Making Health Happen

This webinar will focus on what health disparities are, the history of health disparities in the U.S. and their impact on healthcare. The importance of cultural competency skills in effectively delivering healthcare services will also be discussed. 

The Health Equity Webinar Series is a free online webinar series designed to showcase dynamic work being accomplished to enhance health equity opportunities. This series discusses different innovative implementations, strategies, best practices, success stories, and experiences impacting health equity in communities served with public health professionals around the nation. This Health Equity Webinar course contains 5 modules:

Health Equity Webinars are hosted live on the third Friday of each month at 10am PST.  

To join the live session, please enroll in the course before 10am PST on the day of the webinar. All Health Equity sessions are recorded. If you enroll after the live webinar session has ended, the course will contain a video recording of the live session you can watch instead. Please note, it may take up to one month for the recording to become available.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define health disparities and their impacts to healthcare.
2. Understand the history of health disparities in the U.S.
3. Learn basic cultural competencies.

Target Audience:

• Public health professionals
• Community members 
• Students

Duration: ~ 1 hour 

Continuing Education: N/A

Author: Cheryl Woehr