Women Are Different: The Latina/Hispanic Woman

March 14, 2019 2:00 PM EST

Purpose:

The purpose of this webinar series is to explore the cultural implications of women with substance use disorders. This series will provide providers with information and skills to Encourage, Empower and Engage women in treatment and recovery support from a cross- cultural perspective.

Objectives

• Develop culturally relevant understanding of women from diverse cultures with substance use disorders.
• Develop provider awareness of what impacts one’s decisions, biases, and world view and willingness to receive information, adapt and alter attitudes when working with women
• Identify specific effective cross-cultural strength-based approaches to working with women in treatment and recovery.
• Build cultural competency

Webinar Series Focus:

1.     History of Women and SUD

2.     African American Women

3.     Caucasian Women

4.     Hispanic/ Latino Women

5.     Native American Women