June 2014 Update
June was full of huge wins for the Network! The month was kicked off with the release of the results from CenterLink’s 2014 LGBT Community Center Survey Report. The survey, which we worked with CenterLink and MAP to add specific questions around health-programming, was a huge success at providing us with needed data and ideas around the existing policies, and desired programs, of LGBT Community Centers.
Next, Scout was invited to NIH to kick off their year of trans awareness activities. Scout and a new Network guest blogger then headed to Philly to attend The National Trans Health Conference, which is the largest of its kind. We’re hoping to inject even more wellness programming into that conference next year. Scout then took a short detour to Pittsburgh to help with a book on LGBT research and turned in a chapter on LGBT cancer policy for a forthcoming book, then headed to Colorado where he conducted nine consecutive cultural competency trainings for the National Jewish Quitline. This training partnership, spurred by Michigan Department of Health, was only the beginning of more work we’re going to do with that quitline. Read more about the trainings HERE.
Our Needs Assessment continued to pick up steam during June, resulting in 687 completed surveys from the Michigan Centers by the end of the month. Network staff and the Fenway Evaluators held weekly check-in calls with the Centers and closely monitored incoming data to ensure accurate demographic representation. Additionally, the Pride Center of Vermont (formerly RU12) is currently working on their outreach plan, and will be launching the Needs Assessment in late July.
At the end of June, CDC and the Office of the Surgeon General released a video in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General Report and Pride Month, featuring Scout discussing tobacco in LGBT communities. Read our press release about the video HERE!
June 2014 Update
1) Held a Take Care of That Body Webinar on June 4th
2) Followed up with Webinar attendees and calling Centers (identified with help from Denise) to promote uptake of TCTB programming
3) Working with TCTB materials for centers (paper materials, prescripted text for email, website, social media, etc)
4) Preparing for webinar on LGBT Cancer Survivor Forums
5) Conference Call meetings with Francisco Buchting (consultant) for continuing the Best Practices document processes
6) Conference calls to discuss and final due date for submissions of section for the Summit Action Plan
7) Consulting (TA) with Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, on developing an anal cancer and health program
8) consulting with Susan G. Komen on a plan to provide cultural competence training to their own staff and local cancer screening facility staff.
LGBT HealthLink, The Network for Health Equity 