End Stage Renal Disease

Health Equity and CLAS

Culturally & Linguistically Available Service

Facility CLAS Assessment Survey

CLAS is defined as services that are respectful of and responsive to individual cultural health beliefs, and practices, preferred languages, health literacy levels and communication needs. The CLAS standards provide a guideline with actions steps and strategies to address and eliminate health care disparities. Adopting these standards will help advance better health and health care in the U.S.

The purpose of this assessment is to help your organization evaluate its current status as it relates to CLAS.

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Implementation and General Information on Health Equity and CLAS

What is CLAS?

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Decreasing Dialysis Patient-Provider Conflict (DPC) – Addendum December 2022

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An Implementation Checklist for the National CLAS Standards

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A Practical Guide to Implementing the National CLAS Standards: For Racial, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities, People with Disabilities and Sexual and Gender Minorities

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AHRQ – Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

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A Change Package to Improve Health Equity

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3 Good Questions for Better Health

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Health Literacy Poster

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Teach-Back Method

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Home Modality

Transplantation

UNOS Kidney Continuous Distribution Policy Development

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Medicare Part B Immunosuppressive Drug Benefit

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Linked By Love

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Facility and Patient Engagement

5 Things to Know About Health Literacy

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Behavioral Health

Vaccinations

A Guide for Community Partners – Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Members of Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities

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Hospitalizations