This webinar will empower Black women to advocate for themselves when accessing healthcare. Focusing on sexual health, HIV prevention, testing, and treatment, participants will learn what questions to ask and information to seek from providers, how to communicate their needs and boundaries, and strategies for navigating and challenging healthcare stigma. Through a culturally responsive lens, participants will also explore their “love language” in healthcare and identify the communication and care approaches that help them feel respected, informed, and empowered.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least three key questions to ask or pieces of information to discuss with a healthcare provider about sexual health and HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.
• Demonstrate at least two self-advocacy strategies for communicating healthcare needs, preferences, and boundaries.
• Recognize at least two forms of stigma or bias that may affect healthcare experiences and identify strategies to address them.
• Apply at least two communication strategies that promote respectful, trusting, and patient-centered interactions with healthcare providers.

Faculty:

Ashley Cobb
Ashley Cobb is a sexual health expert, writer, and HIV activist known for her open and forward-thinking approach to sexual freedom, sexual pleasure, and practical sex advice. Ashley is the millennial microphone for women of color seeking sexual liberation and ultimate pleasure. Her work has been featured in top media outlets such as Essence, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, and Women’s Health.

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