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Understanding Historical and Contemporary Racial Health Disparities in Louisiana: Meeting the Unique Needs of Black Patients

Virtual
On Demand
1 CE Hour
Cultural Competency, General
Free

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Description

This presentation explores the Black population’s social and historical determinants of health, focusing on Louisiana. We will examine the historical impacts on the health and wellness of Black people in general and specifically for Black people in Louisiana. We will look at slavery, Reconstruction, the New Deal, the post-World War II period, the Civil Rights Movement, Affirmative Action, the Wars on Drugs and Poverty, mass incarceration, and contemporary times. The presentation includes a review of the cultural strengths of the Black community using Yosso’s community cultural wealth concept and adaptive leadership. The presentation concludes with best practices and frameworks for working with Black patients today. Special attention will be devoted to patient-centered care for black patients.

Target Audience
  • Counselors
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge of the social and historical determinants of health for the Black population and best practices and frameworks for working with Black patients.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify at least three key time periods that contributed to the existence and persistence of racial inequities in the United States.

  • Discuss three or more structural barriers that contribute to racial health disparities

  • Describe how racial differences in income and asset ownership affect health outcomes in the U.S. and Louisiana.

  • Define adaptive leadership.

  • List at least one component of community cultural wealth.

  • Identify and discuss two opportunities and two challenges associated with creating collaborations between the healthcare system and indigenous organizations in the black community, including black churches and predominantly black schools.

  • Explain at least two ways to promote patient-centered care for black patients.

Introductory
Cultural Competency
General
Counselors

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Addiction Counselors

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Social Workers

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologists

TPN.health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Physicians

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.Health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.Health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hours.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Aetna Better Health Louisiana. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Note: Time designated for waiting room, breaks cannot be counted toward CE credit.
Lori Latrice Martin, PhD

Dr. Lori Martin was born and raised in Nyack, New York. Dr. Martin is a full professor and Associate Dean in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at Louisiana State University (LSU). Professor Martin is also LSU’s Faculty Athletics Representative. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University (Sociology), a master’s degree from University at Buffalo (Applied Public Affairs), and a doctorate from University at Albany (Sociology). Dr. Martin’s research areas include race and ethnicity, racial wealth inequality, black asset poverty, race and sports, and adaptive leadership. Dr. Martin has edited or authored over thirty books. Her most recent books include Racial Realism and the History of Black People in America, America in Denial: How Race-Fair Policies Reinforce Racial Inequality in America, and Introduction to Africana Demography: Lessons from Founders E. Franklin Frazier, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Atlanta School of Sociology. Dr. Martin has published numerous academic articles and book chapters. She has many local, regional, national, and international media appearances, including Oregon Public Broadcasting, ABC Australia, NBC Sports Bay Area, Money Geek, Market Place, and CNN. Dr. Martin serves on the board for Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS), the voice for racial equity in sports. Dr. Martin lives in Gonzales, Louisiana. She has two sons, Emir Sykes and Derrick Martin, Jr.

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