Programs

ACU’s programs focus on supporting clinicians and improving health care for the underserved by raising the quality of care, expanding access to care, and developing a well-trained and adequately resourced health care workforce.

Among our quality improvement initiatives are:

• Providing continuing professional education opportunities that focus on issues related to care for the underserved.
• Producing new and revising existing patient education materials to meet the needs of patients with limited health literacy and English proficiency.
• Developing initiatives to improve care for conditions with marked disparities including oral health asthma and other chronic diseases.

Training clinicians to integrate health literacy and more in clinical care settings.

ACU’s efforts to expand access to care include advocacy and education to improve access to comprehensive quality care, including pharmacy assistance programs.

ACU strengthens and supports the health care workforce through workforce development activities, including training lay health advisors or promotoras as part of the health care team, promoting use of health information technology and more.