Addressing Health Care Disparities In The Lesbian Gay Bisexual And Transgender Population PDF Download

Indeed, recent reports from the Insti- who are culturally competent in and knowledgeable tute of Medicine (IOM), Healthy People 2020, and about LGBT health.3 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality In a 2012 literature review of 17 studies of nurses' have highlighted the need for such long-overdue attitudes toward the LGBT population, Dorsen noted attention.1-3 The health care disparities t [...] Similarly, Eliason and colleagues have stated had been conducted among lesbians and gay men, that "the first task of nursing education is to infuse and very few among bisexual and transgender peo- the curriculum with LGBT content," and they en- ple.2 Addressing the needs of LGBT subgroups such courage nursing faculty to forge ahead and begin do- as the elderly, adolescents, and racial or ethnic mi [...] The Adelson offers a guideline for working with chil- prevalence of smoking is reportedly 27% to 71% dren and adolescents who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, higher among gay and bisexual men, and 70% to or "gender nonconforming" or "gender discordant."41 350% higher among lesbians and bisexual women, The discussion on interventions aimed at altering sex- than it is in the general population.35 In a s [...] For ex- The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health ample, as the National Coalition for LGBT Health at the University of California, San Francisco, provides has stated, racial and ethnic minorities within the primary care protocols for transgender patient care. [...] The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health Primary Care Protocol for Transgender Patient Care ( ), created within the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Fran- cisco, aims to provide "accurate, peer-reviewed medical guidance" and to serve as a resource for health care pr.