The Society of General Internal Medicine’s Recommendations to Improve LGBTQ + Health

Beret Fitzgerald; Christopher Terndrup; Carl G. Streed; Rita S. Lee; Viraj V. Patel; Ryan Nall

doi:10.1007/s11606-023-08400-3

The Society of General Internal Medicine’s Recommendations to Improve LGBTQ + Health

Beret Fitzgerald, Christopher Terndrup, Carl G. Streed, Rita S. Lee, Viraj V. Patel, Ryan Nall

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Abstract

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ +) individuals experience bias in healthcare with 1 in 6 LGBTQ + adults avoiding healthcare due to anticipated discrimination and overall report poorer health status compared to heterosexual and cisgendered peers. The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) is a leading organization representing academic physicians and recognizes that significant physical and mental health inequities exist among LGBTQ + communities. As such, SGIM sees its role in improving LGBTQ + patient health through structural change, starting at the national policy level all the way to encouraging change in individual provider bias and personal actions. SGIM endorses a series of recommendations for policy priorities, research and data collection standards, and institutional policy changes as well as community engagement and individual practices to reduce bias and improve the well-being and health of LGBTQ + patients.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	323-330
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of general internal medicine
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08400-3
State	Published - Feb 2024

Keywords

LGBTQ +
health equity
health policy

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Internal Medicine

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