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1 “CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE FOR LGBT POPULATIONS” Wednesday June 11, 2014 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

2 THE NATIONAL LGBT HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, THE FENWAY INSTITUTE, FENWAY HEALTH, BOSTON  Offers educational programs, resources, assistance to health care organizations with the goal of providing affirmative, high quality, cost- effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people  Focus: Eliminating Disparities  Teaching about LGBT concepts and demographics  Ending Invisibility  Taking a History of Sexual Health  Collecting Data on SO/GI in EHRs  Clinical Education on LGBT Issues  Prevention  HIV  Transgender Primary Care  Creating an Affirmative and Inclusive Environment for Care

3 THE FENWAY GUIDE TO LGBT HEALTH  First textbook in the United States on LGBT Health  Second Edition to be published in Fall 2014

4 HRSA NATIONAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT  Trainings in Collaboration with Primary Care Associations, other National Cooperative Agreements, and Departments of Health including:  The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)  The National Health Care for the Homeless Council  Farmworkers’ Justice  Webinars  Live and “on-demand”  Free Continuing Education credits available  Resources  Publications, online courses, suggested readings

5 ENDING INVISIBILITY: DO ASK DO TELL!  Do Ask, Do Tell Series: Poster and Brochures in English and Spanish encouraging patients to “come out” to their health care providers and talk about being LGBT  Poster and brochures available on our website

6 ENDING INVISIBILITY: TAKING A HISTORY OF SEXUAL HEALTH  Developed a Toolkit: Taking Routine Histories of Sexual Health: A System-Wide Approach for Health Centers developed in collaboration with NACHC  Topic of webinars and trainings  Recently in New Orleans, Jackson, Little Rock, Cape Cod

7 IMPROVING CLINICAL CARE  Transgender Primary Care  Cancer Prevention  Integrating HIV Prevention and Care in Primary Care Settings

8 CREATING A CARING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT  Are clinicians and staff taught about the health needs of LGBT people?  Do LGBT employees feel respected and safe at work?  Do forms reflect the full range of sexual and gender identity and expression?

9 WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU! Adrianna Sicari, Hilary Goldhammer, Harvey Makadon 617.927.6354 lgbthealtheducation@fenwayhealth.org http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org

10 “CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE FOR LGBT POPULATIONS” Please send us your questions through email

11 Howard Brown Health Center Chicago, Illinois Services: Alternative Insemination (AI) Broadway Youth Center Case Management Counseling and Psychotherapy Domestic Violence Support Field Services HIV/AIDS Services Lesbian Community Care Project(LCCP) PATH Program for HIV+ Youth Primary Care Medical Services Recovering with Pride TA/CD Program Outreach and Testing Transgender Health Walk-In Clinic Workshops and Support Groups Sheridan Road – Aris Health – Lakeview Research – Broadway Youth Center Brown Elephant Stores – Clark, Halsted, Oak Park

12 Nurses’ Health Education About LGBT Elders (HEALE) Barriers To Care  Discrimination/Homophobia/Transphobia  Institutional Heterosexism  Lack of Protocol for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) collection  Limited Research  Legal/Financial Inequality  Access to Insurance  PPACA!  Nursing’s “passive” role in LACK of LGBT Culturally Competent Care

13 Nurses’ Health Education About LGBT Elders (HEALE) Six Modules: Module 1: An Introduction to Older LGBT Adults Module 2: Health Disparities and Barriers to Care Module 3: Sex and Sexuality in the Older LGBT Adult Module 4: Legal and Financial Barriers to Care Module 5: The Older Transgender Adult Module 6: HIV and Aging

14 Nurses’ Health Education About LGBT Elders (HEALE) Accomplishments  Translated the entire curriculum into Spanish – piloting to ASI Home Health Care (Norwegian American Hospital)  300+ employees 65% Native Spanish speakers  Developing Module 7: LGBT Elders of Color  2-hour condensed module (disc.)

15 “CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE FOR LGBT POPULATIONS” Don’t forget to fill out your feedback (survey) form.


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