NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi North Central Bronx and its CEO, Christopher Mastromano, honored over 100 employees on May 12, who completed their certifications in LGBTQ health equity, a 7-hour, intensive training program aimed at increasing core competencies in providing LGBTQ health services.

 

According to hospital officials, the Jacobi campus ranks as one of the sites with the highest completion numbers for the program within the NYC Health + Hospitals health system. The campus includes eleven acute care facilities and several community health centers.

 

As reported last October, Jacobi announced the opening of its then-new, comprehensive Pride Health Center. It serves LGBTQ patients as they receive what was described as “high-quality, culturally competent, respectful care,” at the hospital’s “state-of-the-art facility.”

 

Hospital officials said at the time that the Pride Health Center, located at 1400 Pelham Parkway South in Morris Park, “provides LGBTQ-affirming care for a variety of services, including primary care, adolescent care, OB/GYN, family planning services, behavioral health, dental services, eye care, hormone therapy, testing for sexually transmitted infections and HIV, as well as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), meaning medicine taken to prevent contracting HIV, and more.” Officials added, “Social work support is also available for patients to assist with continuity of care.”