IV.  Additional Resources

Addressing Language Access Issues in Your Practice
A guide sponsored by the California Academy of Family Physicians Supported by an educational grant from The California Endowment
http://www.familydocs.org/assets/Multicultural_Health/Addressing%20Language%20AccessToolkit.pdf

Newly Effective Regulations - Effective Date 02/23/2007
2004-0115 Language Assistance Programs
Department of Managed Health Care
http://wpso.dmhc.ca.gov/regulations/

Lost in the Translation
GIH Bulletin
http://www.gih.org/usr_doc/lost_in_the_translation.pdf

Language Access Resources; Hot Links
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
http://www.ncihc.org/hot.htm
National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS).  The CLAS standards are primarily directed at health care organizations; however, individual providers are also encouraged to use the standards to make their practices more culturally and linguistically accessible.