Members of the LGBTQ+ communities often face barriers to oral health care, including discrimination and bias in clinical settings. These poor experiences can lead to avoidance of care and mistrust of providers, ultimately affecting both oral and overall health.
Join CareQuest Institute, in partnership with Community Catalyst, for a webinar that will explore some of the barriers LGBTQ+ patients face when accessing care — and how oral health providers can help address those barriers. The expert speakers will share how systemic issues, including policy changes, affect care delivery and access. They will also share practical strategies and tools to help oral health professionals uphold their ethical and professional responsibility to create safe, inclusive, and person-centered environments for patients of all identities and orientations.
Learning Objectives:
- Define key terms related to gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender-affirming care.
- Identify oral health disparities — and related contributing social and systemic factors — that affect LGBTQ+ patients.
- Evaluate strategies to create inclusive and affirming environments for all patients, regardless of identity and orientation.
Moderator & Presenter
Kasey Wilson, MSW, Senior Policy Analyst, Dental Access Project, Community Catalyst
Presenters
David Reznik, DDS, FICD, Chief, Dental Medicine Grady Health System, Director, Oral Health Center, Infection Disease Program
Michael Matson, Policy Analyst, Community Catalyst
This webinar will be recorded.
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. CareQuest Institute for Oral Health designates this activity for 1 continuing education credit.
This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health.
All participating instructors in this program have disclosed that they do not have any financial arrangement or affiliation with persons or entity(ies) offering financial support, products, and/or services mentioned or related to the content of this program/activity.