The Influence of Social Determinants on Health Disparities
This session provides an interactive discussion of critical issues surrounding health disparities and how to address them.

Learning Objectives:

• Define health equity.
• Evaluate what health disparities are.
• Outline who is affected the most by health disparities.
• Analyze potential solutions for health disparities.

How to Talk with Different Ethnicities About Health
This session will help providers communicate more effectively with their patients of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Participants will have a better understanding of how patients view their health within their own belief systems. This will help build the doctor-patient relationship and improve patient satisfaction and compliance.

Learning Objectives:

• Define ethnicity and culture
• How to provide culturally sensitive care to patients of different ethnicities

This program is provided by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Participants engaging in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.25 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report continuing medical education (CME) credits commensurate with the physician’s participation in this program.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this enduring activity for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.