Gender and Sexuality Health Justice Concentration
The Gender and Sexuality Health Justice concentration is designed to educate current MSN students in their specialty years about the health disparities of LGBTQI+ patients through a racial and economic justice lens.
Students are taught about LGBTQI+ primary care, gender affirming surgery and hormonal care, substance use, trauma informed care, HIV care, global equity, fertility and reproductive care, disability justice, intersex health, and clinical care and health assessment in LGBTQI+ communities.
The concentration is open to students in the Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner- Primary Care, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care, and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialties.
All students in this concentration are required to enroll in Gender and Sexuality Health Justice: Introduction to Health Disparities in LGBTQI+ People (NURS 6180), Gender and Sexuality Health Justice: Specialized Primary Care of LGBTQI+ Patients and Communities (NURS 6200), and a clinical conference course (NURS 6202). Students may elect to enroll in the didactic courses only without applying to the concentration.
Application
Fees
Students who are accepted into the Diabetes, Gender and Sexuality Health Justice, and Oncology, concentrations will pay an additional fee, split over two or three terms depending on when the concentration begins. Students who begin a concentration will pay an additional $9,876 (of which $4,938 will be due per term over two terms, or $3,292 due over three terms).
If, at the end of the first term, a student elects to drop a concentration, the student will not need to pay the next term’s concentration fee, but the fee will not be refunded.
If you are a specialty director for a concentration that requires Spring 2025 course enrollment, and therefore the concentration fee needs to be on the student’s spring bill, my office will need all approved students names no later than October 23rd. This allows us to make sure the student’s spring bill is reflected appropriately.
Students interested in adding a concentration to their curriculum are strongly encouraged to contact the YSN Financial Aid Office as soon as possible to discuss their specific situation and how financial aid can be used to help meet the additional cost of the concentration. Students can schedule a one-on-one appointment with the Financial Aid Office or reach the office via email at ysn.financialaid@yale.edu.
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