This webinar aims to increase the capacity of health centers to conduct culturally responsive depression and mental health screening and referral for LGBTQIA+ communities. This webinar will support health centers in population needs assessment and management, community needs and resource mapping, and clinical effectiveness of care for LGBTQIA+ patients, with an emphasis on social determinants of health.
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Cultural Adaptation of Measures and Tools for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data Collection
This webinar will highlight opportunities to adapt SOGI data collection measures and tools through culturally and linguistically affirming approaches, to better serve multilingual, multiethnic, and racially diverse communities. Participants will hear from bilingual-bicultural researcher Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, PhD, MPHE, MCHES who will share his experiences developing culturally relevant strategies with Spanish-speaking communities, and Dr. Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, who will highlight SOGI resources from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center.
Long COVID and LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
This webinar will focus on the mental health impacts for LGBTQIA+ people who are coping with Long COVID (Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome, or PACS). The COVID-19 pandemic has had an acute negative impact on the physical and mental health of people with multiple, marginalized identities. Issues of isolation, anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide or self-harm have all seen a dramatic rise in the past few years and continue to profoundly affect LGBTQIA+ people with PACS. In this webinar, Zeina Chemali, MD, MPH, and Dr. Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, will address the ways mental health disparities continue to impact LGBTQIA+ communities in the age of COVID-19 and discuss best practices for culturally responsive and affirming care of Long COVID based on current research.
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- Behavioral Health
- Emergency Prep & Response
Culturally and Trauma-Responsive Integrated Behavioral Health Care for LGBTQIA+ Communities
In this webinar we will discuss best practices and lessons learned from the field in response to challenges delivering affirming care for LGBTQIA+ people. We will discuss the impact of these efforts on health and care for LGBTQIA+ communities, and how to work towards culturally responsive and trauma-informed integrative behavioral health care across care teams to promote health and well-being.
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- Behavioral Health
Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data (AESGM 2023)
In this presentation from the March 2023 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education conference, Chris Grasso and Juwan Campbell discuss why and how to collect Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data, as well as how to implement SOGI data collection at your health center.
Trauma Informed Care for Trans and Gender Diverse Patients
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Dr. Jenny Potter and Samara Grossman discuss trauma informed care for Gender-Diverse patients. By the end of this talk, you will be able to define trauma and its adverse effects on mental health, explain how to address signs and symptoms of trauma as they arise during a clinical encounter, and describe how to use a universal trauma-informed approach to optimize care for Trans and Gender-Diverse patients.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Providing Mental Health Assessments for Gender Affirming Surgery Referral Letters
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Sarah Eley discusses mental health assessments for gender-affirming surgery referral letters. By the end of this talk, you will be able to identify eligibility criteria for readiness for gender-affirming surgery, develop insight and understanding of power differentials in the provider-client relationship, and outline the basic information needed for writing a gender-affirming surgical referral letter.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Communities
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Dr. Alex Keuroghlian discusses best practices for clinical mental health care for Transgender and Gender Diverse communities. By the end of this talk, you will be able to explain the context for behavioral health inequities across diagnostic categories within a gender minority stress framework, describe culturally responsive tailoring of evidence-based clinical practices for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people, and apply strategies for building inclusive, affirming, and trauma-informed environments within health centers to optimize mental health outcomes for TGD people.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Eating Disorders and Body Image in Gender Diverse Clients
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Dr. Heidi Dalzell and Dr. Stacy Hunt discuss eating disorders and body image in gender diverse clients.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Collecting Gender Identity Data in EHR and Addressing Quality of Care
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Chris Grasso discusses collecting gender identity data in EHR and addressing quality of care. This presentation will enable you to summarize how to incorporate GI data collection into your workflow using your EHR, and quality improvement techniques to improve communication, quality care, and data and quality management activities; identify at least one method to actively engage and educate staff on the importance of collecting and using GI data, how to do so, the data's impact on health disparities, and how GI can be used to direct education and clinical practice; and identify at least one training, tool, or other resource to assist your health center in collecting and using Gl data.