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Projects
 Children
and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
 The
National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) has a project
dedicated to children and youth with special health needs
and their families. The purpose of the Children & Youth
with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Project is to assist
state
Title V Maternal and Child Health and CSHCN programs to design,
implement and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent
service delivery and support systems.
The
project is funded by the Division of Services for Children
with Special Health
Care Needs (DSCSHCN), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB),
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services, (DHHS).
Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome and Other Infant Death (SIDS/ID)
 Despite a decline in overall infant mortality in the United
States and an approximately 50% initial decline in reported
SIDS deaths since the institution of the Back to Sleep Campaign,
there continue to be significant racial and ethnic disparities
in the rates of infant death. Thus the families needing both
bereavement support and risk reduction efforts are more likely
to be culturally, racially and ethnically diverse.
The National
Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) SIDS/ID project
is designed to impact state and local SIDS/ID programs, family
support
and advocacy organizations, national organizations related
to SDIS/ID issues and the three other National SIDS/ID
Centers funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
Activities
of the SID/ID Project are designed to increase the capacity
of these programs and organizations to incorporate cultural
and linguistic competence into their services and supports,
materials and training efforts and community engagement.
Division
of Research, Training and Education
 The
purpose of the Division of Research, Training and Education
(DRTE) Project of the National Center for Cultural Competence
(NCCC) is to increase the capacity of DRTE-funded programs
to incorporate principles and practices of cultural and linguistic
competency in all aspects of leadership training.
Specifically,
the NCCC is developing a series of modules that focus on
four key curricula content areas in cultural and linguistic
competency
that are essential to health care practitioners.
Child and Adolescent Mental
Health
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The
Cultural Competence Initiative is a collaborative
effort of the National Center for Cultural Competence
(NCCC) and the National Technical Assistance Center
for Children's Mental Health. The Initiative focuses
on four key areas - Technical Assistance and Consultation
to System of Care Communities, Leadership, State & Local
Policy Development and Evaluation.
The
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's
Mental Health is funded through a Cooperative Agreement
with the Center
for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),
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The
NCCC is developing and testing an innovative approach
to Continuing Medical Education (CME) to address
racial and ethnic disparities in the diagnosis and
treatment of depression. The model uses self-assessment
as a learning tool for providers to: (1) heighten
awareness, (2) influence attitudes toward practice
and (3) motivate the development of knowledge and
skills to incorporate cultural and linguistic competence
into the diagnosis and treatment of depression.
This
CME is designed for a broad array of primary care
providers that includes but is not limited to Family
and Community Medicine, Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Internal Medicine,
and Gerontology. This project is a component of the
Initiative for Decreasing Disparities in Depression
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