Understanding Menopause and Substance Use: Considerations for supporting people through the change of life Women's Caucus Webinar April 7 2023 Summary: Through this webinar, participants will learn about the intersections of menopause and substance use from people with lived experience, clinicians, and researchers. After the session, participants should be able to 1) Describe the menopause transition; 2) Identify how substance use can affect the menopause experience and access to treatment; and 3) Recognize resources to support people experiencing the menopause transition.

Critical Issues in Women's Health Webinar featuring the highest scoring abstract award winners from the 2022 APHA Annual Meeting. Table of Contents: 00:00 - Welcome 02:12 - Introduction of Speakers 04:39 - Sirat Abu-Hammad's Presentation 19:50 - Dorian S. Odem's Presentation 29:44 - Dr. Sarbinaz Bekmuratova's Presentation 44:55 - Q&A Session

Re-Imagining Our Lives, Cultivating Joy and Self-Care As Acts of Resistance A webinar focused on promoting mental wellness among women. You will receive practical tips on how to improve mental wellness. Featured Speaker: Jameta Nicole Barlow, PhD, MPH | Dr. Barlow is a community health psychologist and an assistant professor of writing at The George Washington University. Barlow utilizes decolonizing methodologies to disrupt intergenerational trauma, chronic health diseases and structural policies adversely affecting Black girls' and women's health. She has spent nearly 22 years in transdisciplinary collaborations with physicians, public health practitioners, researchers, policy administrators, activists, political appointees, and community members in diverse settings. Her most recent work, the Saving Our Sisters Project (www.savingoursistersproject.com), is focused on Black women's mental health and well-being. 00:01 - Welcome 00:28 - Introduction of Dr. Jameta Barlow 00:36 - Presentation 37:31 -

00:05 - Welcome 00:56 - Speaker Introductions 03:00 - Dr. Megan Smith | Unpacking suicidal ideation and completion in adolescent girls 14:53 - Dr. Martine Shareck | Helping Women Exit Sex Work: Outcome Evaluation of the Exit Doors Here Program in Toronto, Canada 30:31 - Ms. Morayo Akande| | Integrated Intervention Development for HIV Prevention

View the recording of part 1 of our webinar featuring our 2021 Highest Scoring Abstract Award Winners: 00:05 - Welcome 01:32 - Introduction of Speakers 02:55 - Ms. Jé Judson | Multi-system Failure: Lethal Policing of Black Women’s Mental Health and the Criminalization of Unmet Needs 17:54 - Ms. Nazineen Kandahari | Exploring Afghan Refugee Women's Knowledge About and Experiences with Menarche and Menstruation 29:34 - Ms. Sarah Strom | "Cancer Care is Not Meant for Young Adults" A Qualitative Study of Young Women Navigating a Breast Cancer Diagnosis 44:25 - Q&A Session

An interdisciplinary panel discussion on the risks and consequences of increased risky sexual behavior among adolescents during the pandemic Table of Contents: 00:00 - Welcome and Overview 03:29 - Dr. James Leone's Presentation 18:25 - Dr. Mollie Sherry's Presentation 31:34 - Ms. Sarah Swettberg's Presentation 44:18 - Q&A Session 55:30 - Closing Featured Panelists: James E. Leone, PhD, MPH, MS | James Leone is a Professor of Health at Bridgewater State University. His research interests and activities focus on developing effective health programming to improve health outcomes in underserved communities/populations. Mollie Sherry, LICSW, PhD | Mollie Sherry is a psychotherpaist with Atrius Health. She works with children of all ages, families, and adults. Her specialties include parent guidance, early childhood, children with sensory and executive functioning challenges, and those on the autism spectrum. Sarah Swettberg, EdM, MSN, FNP-BC | Sarah Swettberg works as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the Cambridge Health Alliance Teen Health Center at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. She works in a school-based health clinic where she collaborates with school social workers, teachers, and other educators to positively impact the emotional, social, and physical health of young people. Program Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: - Describe how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted sexual risk behaviors among adolescents. - Identify sexual risk behaviors that adolescents have engaged in during the COVID-19 pandemic. - Describe the changes in health outcomes among adolescents engaging in risky sexual behaviors during the COVID-9 Pandemic. Contact Dr. Michelle S. Williams at womenscaucus.chair@gmail.com for more information.