Health Equity

Training Opportunities:

•  LGBTQIA+ Provider and Community Training Opportunities via the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and The Trevor Project:
  • Ally Training (FREE!)
    • https://health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pages/Maryland-Department-of-Health-partners-with-The-Trevor-Project-to-expand-support-for-LGBTQ+-youth-.aspx 
  • CARE (Connect, Accept, Respond, Empower) Training (FREE!)
    • https://health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pages/Maryland-Department-of-Health-partners-with-The-Trevor-Project-to-expand-support-for-LGBTQ+-youth-.aspx

Resources and Guiding Research:

• Dr. Camara Jones, Race and Racism
  • https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/practice/resources/equitylibrary/jones-allegories.html
• Chimamanda Adichie, The Danger of a Single Story
  • https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?subtitle=en

These resources were curated based on educational sources provided by the University of California, Berkeley.

Health Equity and Minority Health*

Driven by data and informed by Garrett County stakeholders.

* Please note that the preferred term is Health for Marginalized Individuals and Populations; however, current structures and texts are organized around Minority Health. The term marginalized is utilized as a better descriptor of the current state of inequities (formerly described as disparities) within health outcomes and social determinants of health that are the result of structural systems rather than those that are a reflection of the population impacted.