Webinar - Understanding and tackling Health Risk Behaviours among LGBT+ people - 14 June
About this event
Throughout Pride month, Public Health England Yorkshire and Humber Centre are hosting a series of webinars which will explore the disproportionately poorer health outcomes experienced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) people across the life course.
These webinars will provide an opportunity to showcase best practice and foster new ways of working to address and improve LGBT+ health inequalities throughout the region.
These events are open to professionals from across the health, social care and VCSE sectors with a responsibility for addressing LGBT+ health inequalities, including Local Authorities, primary care services, policy makers, commissioners and NHS trusts.
Studies show that individuals who identify as LGBT+ are more likely to have increased prevalence in poorer outcomes of health risk behaviours (e.g., smoking, drug/alcohol use, physical activity) when compared to the wider population. Poorer LGBT+ health may be attributed to social inequalities, discrimination, isolation and inadequate understanding of needs among healthcare providers. The second webinar in the LGBT+ series aims to explore health risk behaviours reported across LGBT+ populations and showcase initiatives aimed at understanding and reducing risk.
Speakers
Tom Chew, LGBT Making Smoking History Programme Coordinator LGBT Foundation
Lou Englefield, Director, Pride Sports
Other speakers TBC
Contact and further information
If you have any further queries regarding the webinar, please do not hesitate to contact the Health and Wellbeing Team at nichola.gambles@phe.gov.uk.
Please see attachments below which contain the webinar recording and presentations.
