Cultural Competency and Linguistic Competence: A Strategy to Address Health Disparities and Achieve Health Equity. Identifying the Hispanic/Latino Community. Presenter: Dr. Pierluigi Mancini, PhD

Cultural and Linguistic competence (CLC) has gained attention as a potential strategy to reducing health disparities and achieving health equity in health care. This two-part workshop will examine cultural factors that can affect health and health care, such as language, communication styles, beliefs, implicit bias, attitudes, and behaviors. Additionally, it will examine the cultural aspects that are important when serving the Hispanic/Latino community. This workshop will examine how cultural competence can affect delivery of services in your practice and provide tools to identify and overcome barriers to reduce disparities through culturally and linguistically responsive and unbiased quality care. Multicultural Development Institute "œBridging the Cultural Gap through Education and Training" aims to define health equity and disparities, identify the Hispanic/Latino community, and understand culture and cultural competence. Participants will also learn how culture affects interventions, grasp the concept of implicit bias, and receive actionable steps to improve service delivery, ultimately providing 4 CE hours of valuable insight for healthcare professionals.

• •Define health equity and health disparities, and explain their impact on patient outcomes in chiropractic practice
• •Identify key cultural factors (language, communication styles, beliefs, and behaviors) that influence health and healthcare delivery for Hispanic/Latino patients
• •Recognize implicit bias in clinical decision-making and apply strategies to minimize its effect on patient care and treatment recommendations
• •Demonstrate cultural and linguistic competence by adapting communication and service delivery approaches for diverse Hispanic/Latino populations
• •Analyze barriers to culturally responsive care in your practice and implement evidence-based solutions to reduce health disparities
• •Apply practical tools and protocols to provide unbiased, culturally sensitive chiropractic care that improves patient engagement and clinical outcomes