Assessment of Health Equity using a Framework for CLAS

CLAS stands for culturally and linguistically appropriate services. CLAS is services that are respectful of and responsive to each person's culture and communication needs. CLAS helps your organization take into account cultural health beliefs, preferred languages, health literacy levels, and communication needs.
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Theme 1: Governance, Leadership, and Workforce

CLAS Standard 2: Advance and sustain organizational governance and leadership that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices, and allocated resources.
CLAS Standard 3: Recruit, promote, and support culturally and linguistically diverse governance, leadership, and workforce that are responsive to the population in the service area.
CLAS Standard 4: Educate and train governance, leadership, and workforce in culturally and linguistically appropriate policies and practices on an ongoing basis.

Theme 2: Communication and Language Assistance

CLAS Standard 5: Offer language assistance to individuals who have limited English proficiency and/or other communication needs, at no cost to them, to facilitate timely access to all health care and services.
CLAS Standard 6: Inform all individuals of the availability of language assistance services clearly and in their preferred language, verbally and in writing.
CLAS Standard 7: Ensure the competence of individuals providing language assistance, recognizing that the use of untrained individuals and/or minors as interpreters should be avoided.
CLAS Standard 8: Provide easy-to-understand print and multimedia materials and signage in the languages commonly used by the populations in the service area.

Theme 3: Engagement, Continuous Improvement, and Accountability

CLAS Standard 9: Establish culturally and linguistically appropriate goals, policies, and management accountability, and infuse them throughout the organization's planning and operations.
CLAS Standard 10: Conduct ongoing assessments of the organization's CLAS-related activities and integrate CLAS-related measures into measurement and continuous quality improvement activities.
CLAS Standard 11: Collect and maintain accurate and reliable demographic data to monitor and evaluate the impact of CLAS on health equity and outcomes, and to inform service delivery.
CLAS Standard 12: Conduct regular assessments of community health assets and needs, and use the results to plan and implement services that respond to the cultural and linguistic diversity of populations in the service area.
CLAS Standard 13: Partner with the community to design, implement, and evaluate policies, practices, and services to ensure cultural and linguistic appropriateness.
CLAS Standard 14: Create conflict and grievance resolution processes that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to identify, prevent, and resolve conflicts or complaints.
CLAS Standard 15: Communicate the organization's progress in implementing and sustaining CLAS to all stakeholders, constituents, and the general public.

If you need additional support or assistance with Culturally Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), contact the Telligen health equity team at QIConnect@telligen.com