This fall, the Center for Health Equity at Indiana University, with funding from the Indiana Department of Health’s Division of Chronic Disease, Primary Care and Rural Health, will provide three opportunities for health professionals to attend a virtual workshop, Optimal Health for All.
While these workshops will be conducted online, speakers and resources will be featured from the following local communities: Indianapolis, Gary, or New Albany.
One in four people in Indiana have a disability. Given the number of Hoosiers with disabilities, and the desire to make health program and health care accessible, it is important to understand how to best accommodate and effectively communicate with people with disabilities. In addition to Dr. Amy Sekhar, a disability justice consultant, and Dr. Jae Chul Lee from the Center for Health Equity, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, each workshop will feature a panel of local residents with disabilities sharing their own challenges to accessing health care.
This 3-hour workshop will cover:
These Optimal Health for All workshops will be offered online using the Zoom web conferencing platform. While the workshops will be online, we will feature speakers and resources from the Indianapolis, Gary, and New Albany communities.
The Center for Health Equity at Indiana University will offer 3.0 continuing education credits as a Category 1 Provider for professions licensed through the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency. Continuing education credits are available for Social Workers, Counselors, Dentist, Dental Hygienists, and others.
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Center Director: Jae Chul Lee, Ph.D.
Email: leejaec@indiana.edu
