Engaging community members to ensure culturally specific language is used in research: should I use gay, queer, MSM, or this other new acronym?

Engaging community members to ensure culturally specific language is used in research: should I use gay, queer, MSM, or this other new acronym?

Abstract Researchers often use terminology to define their participant groups that is rooted in a clinical understanding of the group’s shared identity(ies). Such naming often ignores the ways that the individuals who comprise these populations identify themselves. One oft-cited benefit of patient-o...

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Main Authors: Kyle Rubini, Taim Al-Bakri, William Bridel, Andrew Clapperton, Mark Greaves, Nolan E. Hill, Max Labrecque, Richard MacDonagh, Glenndl Miguel, Shane Orvis, Will Osbourne-Sorrell, Taylor Randall, Marco Reid, Andrew Rosser, Justin Presseau, Elisabeth Vesnaver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Research Involvement and Engagement
Subjects:
MSM
LGBTQ+
Community-based
Public health
Queer
Plasma donation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00463-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00463-0

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