Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Pelvic Health

2 Contact Hours

Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Pelvic Health: Foundations of Providing Equitable Care to Persons of Color. Many practitioners who treat pelvic health conditions have experienced how impactful they can be to an individual’s life. Pelvic health conditions plague many from all demographics, yet persons of color, especially women of color, disproportionately lack knowledge and access to equitable preventative and curative treatments for pelvic floor disorders. In addition, practitioners that are non-persons of color lack knowledge surrounding both the historical background and current complexities of health disparities impacting persons of color. This is a barrier to providing quality care to persons of color. This course is developed for practitioners to become well-equipped to provide patient-centered care that is responsive to the needs of this population. 

• Increase sensitivity and awareness of racial healthcare disparities
• Create self-interest in the study and elimination of racial healthcare disparities
• Develop and enhance skills needed to identify and properly address disparities and inequities that may be affecting yourself, patient, or a loved one
• Confidently discuss & provide equitable care to persons of color with various pelvic health conditions

Justine Roper, PT, DPT 

Justine is a certified women’s pelvic floor physical therapist & pelvic health & wellness coach. From sexual dysfunction to pelvic pain, many of her clients are impacted by both physical ailments as well as mental health issues. She has dedicated her life to offering innovative ways to heal her patients’ bodies of pain and other dysfunction through alternative methods.

In addition to being a clinician, she is also a speaker who dedicates her time to promoting education and enlightenment on mental health disorders and beginning a journey towards living a life of freedom after experiencing sexual trauma or abuse. As a wellness coach, she offers dynamic classes that include pelvic floor information in order to optimize her client’s quality of daily functional living. She is an instructor at the University of West Florida.

Proudly, she is the founder of InHer Physique Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy located in Pensacola, FL which is the only clinic that offers pelvic floor physical therapy services to all genders and ages, in the Florida Gulf Coast.