This guide is designed to assist health professionals with finding health and research information related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender-questioning communities.
LGBTQ+ People Talk About Their Experiences Accessing Health Care
Drawn from real-world experience and current research, the fully updated LGBTQ Cultures, 3rd Edition paves the way for healthcare professionals to provide well-informed, culturally sensitive healthcare to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients.
New learners are encouraged to start with "Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health," the introductory module. Follow up modules are focused on other topics, such as caring for LGBTQ youth or elders and effective communication strategies.
This continuing education activity highlights the role of the interprofessional team in caring for patients who are members of this community in a professional, ethical, and caring manner.
This extensive 199 page document details specifics of clinical care. Created by UCSF's Gender Affirming Health Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine.
This document includes important terms and definitions, data, three case scenarios, and expert-informed practices, all of which offer suggestions for how any staff member within any health care organization can implement simple changes to improve the experiences of patients with non-binary gender identities.
This toolkit provides specific sexual orientation and gender identity questions that are recommended by national LGBT organizations and which have been shown to work with diverse patient populations served by community health centers in different parts of the United States.
This brief outlines a number of key areas where modifying policy, especially regarding language, can help LGBT people feel welcome and safe in a health care setting.
