 vaccine. MI-DDI's mission is to contribute to the development of inclusive communities and quality of life for people with disabilities and their families through a culturally sensitive, statewide program of training and education, community support and services, research, and sharing of information.
Race on Campus: Escaping Diversity 'Change Traps'
Posted: 08/13/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Develop infrastructure that supports diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence; and builds capacity to address and reduce inequities and disparities.
Welcome to Race on Campus. When colleges set out to tackle their lack of faculty diversity or problems with their campus climate, they often take the same steps they’ve always tried, seemingly in search of a quick fix. The American Association for the Advancement of Science seeks to help colleges take a slower, more systemic approach, our Sarah Brown reports.
Parent Advocacy and Support Resources
Posted: 07/30/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Parent Advocacy Toolkit
Posted: 07/23/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
This toolkit is designed to help parents advocate at their child’s school, school district, or school board for whole child education that is inclusive of students with disabilities. The toolkit is grounded using the 7 Principles for Serving Students With Disabilities & Intersectional Identities Through Social-Emotional Learning Approaches
"Achieving Health Equity" Resources from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Posted: 07/09/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Research Brief: Digital Access for Students in Higher Education and the ADA
Posted: 06/18/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Share Data: Strategy B: Share data to help drive research priorities.
This brief will highlight research about digital access in higher education and summarize research on barriers to digital access, potential benefits of online learning for students with disabilities, accommodations in digital environments, and practical research about how to improve digital access.
From SMART to SMARTIE: How to Embed Inclusion and Equity in Your Goals
Posted: 06/04/2021
Theme: Performance Measurement
Objective: Establish guidance and measure progress toward diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence.
When you’re moving from equity-neutral goals to goals with equity and inclusion considerations baked in, practice these tips to stay on track.
AAPI Cultural Competency Course
Posted: 05/28/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Provide and participate in ongoing staff and faculty training.
In partnership with the ADvancing IQ Learning Center, NAPCA developed a cultural competency course: Strengthening Cultural Competence in Information and Referral/Assistance Work with AAPI Older Adults. During this course, the National Resource Center on AAPI Aging provides a general overview of AAPI older adult populations throughout America, including demographic trends, cultural diversity and barriers to accessing services.
The course offers strategies for staff and providers to integrate cultural and linguistic competence into their work with AAPI older adults, strengthening access to the Aging Network’s long-term services and supports system for this diverse group. This hour-long course is free and provides a certificate of completion for those who successfully pass the course quiz.
Trauma-Informed Lawyering
Posted: 05/24/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
A trauma-informed legal practice aims to reduce re-traumatization and recognize the role trauma plays in
the lawyer-client relationship. Integrating trauma-informed practices provides lawyers with the opportunity to
increase connections to their clients and improve advocacy.
Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities from Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups May Perceive Different Barriers to Healthcare than Their White Peers
Posted: 05/20/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Access to healthcare is an important factor for individuals to have positive health outcomes and to maintain a positive health status. It is, therefore, important to minimize barriers to healthcare access, real or perceived. Prior research has also suggested that there are persistent health disparities between individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups and white Americans. The research suggests the disparities may be related to mistrust of healthcare providers and the healthcare system among Black and Latinx individuals, due in part to prior history of discrimination, medical injustices (e.g. Tuskegee Experiment), and negative perception of the medical industry. Among the Latinx community, barriers and sources of mistrust include lack of language translation services and concerns about immigration status.
Language Access Rights: Tips for Advocates of Limited English Proficient Older Adults
Posted: 05/20/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Address language, culture, literacy, and access barriers in all published materials and activities
This Practice Tip offers advice to advocates and counselors working with Limited English Proficient (LEP) older adults to better assert their language access rights.
The DEI Pathway to Promotion
Posted: 05/14/2021
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis says it's putting its policies where its mouth is, approving new promotion and tenure options based on diversity, equity and inclusion work.
Equity Toolkit from the Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Posted: 04/26/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Address language, culture, literacy, and access barriers in all published materials and activities
Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Posted: 04/23/2021
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
Representative Hiring: Strategy F: Engage underrepresented staff/faculty to fill position vacancies.
How to Stand Up for Equity in Higher Education
Posted: 04/21/2021
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Recruit and retain a diverse trainee pool.
Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides
Posted: 04/12/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Is Diversity Moral? Educational?
Posted: 04/09/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
APHA: Advancing Racial Equity Webinar Series - Discussion Guide
Posted: 03/26/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Facilitation: Strategy O: Obtain training in facilitation and/or group conversation.
Race on Campus: When Diversity Wasn't Enough, One College Created a Blueprint for Belonging
Posted: 03/26/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Welcome to Race on Campus. This week, we'll share how Albion College responded when it found that being on campus is not the same as belonging. Then we'll talk with one diversity officer about why colleges need to educate students and faculty members on anti-Asian racism. And we'll share the details on an upcoming virtual event featuring student-body presidents of color.
