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Transgender Introductory Primer
January 21, 2022 : 7:00 am - 9:30 am
How Can You Be An Ally to the Transgender Community?
Friday, January 21 2022 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
About this Webinar
The Transgender Introductory Primer is ideal for a variety of professionals in the helping and health professions, particularly mental health, social service and medical providers. During this training, participants will learn basic terminology and theory, how to ask for pronouns, health disparities facing the transgender community, resiliency factors, gender transition paths and support needs, and targeted best practices. Providers will have an opportunity following the training to list themselves in MaineTransNet’s community health database.
What you’ll learn
At the end of the recording, participants will be able to:
- Participants will be able to understand basic terminology and theory as they relate to transgender health.
- Participants will be able to describe health disparities facing the transgender community.
- Participants will be able to identify resiliency factors, gender transition paths and support needs, and targeted best practices for serving the transgender community.
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: PM1131137_01212022.