Cultural Information and Resources
At RWJBarnabas Health, it is our goal to provide safe, equitable, culturally-sensitive patient-centered care. To fully address the needs of our diverse patient populations, we have created culture-focused medical programs to remove barriers and challenges faced by groups that have been marginalized when seeking health care such as access, language, transportation, financial and more. Each dedicated program is specifically designed to target and remove obstacles to ensure continuity of care, improve patient satisfaction, community relationships, and provide quality and culturally competent care. Culture-focused programs help patients to reach their optimum health by ensuring that they have access to the high-quality inpatient or outpatient care and services they need, as well as free screenings, community education and low-cost preventive programs.
LGBTQ+ Resources
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Race, Ethnicity, and Language and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
(REaL and SOGI)
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are extremely important to providing equitable services in health care. RWJBarnabas Health is committed to understanding its vulnerable populations to impact real change in patient outcomes and wellness programs. The collection of REaL and SOGI data allows us to develop care plans that promote health and wellness to all patients. - LGBTQ+ Health Resources
- RWJBH LGBTQ+ Health Services
- PROUD Center (Community Medical Center)
- PROUD Gender Center of New Jersey (RWJUH)
- Babs Siperstein PROUD Center (RWJUH Somerset)
Differently Abled Resources
- Deaf and Hearing Impaired
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Visually Impaired (Aira)
Aira connects people who are blind or have low vision to highly trained, remotely-located human agents. Through an app on your smartphone, Aira delivers instant access to visual information at the touch of a button. When patients or visitors are onsite at a RWJBH facility, Aira is available to them free of charge. This app is enabled by a geofence around the facility that Aira creates and maintains. The only requirement to take advantage of this is to have the Aira app installed. From an Android or iOS phone, visit aira.io/app to download and install Aira.
Language and Interpretation Services
- Language Assistance
- Interpreting Services on Demand
- Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
- SOGI / REaL
Culture-Focused Medical Programs
African American Medical Programs
Chinese Medical Programs
- Center for Asian Health & Chinese Health Initiative (Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center)
- Chinese Medical Program (Monmouth Medical Center)
- Chinese Medical Program (Newark Beth Israel Medical Center)
- Chinese Medical Program (RWJUH Hamilton)
- Chinese Medical Program (RWJUH)
- Chinese Medical Program (RWJUH Somerset)
Hispanic and Latinx Medical Programs
- Center of Excellence for Latino Health (Clara Maass Medical Center)
- Breast Navigation Program, Bilingual (Spanish) (Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus)
- Su Salud Medical Program (RWJUH)
- Hispanic Medical Program (RWJUH Somerset)
