Questions With Solved Solutions 2025.
What are the CLAS standards? - Answer The National CLAS Standards from the Office of
Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are intended to advance
health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate healthcare disparities.
What does the CLAS Acronym mean? - Answer CLAS: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate
Services
Principal Standard - Answer 1.) 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.
Governance, Leadership, and Workforce - Answer 2.) Advance and sustain organizational
governance and leadership that promotes CLAS and health equity theough policy, practices and
allocated resources.
Governance, Leadership, and Workforce - Answer 3.) Recruit, promote and support a
culturally and linguistically diverse governance, leadership and workforce that are responsive to
the population in the service area.
Governance, Leadership, and Workforce - Answer 4.) Educate and train governance,
leadership and workforce in culturally and linguistically appropriate policies and practices on an
ongoing basis.
Communication and Language Assistance - Answer 5.) Offer language assistance to individuals
who have limited English proficiency and/or other communication needs, at no cost to them, to
facilitate timely access to all health care and services.
Communication and Language Assistance - Answer 6.) Inform all individuals of the availability
of language assistance services clearly and in their preferred language, verbally and in writing.
Communication and Language Assistance - Answer 7.) Ensure the competence of individuals
providing language assistance, recognizing that the use of untrained individuals and/or minors
as interpreters should be avoided.