The Future Liberation of Disability Movements
Posted: 03/26/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
Author Valerie Novack (she/her) is a Black and Latina disability policy researcher focusing on inclusive infrastructure and emergency management practices. She focuses on integrating the expertise of lived experience and grassroots efforts of marginalized peoples into policymaking at the local, state, and federal levels.
Health Equity: Permanent Supportive Housing with Housing First (Housing First Programs)
Posted: 03/01/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Share Data: Strategy B: Share data to help drive research priorities.
Each year in the United States, an estimated 1.4 million people stay in a homeless shelter at least once, and many others who are homeless do not use shelters (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD], 2018). Homelessness is associated with lower income and is more common among racial and ethnic minority populations (HUD, 2018).
Homelessness is associated with multiple health problems, increased mortality, and increased use of health care and other services (Caton et al., 2007). Approximately half (49.2%) of the people experiencing homelessness have a disabling condition, which the Department of Housing and Urban Development defines as having limitations in conducting daily life activities, or in working or living independently, or having a diagnosis of HIV infection (including AIDS; Henry et al., 2018).
Recalibrating the Use of Race in Medical Research
Posted: 03/01/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Race as a variable in medical research has long been a contentious issue.1 It is widely accepted that race is an indistinct construct that is not always measured accurately and standardized. In 1999, the Human Genome Project emphasized race as nonbiological with no basis in the genetic code. What, then, does race define
Why Your ‘Objective’ Screening Rubric Produced Biased Results
Posted: 02/26/2021
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Hire and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce of staff and faculty.
Five things that search committees can do to move more women and people of color forward in the executive-hiring process.
The Skinny on Teaching Evals and Bias
Posted: 02/19/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Create and promote a safe and inclusive environment in all settings (office, clinic, school, others).
New analysis seeks to make sense of what's really going on with respect to gender and other kinds of bias and teaching evaluations. It offers suggestions for meaningful evaluations during COVID-19 and beyond.
Dismantling Disparities in Communities: Resources and Tools to Advance Systems Change
Posted: 02/08/2021
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Develop infrastructure that supports diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence; and builds capacity to address and reduce inequities and disparities.
Given the complexity of social change efforts in an increasingly urgent social justice and geopolitical moment, the question is no longer whether funders and community partners should invest and engage in systems change work, but how. These efforts require more equitable approaches to address disparities in communities, including raising community voice, changing policies, and rethinking practices. And as many foundations and community leaders develop, co-design, or refine programs in education, employment, and public health, among other areas, there are opportunities for them to more deeply root investments and engage with communities to sustain their impact.
The promise of scientific partnerships with people on the spectrum
Posted: 01/29/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Conduct research that is responsive to needs of and engages with underserved communities.
Competencies Promise to Reduce Health Care Disparities for Millions of Americans with Disabilities
Posted: 01/04/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
Deconstructing Racism and Ableism in the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Posted: 01/04/2021
Theme: Core Functions
Objective: Provide accessible, culturally and linguistically competent services
Program Evaluation Tip Sheet: Integrating Cultural Competence into Evaluation
Posted: 12/03/2020
Theme: Performance Measurement
Objective: Establish guidance and measure progress toward diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence.
How a Search Committee Can Be the Arbiter of Diversity
Posted: 11/10/2020
Theme: Infrastructure
Objective: Develop infrastructure that supports diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence; and builds capacity to address and reduce inequities and disparities.
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Fannie Lou Hamer Leadership Program
Posted: 11/06/2020
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Establish mentorship programs to support professional development of staff, faculty, and trainees.
Empower Young Adults: Strategy A: Identify opportunities to empower young adults.
Recent Podcast Episodes of AUCD Network Narratives
Ep 18: Health Advocacy and Supporting Black Families with Ida Winters
Ida joins Jeiri for a conversation about how she bridges the gap between families and providers. She shares a behind-the-scenes look at her style of advocacy and how she developed it organically through her own experience with her family. Ida also shares her thoughts on why so many people might struggle with trusting professionals in healthcare, along with her biggest barrier when entering the advocacy arena. Then, Ida shares her challenges as a Black family leader at her center. And finally, she wraps up the episode with her advice for Black and Brown families who want to improve their connection to the community.
Listen InDIVERSITY & INCLUSION in ACTION
Where Disability and Diversity Meet
Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice (IDRPP) is home to one of six equity, diversity and inclusion coaches who advise the nation’s university-based centers on disability. Dr. Eduardo Ortiz’s role with AUCD lasts through September 29. But he said work on understanding diversity and its intersection with disability should—and will—continue much farther into the future at IDRPP.
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