Vision Statement
Shape Connecticut's health care system so that underserved, culturally diverse populations will experience better health outcomes.
Mission Statement
To build a bridge between qualified, internationally trained health care professionals and linguistically and culturally competent health care services for Connecticut's diverse, underserved communities.
Central Area Health Education Center, Inc. developed an educational bridge program that will reach the following goals:
- Increase the quantity of diverse health care professionals in Connecticut
- Increase institutions cultural and linguistic competence in health care delivery
- Increase knowledge, attitude and behaviors regarding foreign trained health professionals
- Increase access to, for consumers in linguistic isolation, and response of the health care delivery system
- Decrease the impact of language barriers on quality of health care delivered
- Increase the level of respect and committment to inclusion of foregin trained health professionals