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Sexual and gender minorities experience disparities in mental and physical health often attributed to structural discrimination through policies that do not promote equal rights and interpersonal–intrapersonal processes. Social issues research on stigma and intergroup relations can explicate the intervening processes that explain health. In this introduction to the special issue entitled Translating Stigma and Intergroup Relations Research to Explain and Reduce Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities, we call social issues researchers to focus their work on sexual and gender minority stigma and intergroup relations processes in order to understand and ultimately reduce health disparities.

Sexual and gender minorities experience disparities in mental and physical health often attributed to structural discrimination through policies that do not promote equal rights and interpersonal–intrapersonal processes. Social issues research on stigma and intergroup relations can explicate the intervening processes that explain health. In this introduction to the special issue entitled Translating Stigma and Intergroup Relations Research to Explain and Reduce Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities, we call social issues researchers to focus their work on sexual and gender minority stigma and intergroup relations processes in order to understand and ultimately reduce health disparities.

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At the conclusion of this session, the participants will be able to: 1. Describe a team-based approach to addressing complex patients’ needs. 2. Develop engaged and experiential methods for teaching interprofessional learners about team-care for complex patients. 3. Demonstrate familiarity with an evaluation strategy and preliminary outcomes data for a team approach for complex patients.

This roundtable discussion will give family medicine educators and researchers an opportunity to come together and strategize about how to increase the penetration of dermoscopy within our residency programs. Attendees can include family physicians with years of expertise in dermoscopy along with beginners wondering how to get started. We will share ideas about how to learn dermoscopy along with a handout listing the many free online and digital resources available. A discussion will be facilitated about best methods for teaching dermoscopy to interested residents and faculty. We will also share current research and provide opportunities to collaborate on new research into the best methods for teaching dermoscopy. Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to: Identify online and digital resources for learning and teaching dermoscopy. Discuss the pros and cons of the various dermoscopic algorithms that can be the foundation for a dermoscopy curriculum in a family medicine residency. Collaborate to launch research to help inform family medicine educators about the most effective methods for teaching dermoscopy.

Community health outreach workers (CHOWs) have been demonstrated to increase CRC screening patient education for vulnerable, medically underserved patients as well as increase CRC screening rates in rural populations.1,2 This project examined the effectiveness of CHOWs in increasing CRC screening rates among low-income, underserved ethnic minorities in Portland, Maine. Eligible patients were ages 50-75; due for CRC screening; enrolled in Medicaid or had no health insurance; and spoke Arabic, English, French, Kinyarwanda, Somali, Spanish or Vietnamese. Seven CHOWs were trained in CRC screening outreach and assigned to patients from their own ethnic communities where they employed culturally sensitive interventions to reduce barriers to CRC screening. CHOWs attempted contact with patients by phone four times prior to sending a language-specific letter to patients recommending CRC screening. CHOWs offered fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) or colonoscopy and provided tailored education and frequent reminders for colonoscopies, explanations about procedures for bowel preps, transportation to colonoscopies, reminders and instructions for FIT completion as well as assistance with health insurance and financial barriers. Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to: Define the role of a community health outreach worker (CHOW) in CRC screening. State three common sociocultural barriers patients experience for CRC screening. Identify the efficacy of CHOWs in increasing CRC screening rates.