Primary Care Providers' Attitudes, Practices, and Knowledge in Treating LGBTQ Communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3639256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dustin Z Nowaskie (0000-0003-1111-8357, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, corresponding author), John S Sowinski (0000-0002-1219-6202, Henry Ford Health System) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 1927-1947 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2018.1519304 |
| PMID | 30265839 |
| OpenAlex | W2892823261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 21 |
Cultural competency in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) health care has been found to be lacking within various medical specialties, but no studies have compared competency among primary care providers. The authors compared 127 primary care providers' cultural competency regarding LGBTQ health using a survey that assessed providers' attitudes, practices, and knowledge. Overall, 78.0% of respondents agreed that they were comfortable treating LGBTQ patients. Yet many providers did not feel well informed on specific LGBTQ health needs (70.1%), on clinical management of LGBTQ care (74.8%), nor on referring patients with LGBTQ issues (78.7%). Overall accuracy on LGBTQ knowledge questions was 51.0%. This study revealed a lack of cultural competency and much need for improvement as primary care providers endorsed negative attitudes, biases, inconsistencies in clinical practice, and deficiencies in medical knowledge in specialty-specific ways. There is a need for greater LGBTQ-specific education to increase providers' comfortability and competency in the needs, management, and referrals within LGBTQ health care
Cultural competence · Family medicine · Health care · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Medical education · MEDLINE · Pedagogy · Political science · Primary care · Queer · Specialty · Transgender · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies
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| Citations per year | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |