Journal Article

Addressing Health Care Disparities in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Population: A Review of Best Practices

Brown, Donald V., Lim, Fidelindo A., Kim, Sung Min Justin

2014

Overview

The health care needs of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) have received significant attention from policymakers in the last several years. Recent reports from the Institute of Medicine, Healthy People 2020, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality have all highlighted the need for such long-overdue attention. The health care disparities that affect this population are closely tied to sexual and social stigma. Furthermore, LGBT people aren't all alike; an understanding of the various subgroups and demographic factors is vital to providing patient-centered care. This article explores LGBT health issues and health care disparities, and offers recommendations for best practices based on current evidence and standards of care.

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc,Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
• Subject: Attention / Attitude of Health Personnel / Best practice / Bisexuality / Bisexuals / CE Continuing Education / Clinical standards / Cultural Competency / Demography / Female / Gay communities / Gays & lesbians / Gender identity / Health care / Health care access / Health care industry / Health disparities / Health inequalities / Health Promotion / Health services / Healthcare Disparities - legislation & jurisprudence / Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data / Healthcare Disparities - trends / HIV infections / Homosexuality / Humans / Inequality / Lesbianism / LGBT / LGBTQ people / Male / Medical research / Medicine / Patient-centered care / Patients / Policy making / Practice Guidelines as Topic / Quality of care / Queer culture / Queer studies / Sexual orientation / Social Stigma / Stereotypes / Stigma / Transgender Persons / Transgenderism / Transsexuality