HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective, but PrEP use has been suboptimal. We describe a telementoring program for clinics in high-HIV burden areas, focusing on systems-level practice transformation and care for populations disproportionately affected by HIV. We developed and delivered a telementoring program for U.S. health centers. We analyzed participants' baseline and post-session surveys to ascertain experiences providing PrEP and caring for people disproportionately affected by HIV, comparing responses between medical and behavioral health clinicians. Forty-eight people from 16 health centers participated. Medical clinicians were more likely than behavioral health clinicians to care for people taking PrEP, but the groups did not differ in self-rated capacity to counsel about PrEP or care for populations disproportionately affected by HIV. Virtual training on practice transformation for PrEP, involving medical and behavioral health clinicians, is feasible and acceptable. PrEP training and delivery efforts should include behavioral health clinicians.
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Working with Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This webinar explains the telehealth model developed by Boston Children’s Hospital’s Gender Multispecialty Service to provide gender-affirming medical and behavioral health care for transgender and gender diverse youth.
Template: Gender-affirming Surgery Referral Letter
This is a template that behavioral health providers can use to refer trans and gender diverse patients for gender-affirming surgery.
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- Patient Education Materials
- Transgender Health
Katharine B. Dalke MD, MBE
Katharine Dalke, MD MBE is an psychiatrist who specializes in the mental health of adolescents and adults who are LGBTQ or have intersex traits. She developed the LGBTQ Clinic at the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute and co-founded the integrated Gender Health Clinic at the Penn State Health Hershey Children’s Hospital. Dr. Dalke is an assistant professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and Humanities at the Penn State College of Medicine, where she also directs the Office for Culturally Responsive Health Care Education. This office focuses on creating curriculum and learning environment that not only prepare learners to provide equitable, responsive care to all patients, and but are also responsive to and inclusive of the experiences of students.
COVID-19 ECHO
For more information on the COVID-19 LGBTQIA+ ECHO program, email [email protected].
Gender Diversity and Affirmation for Children and Adolescents
This webinar covers behavioral health considerations for gender diverse youth, pubertal blockade as part of a gender affirmation strategy, and a holistic care-team approach to working with gender diverse young people. Dr. Carswell and Dr. McGregor describe the team-based care approach used at Boston Children's Hospital's GEMS Clinic.
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- LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth
- Transgender Health
Affirming Care for People with Intersex Traits (2020)
In this talk from the 2020 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health conference, Dr. Katie Dalke defines intersex terminology, discusses diverse sexual development, and presents an affirming approach to providing medical and behavioral health care for people with intersex traits.
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- Intersex Health
- Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Health
What We Offer
The National LGBT Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people.
Addressing Opioid Use Disorder among LGBTQ Populations
This brief discusses the impact that opioid use disorder has on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. It will highlight best practices, trauma-informed care and behavioral health integration into primary care.
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- Behavioral Health
Jane Powers, LICSW
Jane Powers, MSW, LICSW was Director of Behavioral Health at Fenway Health from 2013-2017 and continues to provide strategic oversight and supervision to the department; after briefly serving as interim CEO of Fenway in December 2017, Jane became Fenway’s interim Chief of Staff in late January 2018.
