Annual Report to the Secretary Department of Health and Human Services and to the Congress, 2004. Recommendations: Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages, Title VII, Part D, Public Health Service Act

摘要

The Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (the Committee) provides advice and recommendations on programs authorized under Title VII, Part D of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. The Committee is governed by provisions of Public law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2). The Committee views community-based, interdisciplinary training as the most effective way to prepare the health care workforce to meet the health care-related needs of our Nations most vulnerable populations including the socio-economically disadvantaged and geographically isolated, as well as the elderly, children, the chronically ill, and disabled people. Federal Title VII, Part D, Section 751 through 756 Interdisciplinary, Community-based Training Grant Programs, hereafter referred to as the Title VII Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Training Grant Programs, ensure that health care professionals are able to address the many challenges related to providing high-quality services to unserved and underserved populations and communities. The efforts of Title VII Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Training Grant Program grantees, as educators and providers of ongoing training, ensure that sufficient numbers of providers are well qualified to meet the diverse health care needs of our Nation. From October 2003 to September 2004, the Committee addressed four topics: cultural competence and diversity; health disparities; health workforce; and the health workforce pipeline and faculty development.