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Annotation: The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS Standards) were developed as a tool to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This history positions the National CLAS Standards as an effective tool for advancing health equity and improving social justice. This webinar focuses on understanding the history of the CLAS Standards and learning how they can be used to advance health equity and social justice by improving access and effectiveness.

Learning Objectives: • Review the history of the National CLAS Standards and their relationship to the Civil Rights Act; • Understand the relevance of civil rights law to behavioral health care practice; • Learn how the CLAS Standards can be used to advance health equity and social justice; • Discuss practical examples of how the CLAS Standards address disparities and improve health equity and social justice.

Annotation: This webinar focuses on what MCH professionals can do to achieve equity in healthcare responses to the adolescent population. Presenters share the basics of transformation; exemplary and transformed equity practices in healthcare; and distinctions between young child and adolescent health.

Annotation: In this webinar recording, presenters hold an in-depth discussion and presentation for professionals working in behavioral health and health care settings, including family and youth engagement professionals.

Learning Objectives: • Define racism as a social determinant of health and the importance of addressing racism in advancing health equity. • Describe childhood experiences of racism and their impact on the health and well-being of children adolescents, emerging adults, and their families. • Identify strategies to mitigate the effects of racism on children and adolescents through clinical practice, workforce development, policies, community-level interventions, and systems transformation.

Annotation: A commonly asked question across states is “What strategic steps can we take to advance health equity at our health department?” 1 In response to this need in the field the MCH Navigator in collaboration with the National MCH Workforce Development Center created this learning opportunity to assist MCH professionals in answering that question. Originally a full presentation focused on health equity conducted by the National MCH Workforce Development Center, we have separated it into multiple sections for easier access and the ability for learners to quickly locate specific sections of interest. This resource is formatted to include the following sections: an introduction, 10 individual strategies to achieve health equity, a presentation by Nevillene White of the New York State Department of Health which provides success stories applying health equity strategies in the field, and a short wrap up with additional resources provided.

Annotation: This site hosts a series of 27 free, online professional development modules for school and public youth services librarians, library administrators, and others interested in improving their knowledge about race and racism, racial equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy. The primary focus of the Project READY curriculum is on improving relationships with, services to, and resources for youth of color and Native youth. Sections include foundations, transforming practice, and continuing the journey. A resource hub and glossary are included. It is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Learning Objectives: • Introduce youth services library staff to research in areas such as race and racism, critical theory, and culturally responsive or sustaining pedagogy. establish a shared understanding of foundational concepts and issues related to race, racism, and racial equity. • Encourage self-reflection related to race and racial identity for both white and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) library staff in public and school libraries. • Amplify the work of practitioners and scholars who are providing inclusive and culturally responsive services for youth of color and Indigenous youth. • Provide concrete strategies for creating and/or improving library programs and services for Black youth, Indigenous youth, and children and teens of color.

Annotation: Led by Youth M.O.V.E. National, this LC is a virtual forum for youth and young adults to develop professional skill sets via virtual training opportunities, connect as a community to share and gather new resources, and unite with other youth advocates and professional peers from across the country. October's Direct Connect offering is presented by Peter Gamache, Ph.D. and covers the topic of working with youth and young adults in the LGBTQI2S community.

Learning Objectives: • Discuss demographic trends and the visibility of LGBTQI2-S youth and young adults. •Describe gaps in service systems that contribute to LGBTQI2-S youth and young adult disparities. •Describe strategies for addressing LGBTQI2-S youth and young adult disparities.

Annotation: Despite the foundational role that health plays in everyone's quality of life, the field of public health is not well understood by the general public and decision-makers. This webinar describes how the Douglas County Health Department in Omaha is applying research from FrameWorks Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to build stronger support for prevention and equity approaches.

Learning Objectives: • Why our messages frequently fail to translate the importance of public health to people outside the field. • How to use well-researched values and explanatory metaphors to "decode" our work on social determinants and health equity. • Why "naked numbers" are problematic and how "social math" can help our audience better understand the significance of data • How these framing practices can be applied to MCH advocacy.

Annotation: This interactive course focuses on some basic issues for public health practice -- how to understand, define and measure health disparity. This course examines the language of health disparity to come to some common understanding of what that term means, explains key measures of health disparity and shows how to calculate them. This course was originally released in 2005. Given its success as a foundational course, updates were made in 2017 for this new, web-based version.

Learning Objectives: By the end of the first content section (which includes Part I What are Health Disparities? and Part II Issues in Measuring Health Disparities), you will be able to: • Identify the dimensions of health disparity as described in Healthy People 2020 • List three definitions of health disparity. • Interpret health disparity in graphical representations of data. • Explain relative and absolute disparity. • Describe how reference groups can affect disparity measurement. By the end of the second content section (which includes Part III Measures of Health Disparities and Part IV Analytic Steps in Measuring Health Disparity), you will be able to: • Describe at least three complex measures of health disparities. • List strengths and weaknesses of at least three health disparity measures. •Summarize the analytic steps in measuring health disparity.

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Continuing Education: 3 CHES; 3.3 CNE Contact Hours

Annotation: This webinar focuses on providing participants with practical strategies for implementing Standards Nos. 2 and 4 of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate in Health and Health Care (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013). The standards are: 2) Advance and sustain organizational governance and leadership that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices and allocated resources. 4) Educate and train governance, leadership and workforce in culturally and linguistically appropriate policies and practices on an ongoing basis.

Annotation: The ever-increasing diversity of our communities in Wisconsin and across the nation warrants increased cultural awareness on the part of public health professionals. By understanding the importance of cultural awareness, cultural competence and cultural humility, public health professionals will be better equipped to eliminate the long-standing disparities in the health and mental health status of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural groups. This module provides a basic foundation in the philosophy, values, and conceptual frameworks of cultural competence and cultural humility.

Learning Objectives: • Increase awareness and appreciation for the cultural diversity of Wisconsin • Define and understand concepts of culture, cultural awareness, cultural humility, and cultural competence • Identify how to incorporate cultural humility into public health through practical application • Highlight capacities and skills necessary to work effectively across diverse cultures

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