Options Counseling & Increasing Access to Safe Abortions for Priority Populations: What Clinicians & Street Medicine Teams Need to Know
Presenters:
Jerry P. Abraham, MD MPH CMQ, Director of Public Health, Integration & Street Medicine, CDU-KEDREN; Immediate Past President, Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA
Description:
Options Counseling & Safe Abortion Care for Street Medicine Teams is a dynamic, evidence-informed training designed to equip clinicians, students, and community health providers with the skills to support patients navigating pregnancy decisions. Grounded in trauma-informed, non-coercive communication practices, this course emphasizes cultural humility and patient-centered care, particularly for populations impacted by structural barriers—including migrants, unhoused individuals, BIPOC communities, and those with substance use or mental health conditions.
Participants will learn how to elicit patients' values and preferences, communicate pregnancy options, and provide accurate, evidence-based information on both medication and procedural abortion.
- Clinicians
- Nurses
- Family Planning Counselors
- Street Medicine Teams
- Community + Peer Educators
- Health Educators + Health Education Specialists
After completing this online course, you will be able to:
- Elicit patients' needs, values, and preferences in the context of pregnancy-related discussions.
- Communicate pregnancy options using a non-coercive, unbiased, and trauma-informed approach.
- Deliver evidence-based information regarding both medication and procedural abortion.
The course fee includes CEU processing (CPH = 2.0; CHES = 1.5; Nursing = 1.8; CME = 1.5).
Certified in Public Health (CPH):
This event was sponsored by Essential Access Health, an approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners for 2.0 credits.
Health Educators (CHES®):
Essential Access Health, provider #98021, is designated as a provider of Category 1 continuing education contact hours in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. Health educators attending this program may report up to 1.5 contact hours.
Nursing:
Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider #CEP 12241, for 1.8 contact hours.
CME:
Essential Access Health is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Essential Access Health designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.