Journal article
How can the nursing profession help reduce sexual and gender minority related health disparities: Recommendations from the National Nursing LGBTQ Health Summit
Nursing outlook, Vol.70(3), pp.513-524
05/01/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2022.02.005
PMCID: PMC9393898
PMID: 35430056
Abstract
•Nurses are central to closing the health care disparity gap that sexual and gender minorities (SGM) people face.•Schools have been slow to incorporate SGM health issues into nursing curricula.•Students and practicing nurses are poorly prepared to provide care to SGM people.•Contributions of nurse researchers to SGM health and health care have been limited.•A national nursing strategy that addresses SGM health disparities is needed.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people, also commonly referred to as sexual and gender minorities (SGMs), live in every part of the United States and encompass all races and/or ethnicities, religions, and social classes. Major reports from various sources document higher rates of health issues (e.g., substance abuse, depression, suicidality, cardiovascular disease) among SGMs than heterosexuals. Chronic stress related to marginalization and discrimination is a key contributor to these disparities. The nursing profession has paid relatively little attention to SGM health issues.
To address these gaps, the first National Nursing LGBTQ Health Summit brought together nursing deans, leaders of national nursing organizations, and other participants from across the United States.
Participants agreed that increasing SGM-specific content in nursing curricula, practice guidelines, faculty development, and research is necessary to improve the health of SGM people.
The Summit ended with a call to action for the nursing profession to prioritize SGM health through innovations in education, research, and practice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- How can the nursing profession help reduce sexual and gender minority related health disparities: Recommendations from the National Nursing LGBTQ Health Summit
- Creators
- Tonda L. Hughes - Columbia UniversityKasey Jackman - Columbia UniversityCaroline Dorsen - Rutgers School of NursingCynthia Arslanian-Engoren - University of MichiganLauren Ghazal - University of MichiganThomas Christenberry-deceased - Vanderbilt UniversityChristopher Lance Coleman - Indiana UniversityMelissa Mackin - University of IowaScott Emory Moore - Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH, USARonica Mukerjee - Columbia UniversityAthena Sherman - Emory UniversitySheila Smith - University of MinnesotaRachel Walker - Dartmouth College
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nursing outlook, Vol.70(3), pp.513-524
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.outlook.2022.02.005
- PMID
- 35430056
- PMCID
- PMC9393898
- NLM abbreviation
- Nurs Outlook
- ISSN
- 0029-6554
- eISSN
- 1528-3968
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370755002771
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