3225.0 Policy, Advocacy, and Social Justice for LGBT Communities

Monday, November 8, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This session introduces a social justice perspective to consider LGBT public health problems. Presenters offer examples of local, state, and federal level attempts to intervene through policy and advocacy efforts.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify current public health problems in lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender populations 2. Describe a social justice perspective as applied to LGBT public health problems. 3. Compare various policy interventions to address these problems.
Moderator:
Bryan N. Cochran, PhD

12:30pm
LGBT Health as a Tool for Social Justice
Kellan Baker, Senior Policy Associate and MPH/MA candidate
        
12:45pm
Researching Connections between Social Justice and LGBTQI Wellness in Portland, Oregon
Molly Franks, MPH, Graham Harriman, MA, LPC, Linda Drach, MPH and Haiou He, MBA, MEd
        
1:00pm
Advancing the LGBT health agenda: The role of state government
Mari Gasiorowicz, MA, Molly Herrmann, MS, Chitra Karki, BAMS, MPH and Gary Hollander, PhD
        
1:15pm
Using CHIS data to Understand Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Health
David Grant, PhD, Kevin Heslin, PhD, Naomi Goldberg, MPP and Rebecca E. Fox
     
1:30pm
Intersectional Advocacy: Federal Strategies For the LGBT and Other Minority Communities
Rebecca E. Fox
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: LGBT Caucus of Public Health Professionals
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: LGBT Caucus of Public Health Professionals
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