Creating Transgender Inclusive Healthcare Environments
Are you addressing the needs of transgender persons in your healthcare organization?
Course Information
- Audience: Public health professionals, Community Health Centers, Community Health Workers, Program Manager
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: July 16, 2019
12:00 - 1:00 PM EST - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: SS1131137_CTIHE.
If you are not seeking CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course. - Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials: Session PowerPoint
- Pre-requisites:None
About this Webinar
This course is designed to support public health and healthcare professionals to develop inclusive environments for transgender and gender diverse individuals. We will review current terms and methods for collecting useful and affirming demographic data. We will also discuss the steps taken and strategies used to create an integrated trans health care program in a large FQHC in Rhode Island.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Discuss strategies for collecting accurate and useful demographic data that is gender inclusive
- Define trans inclusive language/terminology and opportunities to apply affirming language in current public health and healthcare settings
- Identify strategies for creating an integrated trans health care program within a FQHC
- Understand opportunities to support policies to improve health outcomes for transgender and gender diverse individuals
Subject Matter Expert
Jayeson Watts, LICSW
Trans Health Program Director, Thundermist Health Center.
Jayeson Watts, LICSW is the Trans* Health Program Director at Thundermist Health Center. For the past 10 years, he has played a key role in organizing, activism and policy change efforts for Rhode Island’s Transgender community. Jaye has used both his professional and life experiences to educate a wide range of audiences on LGBTQ+ related topics with a focus on building competency and capacity to meet the needs of gender diverse individuals in medical and behavioral health settings. He has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Rhode Island College and a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy form Mansfield University.
Registration and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact trainingmanager@nephtc.org.
The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the webinar. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.