LGBTQ population health policy advocacy.

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Education for Health Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.4103/efh.EfH_243_18

Christina Iannucci Moran

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Introduction: Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community have specific health-care needs that are often overlooked by health-care providers due to education gaps and discrimination. Health-care inequality for this population has been researched and found to negatively contribute to poorer health outcomes for LGBTQ individuals.

Background: There exists a critical need for LGBTQ health education at the undergraduate level for future health-care providers. Additionally, policy reform that establishes an LGBTQ-inclusive code of conduct and educates health-care workers on LGBTQ-specific health needs aims to reshape organizational culture.

Recommendations: Curriculum-based education on LGBTQ health for students in health-care professions opens up conversations about the unique needs of this population and paves the way for improved provision of care and better relationships between providers and patients. Education and inclusive policy reform within organizations are critical for improving health outcomes for LGBTQ individuals.

Conclusion: Increasing health-care providers' knowledge of this population's specific health needs and learning how to deliver culturally appropriate and sensitive care will lead to improved health outcomes for members of the LGBTQ community.

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LGBTQ人群健康政策倡导。

导言:女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人和同性恋/质疑(LGBTQ)群体的成员有特殊的卫生保健需求，但由于教育差距和歧视，这些需求往往被卫生保健提供者所忽视。对这一人群的医疗保健不平等进行了研究，发现这对LGBTQ个人的健康状况较差有负面影响。背景:未来的卫生保健提供者迫切需要在本科阶段进行LGBTQ健康教育。此外，制定包容lgbtq的行为准则并教育保健工作者了解lgbtq特有的健康需求的政策改革旨在重塑组织文化。建议:为卫生保健专业的学生提供基于课程的LGBTQ健康教育，开启了关于这一人群独特需求的对话，为改善护理提供和改善提供者与患者之间的关系铺平了道路。组织内部的教育和包容性政策改革对于改善LGBTQ个人的健康结果至关重要。结论:增加卫生保健提供者对这一人群特定健康需求的了解，并学习如何提供文化上适当和敏感的护理，将有助于改善LGBTQ社区成员的健康状况。

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Education for Health EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-

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期刊介绍： Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice (EfH) is the scholarly, peer-reviewed journal of The Network: Towards Unity for Health. Our readers are health professionals, health professions educators and learners, health care researchers, policymakers, community leaders and administrators from all over the world. We publish original studies, reviews, think pieces, works in progress and commentaries on current trends, issues, and controversies. We especially want to provide our international readers with fresh ideas and innovative models of education and health services that can enable them to be maximally responsive to the healthcare needs of the communities in which they work and learn.