Gender Inclusive Care and Intersectionality: A Guide for Perinatal Care Providers

A 21 minute course with optional CE
plus additional off-line learning activities
designed to meet the requirements of
California AB-2319, the  Amended  Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act

AB 2319 applies to "All staff interacting with perinatal patients or providing care in hospitals, clinics, birthing centers, and emergency departments."

THE COURSE IS AVAILABLE NOW AND MUST BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 1, 2025

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About the Law: What's Different?

Expanded Training

Requires implicit bias training to address intersecting identities and potential harms to patients and infants.

Training Deadlines

Existing providers: Complete training by June 1, 2025.
New providers: Complete training within six months of hire.

Broader Applicability

Extends training to all staff interacting with perinatal patients or providing care in hospitals, clinics, birthing centers, and emergency departments.

Facilities must offer training to physicians providing perinatal care who are not directly employed by the facility.

Reporting & Enforcement

Facilities must submit proof of compliance to the Attorney General by February 1 each year starting in 2026. Non-compliance may result in civil penalties.

Comprehensive documentation of training quality, content, and provider compliance is now required.
We provide that to you.

Reporting Requirements: Who Provides?

This law specifically requires evidence-based training and documentation of the training itself. WE WILL PROVIDE THIS DOCUMENTATION.

Detailed description of training content, format, and duration. 

WE PROVIDE TO YOU 

Copies of all written training materials.  

WE PROVIDE TO YOU

List of trained providers & completion date.

WE PROVIDE TO YOU IF LEARNERS COMPLETE THE COURSE ON OUR LMS.  YOU PROVIDE IF USING YOUR OWN LMS FOR COURSE DELIVERY 

Categorized list (by job title) of providers who did not participate, employee status and percentage of noncompliance 

YOU PROVIDE

About the Course

This 20-30 minute course equips perinatal care providers to deliver care that safeguards the dignity and comfort of every birthing person

Perinatal care providers serve an increasingly diverse patient population. Understanding how intersections of different identities (“intersectionality”) impact healthcare experiences is critical for ensuring respectful and high-quality care for all birthing people—including transgender and nonbinary patients. 

This evidence-based course introduces the concept of intersectionality in perinatal care, emphasizing how overlapping social identities—such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, and body size—shape patient experiences and healthcare outcomes.

Real-world scenarios  illustrate how unconscious automatic reactions, unconscious expectations, and invisible assumptions (sometimes referred to as implicit biases) in clinical settings can impact the quality of care. Special attention is given to the experiences of those who identify as transgender or nonbinary. 

The course provides evidence-based, practical strategies for preventing unconscious assumptions and beliefs from affecting care. Ultimately, this training equips perinatal professionals to deliver care that safeguards the dignity and comfort of every birthing person, no matter their overlapping identities.

Earn .5 hours of ANCC CE or ACCME CME credits

Course Objectives

You will learn:

  1. How intersectionality shapes patient experiences in perinatal care,
  2. How intersecting identities affect our unconscious assumptions and expectations in ways that can shape patient-provider interactions,
  3. Unique challenges faced by transgender and nonbinary birthing individuals in perinatal care,
  4. Best practices and practical, effective strategies to ensure high-quality care for all patients.

High Level Outline

This course is split into 3 Parts:

  1. Understanding Intersectionality
  2. A Closer Look at the Experiences of Transgender Birthing People
  3. Best Practices and Effective Strategies

Key Information about Licensing this Course for Your Organization

Course Access options

  • Send your learners to our website to complete the course, OR
  • Have SCORM-compliant course files transferred to your organization for use on your internal Learning Management System

Course Costs* for 1 year license

Tuition Fees (Per-Learner License Fees)**

 If you have 10,000 or fewer learners the fee is $15.00 per learner

If you have over 10,000 learners, there is a flat rate per tier:
  • 10,001 - 15,000 learners: $150,000 
  • 15,001 - 20,000 learners: $175,000
  • 20,001 - 25,000 learners: $200,000 
  • 25,001 - 30,000 learners: $250,000
  • 30,001 - 40,000 learners: $300,000
  • Over 40,000 learners: $350,000

If the standard pricing exceeds your organization's budget, please email us at solutions@humanitasinst.org to request an Organizational Discount Request form. We are committed to making our programs accessible and will review requests on a case-by-case basis.

Service Fees

If learners access the course on your Learning Management System there is a one time $5,000 Operational Support Fee 

If your learners will access the course on OUR website, you have a choice of Service Levels:

Level 1:
Learners self-enroll using a pre-paid code. Your learners provide you with certificates of completion. Other than our help-desk support, we do not provide any services.
No extra fee

Level 2: 
We manage your learners including enrolling, sending invitations and information, and providing quarterly completion reports, if requested.
Annual fee: $3,000 or $10.00 per learner, whichever is less.

Level 3:
We provide a dedicated webpage on our website that includes your branding and materials.
One-time fee: $10,000

Course Outline

Part 1: Intersectionality in Perinatal Care

How multiple aspects of identity—such as race, gender, ability, and socioeconomic status—intersect to shape patient experiences.

The unconscious assumptions that can influence patient-provider interactions.

An introduction to the Warmth-Competence Framework, a research-based model that helps explain how automatic perceptions impact healthcare decisions.

Part 2: Addressing Gender Inclusivity in Perinatal Care

The unique challenges faced by transgender and nonbinary birthing individuals.

Barriers to affirming, patient-centered care and their impact on patient trust, engagement, and outcomes.


Part 3: Best Practices for Equitable Perinatal Care

Strategies for reducing bias-driven disparities and fostering a more inclusive healthcare culture.

The role of trauma-informed care, cultural humility, and stress-management techniques in improving patient-provider relationships.

Key strategies for ensuring gender-inclusive communication, documentation, and clinical practices

Acionable Steps for Change: Iintegrate course concepts into daily practice.


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