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Session: Community Organizing and Coalition Building for LGBT Health
5175.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Community Organizing and Coalition Building for LGBT Health
This session will explore the different aspects of improving the health disparities that exist for LGBT populations. Specific examples of program and policy development, educational outreach, curriculum enhancement and heightened awareness are described.
Learning Objectives: 1) Describe/define LGBT Populations in the community-at-large. 2)Recognize the importance of community organizations & coalitions that promote health equality. 3)Recognize the challenges in the promotion of quality LGBT health.
Moderator(s):Paul A. Gilbert, MSPH
2:30 PMLGBT health in medical school: A longitudinal examination of curriculum at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine  [ Recorded presentation ]
Brian Hurley, MD/MBA (c), Kristen Ochoa, MD, Donna Elliott, MD, PhD, Pamela Schaff, MD, Peter Katsufrakis, MD, MBA
2:50 PMChallenging heterosexism: Improving professional behaviors  [ Recorded presentation ]
Alfred Norbert Romeo, BA, BSN, RN, MS
3:10 PMLGBT Arizonans: Program and policy priorities  [ Recorded presentation ]
Rebecca Corran, MPH, BA, Alan Nyitray, MS, Kathy Altman, PA-C, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers
Endorsed by:Community-Based Public Health Caucus; HIV/AIDS
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA