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Wed, Oct 19
|BCPC - Crown Heights
Empowerment Towards Equality in Healthcare
Join physician Jose Garcia for a weekly discussion and support group around equality in healthcare.
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Oct 19, 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
BCPC - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
About the event
The goal of this group is to create a safe space to foster knowledge and impart empowerment to the LGBTQ+ community in the healthcare setting. Some of the topics that will be addressed are:
- Advocating for yourself in a clinical setting (Your primary care provider's office, the operating room, the emergency room)
- Clinical resources (healthcare advocates/social workers/patient relations administrators)
- How to approach routine health maintenance (vaccinations, STD prevention and testing, mammogram, colonoscopy)
- Encountering acism, homophobia, misogyny, islamophobia, antisemitism, etc. in a healthcare setting
- Stigmatization of and support for drug use/abuse
- Stigmatization of and support for those with HIV/AIDS
- How to manage unforeseen emergencies
- Insurance and medical billing
- Outpatient Mental Health Care maintenance (medication regimen, peer support, psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists)
- Inpatient mental Healthcare (psychiatric wards/hospitals, inpatient care teams, pervasive stigmatization, gaslighting, and emotional abuse
- Mental hygiene (substance abuse, coping mechanisms)
For more information and questions, you can reach Jose Garcia at josegarcia62277@aol.com.
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