CLAS

  • What is CLAS?
    • CLAS Plan
    • Policy & Regulation
  • Materials in
    Multiple Languages
    • Language ID Card
    • Translated Documents
      • Translated VDH Materials
      • Translated Health/Patient Education Information
      • Linguistically Appropriate Health Care
    • Navigating the U.S. Health Care System
    • Commonly Used Clinical Phrase
  • Health Services
    Tools/Articles
    • Virginia’s Medical Interpreter Database
    • Culturally Appropriate Health Care
    • Health Care Related Language Service Programs in Virginia
    • Multicultural Health and Human Service Programs in Virginia
  • Research
    and Data
    • Language Needs Assessment
    • Limited English Population Maps
    • Assessment Tools
    • Data Collection: Racial, Ethnic and Primary Language
    • General Research Issues
    • Virginia Studies
    • Linguistically Appropriate Healthcare
  • Minority Health and
    Health Equity
    • Health Equity Blog
  • Contact Us
  • What is CLAS?
    • CLAS Plan
    • Policy & Regulation
  • Materials in
    Multiple Languages
    • Language ID Card
    • Translated Documents
      • Translated VDH Materials
      • Translated Health/Patient Education Information
      • Linguistically Appropriate Health Care
    • Navigating the U.S. Health Care System
    • Commonly Used Clinical Phrase
  • Health Services
    Tools/Articles
    • Virginia’s Medical Interpreter Database
    • Culturally Appropriate Health Care
    • Health Care Related Language Service Programs in Virginia
    • Multicultural Health and Human Service Programs in Virginia
  • Research
    and Data
    • Language Needs Assessment
    • Limited English Population Maps
    • Assessment Tools
    • Data Collection: Racial, Ethnic and Primary Language
    • General Research Issues
    • Virginia Studies
    • Linguistically Appropriate Healthcare
  • Minority Health and
    Health Equity
    • Health Equity Blog
  • Contact Us
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Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) can help organizations address the cultural and language differences between the people who provide information and services and the people they serve. To ensure CLAS means to provide effective, equitable, understandable and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy and other communication needs