About the Diversity Program

A large immigrant population presents our community with a number of benefits, as well as challenges. Some of these challenges are language barriers and differences in values and beliefs. The Charlotte AHEC Diversity team provides educational and training programs that help our community and its immigrants bridge the barriers of language and culture. We share the goals of the NC AHEC Health Careers/Workforce Diversity Program: "to encourage and strengthen the development of activities that serve to improve the diversity and cultural competence of the health care workforce."

Our primary goals include:

• The development and delivery of activities that serve to improve the diversity and cultural competence of the healthcare workforce.
• The improvement of accessibility and quality of care to all minority groups in our region.
• The development and delivery of programs to help provide a better understanding of the Latino cultural background and to assist public service providers in understanding issues which affect their service delivery.