TY - JOUR
T1 - The Society of General Internal Medicine’s Recommendations to Improve LGBTQ + Health
AU - Fitzgerald, Beret
AU - Terndrup, Christopher
AU - Streed, Carl G.
AU - Lee, Rita S.
AU - Patel, Viraj V.
AU - Nall, Ryan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - LGBTQ +
KW - health equity
KW - health policy
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U2 - 10.1007/s11606-023-08400-3
DO - 10.1007/s11606-023-08400-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 37803097
AN - SCOPUS:85173965263
SN - 0884-8734
VL - 39
SP - 323
EP - 330
JO - Journal of general internal medicine
JF - Journal of general internal medicine
IS - 2
ER -
