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Diversity in Minnesota

• African American
• American Indian
• Asian Indian
• Cambodian
• Ethiopian
• European American
• Hispanic/Latino
• Hmong
• Iraqi
• Russian
• Somali
• Vietnamese

Culture Care Connection

Culture Care Connection is an online learning and resource center, developed by Stratis Health, aimed at supporting health care providers, staff, and administrators in their ongoing efforts to provide culturally competent care in Minnesota.

Cultural competence is having the capacity to function effectively within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs of consumers and their communities (Office of Minority Health).

Providing culturally-competent care may further your organization’s implementation and adherence to the Office of Minority Health’s national standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS).

This site provides information on cultural competence concepts, health topics, ethnicities, stakeholder organizations and resources that are most reflective of the needs of Minnesota’s diverse populations as well as the health care organizations that serve them.

Culture Care Connection provides actionable tools to assist organizations in achieving their goals in relation to cultural competence.

Stratis Health

Stratis Health is a nonprofit organization that leads collaboration and innovation in health care quality and safety, and serves as a trusted expert in facilitating improvement for people and communities. Stratis Health has a long record of success in reducing health disparities among communities of color and underserved populations.

More on Stratis Health’s disparities and cultural competence work >