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Umu Talk Podcast Episode 1: Pacific Pathways: Bridging Mental Health Gaps for Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders in Alaska (2024). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: The National Association of Pasifika Organizations (NAOPO) and Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) is excited to release “Umu Talk.” This podcast highlights the lived experiences of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NH/PI) community health workers (CHWs) and partners. Each episode features talk story interviews with NH/PI community members to destigmatize mental health topics while providing support and improving advocacy for our community. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar Series 2023-2024 - Strategies for Advancing Health Equity in Health Centers (March 14, 2024) (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join our upcoming webinar to explore strategies for advancing health equity within health centers. Learn specific approaches, including steps for developing a health equity plan utilizing Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI) best practices as a framework, creating a health equity team, and establishing priorities and goals to guide health equity work. Attendees will leave with increased confidence in developing their health equity plan at their health center. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar Series 2023-2024 - Data-Driven Health Equity: Strategies for Collecting Patient Data in Health Centers Webinar (March 7, 2024) (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join our upcoming webinar as we dive into key strategies for using identity data in population health management. Expert faculty will highlight the importance of gathering data to address health disparities, with a focus on utilizing Electronic Health Records (EHR) for both internal and patient-focused justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) purposes. Participants will gain confidence in advancing health equity with strategies to collect and use demographic data for developing and monitoring health equity plans. More Details...

Advancing the use of SDOH Data to Support Value Based Care: National Training for Health Centers (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Is your health center interested in learning about how collection of social needs data can support your performance in providing value based care? This one-hour webinar, presented by Washington Association for Community Health, CHAS Health, and the HITEQ Center taught about best practices in SDOH screening and how health centers have used SDOH data for patient care, population health, and value based care. Participants had the opportunity to ask questions and share the specific challenges they face regarding SDOH screening and use of data. All health center staff, particularly those involved in screening clients for social needs, connecting them to resources and using data to inform care, were welcome to attend. More Details...

LGBTQIA+ Care Organizational Change Videos (2023). Resource Type: Micro-Learning. Description: Our new 3-5 minute video series discusses best practices for organizational change at health centers to provide LGBTQIA+ affirming care. Topics include Health Needs Assessment, Engagement and Collaboration with Community Partners, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data Collection, Information Technology Considerations, Investment and Engagement from Key Stakeholders, and Recruitment and Retention of LGBTQIA+ workers. More Details...

Cultural Adaptation of Measures and Tools for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data Collection (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: 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. More Details...

Health Benefits and Considerations of Sports Participation and Physical Activity for Transgender and Gender Diverse People (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will present the unique barriers to and benefits of physical activity and sports participation for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) persons. Presenters will discuss the legal, social, and medical barriers to engagement, including accessibility and safety. The webinar will highlight medical and mental health benefits specific to TGD persons, including with regard to osteopenia/osteoporosis, obesity, hypertension, minimization of gender dysphoria, and other mental health benefits. Participants will hear directly from a transgender athlete about their experience navigating sports participation and from a clinician on best practices for engaging TGD patients with compassionate informed support and connecting them to affirming sports-related resources. More Details...

Gender-affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People Experiencing Homelessness (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will highlight unique challenges and best practices to improve gender-affirming care for TGD people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. Presenters will provide an overview of the spectrum of housing instability, address screening considerations and data collection for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), and offer specific resources to support housing stability, gender affirmation, and other social emotional support services. The session will include a didactic component and case presentations. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar Series - June 7, 2023: Integrating HIV Care into Training and Education for Team Members (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In order for health centers to provide compassionate and respectful HIV prevention, care, and treatment in comprehensive primary care settings, the clinical workforce must be knowledgeable, confident, and competent in their ability to do so. We’ll explore the need to integrate HIV care into training and education for the clinical care team, as well as educational models to train the next generation. Using Community Health Center Inc.’s Center for Key Populations Fellowship for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) as a framework for best practices, experts will discuss how to implement specialty care for key populations in your training programs. Additionally, participants will gain awareness of the importance of training the clinical workforce on key population competencies in HIV programs (e.g. HCV, MOUD, LGBTQI+ health, homelessness, and harm reduction). More Details...

Culturally and Trauma-Responsive Integrated Behavioral Health Care for LGBTQIA+ Communities (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: 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. More Details...

Training Skills Overview (AESGM 2023) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this presentation from the March 2023 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education conference, Dr. Camila Mateo discusses skills for training colleagues and other adult learners in SGM health equity, with a focus on the how. More Details...

Effective and Affirming Communication (AESGM 2023) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this presentation from the March 2023 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education conference, Dr. Jennifer Potter discusses best practices for communicating with patients about sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex development, as well as best practices for teaching these skills to other healthcare professionals and developing a list of resources and teaching techniques for SGM health trainings. More Details...

Concepts and Terminology Overview (AESGM 2023) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this presentation from the March 2023 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education conference, Dr. Brittany Charlton discusses core SGM health terminology and concepts, as well as affirming patient interaction and theories underling SGM health and health disparities. More Details...

Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data (AESGM 2023) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: 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. More Details...

Harvard Medical School's Sexual and Gender Minority Health Teaching Module Series (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: These modules, developed by Harvard Medical School, are intended to train medical educators and clinicians in patient care for sexual and gender minorities and offer more effective teaching strategies. More Details...

Promoting Health Equity for Black Transgender MSM in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Access (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join us for a fireside chat with Dr. Tonia Poteat, PhD, PA-C, MPH from the UNC Center for Health Equity Research and Deborah Dunn where they discuss the importance of promoting health equity for Black Trans MSM seeking HIV prevention, treatment or testing. Topics include, but are not limited to discussing the effects of racism, transphobia, and other risk factors that contribute to medical mistrust in the Black and Trans community, as well as, the unique sexual and reproductive health needs of Black Trans MSM. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar Series - December 12, 2022: HIV Prevention: Combating PrEP Implementation Challenges (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Expert faculty present case-based scenarios illustrating common challenges to integrating HIV PrEP in primary care. As part of improving clinical workforce development, this session will delve into a variety of specific PrEP implementation challenges. Participants will leave with strategies to overcome these obstacles to establish or strengthen their PrEP program. More Details...

Enhancing the Resilience of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth and their Families (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: In this module, we explore shifting our perspectives on Trans and Gender-Diverse (TGD) from a focus on disparities to a focus on resiliencies and strengths, and how health centers can build and promote this strength. More Details...

Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: In this module for pediatric and family medicine care teams, we will identify best and promising practices for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, explore how gender affirming clinical care supports the mental health of TGD youth, and learn how providers can help guide families in accessing psychosocial and community resources to support TGD youth. More Details...

Update on Trans-Competent Primary Care (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...