WEBINAR: Racial Equity: Creating a Healthier Country for All
February 28, 2025 - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Presented by Fran Kaplan, MSW, EdD
Residents of the United States have some of the poorest health and shortest life expectancies of all the richest, industrialized countries. Despite having the world’s highest GDP, a high percentage of US babies die in their first year of life. We spend almost half of all healthcare dollars in the world, so why do we have such poor outcomes?
In this webinar, attendees will learn how racism and similar social inequities impact the health of individuals and communities and how social workers can help to prevent and treat these societal inequities.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will
- Expand their understanding of racism as a detrimental & costly systemic (social) determinant of health in the US.
- Learn how successful equity campaigns can & do make our lives healthier by moving us beyond long-standing but out-moded, unhealthy, even dangerous, practices.
- Increase their desire for & ability to work towards health & equity as social workers
2 Continuing education hours
REGISTER
COST
Members - $50
Student/Retired Members - $40
Non-Members - $70