Understanding the Role of National Public Health Surveys in Identifying Health Care Disparities Affecting LGBT People

While attending the AcademyHealth Gender and Health meeting in late June 2012, I was informed that sexual orientation is not a standard question on national public health surveillance surveys. Without including sexual orientation, can these surveys truly monitor trends or track progress toward achie...

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Published in:	Journal of homosexuality Vol. 60; no. 9; pp. 1251 - 1255
Main Author:	Moore, Leonard J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Routledge 01-09-2013
Subjects:	Bisexuality Chronic Disease Female Health Health Care Services Health inequality Health policy Healthcare Disparities Homosexuality Homosexuality, Female Homosexuality, Male Homosexuals Humans Lesbianism Male National Health Programs Public Health Public Health Surveillance Sex Role Identity Sexual Preferences Surveillance Transgender Persons Transsexuality U.S.A United States United States
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Summary:	While attending the AcademyHealth Gender and Health meeting in late June 2012, I was informed that sexual orientation is not a standard question on national public health surveillance surveys. Without including sexual orientation, can these surveys truly monitor trends or track progress toward achieving the national health objectives currently under development for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Healthy People 2020? The lack of sexual orientation identification in public health surveillance systems threatens to simply result in objectives without methods for tracking outcomes. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:	0091-8369 1540-3602
DOI:	10.1080/00918369.2013.806164