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Course # 6188 • Promoting the Health of the Gay Community
Overview:
The gay population is a diverse group that can be defined as a subculture. It includes homosexual men, lesbian women, bisexual persons, transgendered individuals and those questioning their sexual identity. While assessment of the subculture and identification of culturally competent health promotion strategies have been delayed for many reasons, the health promotion needs of gay individuals of various ages are appearing with more frequency in professional literature. Borrowing from the discipline of counseling, use of four cross-cultural communication skill areas may be used to promote intercultural communication when working with members of other cultures. Use of these skill areas becomes a framework for identifying strategies that members of the interdisciplinary team may use to promote cultural competency when interacting with gay individuals.
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| Education Category: Community Health |
| Release Date: 10/01/2009 |
| Expiration Date: 09/30/2012 |
Audience:
This introductory course is designed for all psychologists working in all practice settings.
Accreditations/Approvals:
CME Resource is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CME Resource maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
Designations of Credit:
CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 5 credit(s).
Course Objective:
More gay individuals and their families want culturally appropriate information as well as support and referral. The purpose of this course is to provide psychologists with strategies that promote cultural competency when treating and caring for gay patients, supporting the concept of patient-centered care.
Learning Objectives:
- Define multiple terms related to the concept of sexual identity.
- Define heterosexism and homophobia and identify how they may be barriers to increasing professional awareness of the gay population.
- Summarize myths related to the gay population.
- Describe research challenges related to the gay population.
- Describe select theoretical models related to the development of one's sexual identity (the coming out) process.
- Cite unique health and safety concerns experienced by the gay population and available resources that healthcare professionals can provide to these patients and their families.
- Identify culturally appropriate strategies useful for implementing each skill, including the application of cross-cultural communication.
Leslie Bakker, RN, MSN, is an Associate Professor of Nursing at West Virginia State University Technical and Community College in Institute, West Virginia. She earned her BSN from Florida State University and her Master's from West Virginia University with an emphasis on primary healthcare. Professor Bakker's 43 years of nursing experiences have included hospital nursing in the United States and northern Europe, community health nursing, home health nursing, nursing education and community health activism. With a focus on transcultural nursing, she served as international student advisor for many years. She has designed and delivered diversity education programming for law enforcement personnel. Currently her practice includes health promotion activities for the gay community with an emphasis on gay youth. She has presented at several local and regional health professional conferences, and has published in professional nursing journals.
Division Planner(s):James Trent, PhD
Faculty DisclosureContributing faculty, Leslie Bakker, RN, MSN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Division Planner DisclosureThe division planner has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
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