Beyond the Individual Patient: Strategies to Address STD Health Disparities (2017)
Presenter: Janeane Anderson, PhD, MPH, Lecturer, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
The CDC estimates that there are 20 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States each year. STD infection rates are significantly and disproportionately higher among youth, racial/ethnic minorities and sexual minorities. Differences in infection rates among vulnerable populations cannot be fully explained by differences in individual risk behaviors. A host of other factors including discrimination/microaggressions, environmental injustice, wealth inequality, and health care access barriers contribute to the continued disproportionate impact on certain populations.
This webinar will explore what we know about STD disparities and provide strategies that include individual, organizational, and policy-level interventions to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of STDs in high-impact communities.
- Clinicians
- Nurses
- Medical Directors
- Health Educators
- Clinical Administrators
- Disease Intervention Specialists
- Outreach Workers
- HIV Counselors
After this session participants will be able to:
- Describe current STD infection rates among disproportionately impacted populations
- Discuss the impact of upstream factors on patients' sexual risk behaviors
- Integrate policy and practice-based recommendations in a health care setting
- Discuss the role of family planning organizations in reducing STD disparities among high-impact groups
Nursing:
Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider #CEP 12241, for 1.2 contact hours.
Health Educators:
Essential Access Health, provider #98021, is designated as a provider of Category 1 continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. Health Educators attending this program may report up to 1.0 contact hours.
CME:
Essential Access Health is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Essential Access Health designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.