In 2021, the NATA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access Task Force was introduced and charged with bringing the association’s six DEIA commitments to life. This year, in order to continue this work well into the future, the NATA Board of Directors approved the formation of the NATA DEIA Council.
The NATA Professional Development Center (PDC) offers seminal courses relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA), health disparities, social determinants of health (SDOH) and the role of the athletic trainer. Other courses present the topic of sports science and more. The courses include:
Social Determinants of Health & the Health Pyramid of Influence: Public Health Concepts Applied to Athletic Training
Speaker: Jessica Wallace, PhD, LAT, ATC
To commemorate Pride Month, throughout June the NATA Now blog is highlighting members of the NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and their impact on the profession.
For Sean Rogers, DAT, LAT, ATC, the practice model under which athletic trainers operate in traditional and non-traditional settings attracted him.
To commemorate Pride Month, throughout June the NATA Now blog is highlighting members of the NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and their impact on the profession.
Having grown up with an affinity for sports, Cloe Klaus, MSc, LAT, ATC, knew they wanted to pursue a career that would keep them around athletics.
To commemorate Pride Month, throughout June the NATA Now blog is highlighting members of the NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and their impact on the profession.
With an uncle who practiced sports medicine, Meredith Decker, PhD, LAT, ATC, said she fell in love with athletic training at a very young age.
“I loved getting to experience his job when [my family] would go visit him at the University of Virginia,” she said.
To commemorate Pride Month throughout June, the NATA Now blog is highlighting members of the NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and their impact on the profession.
NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee Chair Jen Sturtevant, MBA, LAT, ATC, found her love for athletic training in the intersection of sports and health care – people.
In the spring of 2021, the American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement identifying that when access to gender affirming care is denied, it is “a dangerous intrusion into the practice of medicine.”1 This threat to the basic human rights of individuals in the transgender community has been significantly elevated within the past year.
By Melanie A. Mason, DAT, LAT, ATC, and Emma Nye, DAT, LAT, ATC
Transgender individuals face substantial barriers to quality health care and encounter health disparities within their continuum of care.1 Research has shown that as high as 25 percent to 30 percent of transgender individuals are denied care by their health care provider based on their gender identity.2,3 Additionally, 90 percent of transgender adults surveyed in 2019 sought health care only when absolutely necessary.4
In honor of Pride Month, throughout June the NATA Now blog will highlight NATA’s LGBTQIA+ resources to assist members in their pursuit of providing compassionate, culturally competent patient care to all.
In honor of Pride Month, throughout June the NATA Now blog will highlight NATA’s LGBTQIA+ resources to assist members in their pursuit of providing compassionate, culturally competent patient care to all.
The NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee has been hard at work to provide educational opportunities to members.
“This committee is always working on something,” said NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee Chair Rebecca Lopez, PhD, ATC, CSCS. “Our members are so passionate and driven, so there are continuously projects going on.”