Hi Charlene,

You might be interested in the Cultural Competence Guide for Health Professionals developed by the Nova Scotia Health Dep't Diversity and Social Inclusion office (http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/primaryhealthcare/Diversity.htm).  Among lots of other great info, the guide does have some organizational and health professional assessment tools.  Here's the link for the guide:

http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/primaryhealthcare/pubs/Cultural_Competence_guide_for_Primary_Health_Care_Professionals.pdf

Hope that helps,

Sophie Bart 
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Subject: Needs / Capacity Assessment


Hello fellow subscribers. 

I am a student working with Public health in Healthy Babies / Healthy 
Children. I am looking at developing a Needs/Capacity Assessment of the 
staff around their experiences in working with families from a variety of 
different backgrounds. The geographical area the staff serves is becoming 
more diverse but many of the staff have not worked with many families of 
different backgrounds, cultures etc. I am trying to assess the staff’s 
needs in this area and their current capacities. I am just wondering if 
anyone has done something similar or has any suggestions of good resources 
on developing such an assessment.

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Thank you 
Charlene Gunn-Hagerman

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