White paper from a CTSA workshop series on special and underserved populations: Enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving LGBT populations
Despite the significant health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations, few investigators affiliated with the National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award Programs are conducting research related to this underserved popul...
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| author | Alicia K. Matthews Kevin Rak Emily Anderson Wendy Bostwick Jesus Ramirez-Valles Raymond A. Ruiz Kathryn Macapagal Karriem S. Watson Rohan D. Jeremiah Amparo Castillo Wendy Choure |
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| description | Despite the significant health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations, few investigators affiliated with the National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award Programs are conducting research related to this underserved population. We provide recommendations shared during a half-day workshop aimed at increasing researcher readiness to conduct LGBT research. This workshop was presented as part of a series on conducting research with underserved populations offered by the Recruitment, Retention, and Community Engagement Program of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Six LGBT health research experts provided focused presentations. The workshop presentations included a summary of significant health inequality issues, theoretical models relevant to research on LGBT health, best practices in measuring sexual orientation and gender identity, recommendations for recruitment and retention, a discussion of community engagement, and ethical considerations in conducting LGBT research. We provide a summary of recommendations to guide future research, training, and public policy related to LGBT health. The information can increase capacity among Clinical and Translational Science Award affiliated researchers in conducting research in this special population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-664b337f4d344290868c8fec7231ed9d2023-03-09T12:29:41ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612018-08-01219320010.1017/cts.2018.317White paper from a CTSA workshop series on special and underserved populations: Enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving LGBT populationsAlicia K. Matthews0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0074-681XKevin Rak1Emily Anderson2Wendy Bostwick3Jesus Ramirez-Valles4Raymond A. Ruiz5Kathryn Macapagal6Karriem S. Watson7Rohan D. Jeremiah8Amparo Castillo9Wendy Choure10College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USACenter for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USALoyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USACollege of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USASchool of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USACenter for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USAUniversity of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USASchool of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAJane Adams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USACenter for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USADespite the significant health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations, few investigators affiliated with the National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award Programs are conducting research related to this underserved population. We provide recommendations shared during a half-day workshop aimed at increasing researcher readiness to conduct LGBT research. This workshop was presented as part of a series on conducting research with underserved populations offered by the Recruitment, Retention, and Community Engagement Program of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Six LGBT health research experts provided focused presentations. The workshop presentations included a summary of significant health inequality issues, theoretical models relevant to research on LGBT health, best practices in measuring sexual orientation and gender identity, recommendations for recruitment and retention, a discussion of community engagement, and ethical considerations in conducting LGBT research. We provide a summary of recommendations to guide future research, training, and public policy related to LGBT health. The information can increase capacity among Clinical and Translational Science Award affiliated researchers in conducting research in this special population.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118003175/type/journal_articleLGBTsexual and gender minoritieshealth inequalitiescommunity engagementspecial populations |
| spellingShingle | Alicia K. Matthews Kevin Rak Emily Anderson Wendy Bostwick Jesus Ramirez-Valles Raymond A. Ruiz Kathryn Macapagal Karriem S. Watson Rohan D. Jeremiah Amparo Castillo Wendy Choure White paper from a CTSA workshop series on special and underserved populations: Enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving LGBT populations Journal of Clinical and Translational Science LGBT sexual and gender minorities health inequalities community engagement special populations |
| title | White paper from a CTSA workshop series on special and underserved populations: Enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving LGBT populations |
| title_full | White paper from a CTSA workshop series on special and underserved populations: Enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving LGBT populations |
| title_fullStr | White paper from a CTSA workshop series on special and underserved populations: Enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving LGBT populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | White paper from a CTSA workshop series on special and underserved populations: Enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving LGBT populations |
| title_short | White paper from a CTSA workshop series on special and underserved populations: Enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving LGBT populations |
| title_sort | white paper from a ctsa workshop series on special and underserved populations enhancing investigator readiness to conduct research involving lgbt populations |
| topic | LGBT sexual and gender minorities health inequalities community engagement special populations |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118003175/type/journal_article |
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