Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness
A Strategy to Achieve Health Equity
for professionals in psychology, behavioral health,
and social work
Presented by Dr. Pierluigi Mancini
Videos
The following videos include Part 1 and Part 2 of Dr. Pierluigi Mancini’s training, “Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness (CLR): A Strategy to Achieve Health Equity.” This workshop will examine cultural factors that can affect health and healthcare, such as language, communication styles, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors. And how providers can reduce disparities through CLR and unbiased quality care including steps addressing governance, organizational policies and services.
Part 1:
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness:
A Strategy to Achieve Health Equity
(Dr. Pierluigi Mancini)
Part 2:
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness:
A Strategy to Achieve Health Equity
(Dr. Pierluigi Mancini)
Description:
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness (CLR) has gained attention as a potential strategy to reducing health disparities and achieving health equity in health care. This workshop will examine cultural factors that can affect health and healthcare, such as language, communication styles, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors. And how providers can reduce disparities through CLR and unbiased quality care including steps addressing governance, organizational policies and services.
Objectives:
- Describe the importance of cultural and linguistic responsiveness (CLR).
- Recognize workforce issues related to CLR and recognize best practices for building a bicultural/bilingual workforce.
- Explain implicit bias.
- Identify barriers and strategize solutions to implementing CLR.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Date Presented: Wed., Jan. 18, 2023 1:00pm – 4:00pm (Central)
Date Training Expires: Jan. 18, 2025
Supporting Material
About the Speaker
Dr. Pierluigi Mancini
Dr. Pierluigi Mancini has over 30 years of experience in culturally and linguistically responsive behavioral health treatment and prevention. Mancini’s areas of expertise are cultural and linguistic competence, immigrant behavioral health, social and racial justice, health equity and health disparities. Mancini founded Georgia’s only Latino behavioral health program in 1999 to serve the immigrant population by providing cultural and linguistically appropriate mental health and addiction treatment and prevention services in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Mancini recently led a project to train clinicians in Latin America who are taking care of the over 4 million displaced Venezuelans arriving in Colombia, Perú, Ecuador, Brazil, Panamá and other countries. Mancini is the chair of the Georgia Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council, and serves as the secretary/treasurer on the Mental Health America National Board of Directors. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center Regional Health, the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse, and RI International.
These trainings were funded in whole or in part by funds from the SAMHSA Community Mental Health Block Grant, SAMHSA Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant and state funds sub-granted from the Nebraska Department of Health and Services, Division of Behavioral Health.