PRIDEnet will be presenting at NAESM! Find us at Workshop X in Lambert A lobby level from 2:15pm-3:45pm (CDT)

Description: PRIDEnet, based out of Stanford, formed a Black/African American/African diasporic LGBTQIA+ Advisory Group who provided feedback on ways that research projects can use more culturally competent and responsive community engagement strategies focused for this community. In this session, we'll share back an executive summary of recommendations, including the feedback that there was a lack of education around what health research is and why LGBTQIA+ representation is important. There is both misinformation and a lack of information about the health experiences of Black/African American/African diasporic LGBTQIA+ people. To increase representation of Black SGM people in health research, we need many people from the community to participate. To address this gap, PRIDEnet created a new interactive exhibit "Take PRIDE in Our Health Stories"! As a group we'll go through a guided exhibit tour, which will include learning how community-engaged health research can help advance LGBTQIA+ health care and having group conversations about topics of health and research.