
Gender Minority College Student Mental Health & the Impact of Higher Education Policies
Recorded On: 10/29/2020
Gender Minority College Student Mental Health & the Impact of Higher Education Policies
This session will share findings from a nationally representative study that provides unprecedented data about the mental health of U.S. college students who are gender minority (young people whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth). We’ll share evidence of stark mental health inequities and explore mental health variation across subgroups of gender minority students. Finally, we’ll discuss new research regarding the impact of higher education policies on gender minority mental health.
Session Information
Format: Self-paced, recorded webinar
Original Recording Date: October 29, 2020
Release Date: October 29, 2020
Expiration Date: May 19, 2022
After the expiration date, this webinar will no longer be accessible for viewing or downloading.
CE Credit must be requested by the expiration date.
Cost:
$25 for ACHA individual members
$50 for nonmembers
Fees are nonrefundable.
Speaker(s)
Sara Abelson, MPH
Healthy Minds Network; University of Michigan
Intended Audience
- Administrator
- Advanced Practice Clinicians
- Dietitian/Nutritionist
- Health Educator
- Mental Health Professional
- Nurse
- Physician
Learning Objectives
After this session, participants should be able to:
- Compare mental health symptoms reported by transgender and cisgender undergraduate and graduate college students in the U.S.
- Describe mental health differences among subgroups of gender minority students (based on sex assigned at birth and current identity including transgender, genderqueer and other self-identified).
- Identify higher education policies with implications for gender minority mental health.
Program Planning Committee
Resolution of Potential Conflicts of Interest — Program Planning Committee
Committee members have completed conflict of interest statements regarding relationships with commercial entities.
- Melanie Trost, MD, has disclosed that her spouse owns general stock in Gilead Sciences.
- Ryan Patel has disclosed that he owns stock in Pfizer, GSK, Celgene, and Abbvie.
All other Program Planning Committee members have reported no relevant conflicts of interest.

Sara Abelson
University of Michigan
Sara Abelson is a PhD Candidate in Public Health at the University of Michigan. She is a Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Scholar and a recipient of the Association of American Colleges & Universities Future Leaders Award. Sara serves as Co-Investigator and Lead for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Projects with the Healthy Minds Network. She has worked in higher education for more than a decade to improve mental health outcomes and equity at colleges and universities across the U.S..
Credit and Disclosures
Types of Credit Available
Refer to the Continuing Education Key.
- CME: 1.0
- CHES: 1.0/1.0*
- PsyCE: 1.0
*Continuing Competency credits, when available, are listed after the total CHES/MCHES contact hours (e.g. CHES: 1.0/1.0)
Instructions for Obtaining Credit (or certificate of attendance)
Select the "Contents" tab above (registered users only) for access to the following components. It is estimated that it will require one hour to view the webinar and complete the post-test. Credit must be requested by the program expiration date (see "Overview" tab above).
Step 1: View the webinar video in its entirety.
Step 2: Complete the mandatory Post-test for CE Credit.
Step 3: Select the certificate for the type of credit you are requesting. Select "Certificate of Attendance" if no credit is being requested.
Statements and Disclosures
Continuing Education

The American College Health Association (ACHA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Sponsored by ACHA, a designated provider of continuing education content hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category 1 continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level contact hours available are 0. There are 1.0 Continuing Competency credits available.

ACHA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. ACHA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program has been awarded 1.0 hour of continuing education for psychologists.
Successful Completion/Post Test
It is the policy of the American College Health Association that when a post-test is required upon completion of a continuing education activity, participants must receive a passing grade of 80%. If participants receive a grade lower than 80%, they will be given the opportunity to re-take the post-test one time. If they receive 80% or higher the second time, they will be awarded continuing education credits/contact hours for the activity. We encourage participants to complete the post-test immediately after viewing the download.
Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest occurs when an individual has an opportunity to affect educational content about health-care products or services of a commercial company with which she/he has a financial relationship.
All planners and presenters of this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this activity.
Off-Label Product Use
This educational activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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