OBJECTIVES:  Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 

• Examine beliefs and perspectives related to the experience of homicide for Black communities
• Explore the manifestation of the deprivation of grief and bereavement as a result of homicide for Black communities
• Present the process of identifying and engaging in coping strategies for Black survivors of homicide victims in the United States
• Provide culturally responsive approaches to practice related to the provision of grief and bereavement services for Black survivors of homicide victims

FACULTY DISCLOSURE:  Dr. Sharpe has no relevant financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE: The planners have no relevant financial relationship(s) with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

ACCREDITATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Meets Texas Requirements for 1 hour of Ethics/Professional Responsibility Credit.

NURSING CE:  Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

SOCIAL WORK: This program was screened and preliminarily determined to be related to the practice of social work.  The Behavioral Health Executive Council will make the final determination as to whether the activity claimed by the licensee is directly related to the practice of social work. This educational activity is provided by a provider who is approved or endorsed by an International, national, regional, state, or local association of medical, mental, or behavioral health professionals  BSWH SW CE Approval # _____

SPONSORED BY:  Andrejs Avots-Avotins, MD, PhD, Chair- The Elizabeth & Drayton McLane, Jr. Chair in Health & Wellness