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Latinos in the United States in 2000 | Office of Minority Health, USDHHS
The United States is currently experiencing unprecedented changes in its
population (U.S. Committee for Refugees, 2001). A growing need to understand
both similarities and differences among and within ethnic minority
groups and, especially, linguistically diverse people rises along with increasing
pluralism. Latinos constitute the fastest growing ethnic minority group in
the United States, with varying estimates by demographers as to the year in
which Latinos will become the largest minority group in terms of number of
individuals in the U.S census...
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards Final Report
As the U.S. population becomes more diverse, medical providers and other people involved in
health care delivery are interacting with patients/consumers from many different cultural and
linguistic backgrounds. Because culture and language are vital factors in how health care
services are delivered and received, it is important that health care organizations and their
staff understand and respond with sensitivity to the needs and preferences that culturally and
linguistically diverse patients/consumers bring to the health encounter. Providing culturally
and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) to these patients has the potential to improve
access to care, quality of care, and, ultimately, health outcomes...
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