Culturally Responsive Health in Clinical Settings webinars

Speciality Classification

Medical Doctors

Location

Online

Delivery

Online

Time / Duration

Self-paced

Communicating about reproductive and sexual health with refugees and migrants

Course overview

These webinars will assist you to develop strategies for conversations about reproductive and sexual health with individuals from migrant and refugee backgrounds, including international students and travellers, in order to support them in navigating the health care system and in overcoming barriers to health care access.

Who should register?

General practitioners;
Nursing staff;
Midwives, doulas, and birthing assistants;
Allied health professionals;
Gynaecologists and obstetricians;
Health professionals;
Pharmacists;
Clinic administration staff.

Modules / Topics

Introduction to working with interpreters and translators in reproductive and sexual health settings

Communication in health care settings
Working with interpreters and translators
Non-verbal communication
Face-to-face and phone consultations
Influences of culture on people’s attitudes to reproductive and sexual health

Preventing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and supporting people who have experienced FGM/C

Prevalence of FGM/C
Why FGM/C is performed
Ongoing health problems associated with FGM/C
Barriers to accessing health care
Communicating with patients and implications for practice

Reproductive and sexual health for survivors of torture, trauma, and sexual violence

Understanding trauma, torture, and sexual violence
Refugees and asylum seekers
Trauma effects
Health issues caused by sexual and gender-based violence
Barriers in accessing RSH services after violence
Trauma-informed care
Services for individuals who have experienced torture and trauma

Communicating contraceptive choices with migrants and refugees

Short history of contraception
Contraceptive use by migrants and refugees
Barriers and challenges to accessing contraception
Influence of religion and culture on contraceptive use
Myths and misconceptions
International students
Implications for clinical practice

Culturally responsive communication about disability and reproductive and sexual health

What is disability?
Living with disability in migrant and refugee communities
Disability, culture, and reproductive and sexual health
Barriers for people living with disabilities from refugee and migrant backgrounds
Myths about disability and reproductive and sexual health
Sexual violence
Implications for practice

Culturally responsive practice: intersex, sexuality diversity, and gender diversity in the context of migration

Commonly used terminology
Understanding intersex, gender diversity, and sexuality diversity
Legal issues
Health disparities
Challenges faced by gender, sex, and/or sexuality diverse people from refugee and migrant backgrounds
Implications for practice

These webinars have been made with the support of Queensland Health.