First Annual LGBT Health Workforce Conference: Empowering Our Health Workforce to Better Serve LGBT Communities.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2014
Abstract
The Institute of Medicine has identified significant health disparities and barriers to health care experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations. By lowering financial barriers to care, recent legislation and judicial decisions have created a remarkable opportunity for reducing disparities by making health care available to those who previously lacked access. However, the current health-care workforce lacks sufficient training on LGBT-specific health-care issues and delivery of culturally competent care to sexual orientation and gender identity minorities. The LGBT Healthcare Workforce Conference was developed to provide a yearly forum to address these deficiencies through the sharing of best practices in LGBT health-care delivery, creating LGBT-inclusive institutional environments, supporting LGBT personal and professional development, and peer-to-peer mentoring, with an emphasis on students and early career professionals in the health-care fields. This report summarizes the findings of the first annual LGBT Health Workforce Conference.
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
62
Last Page
65
ISSN
2325-8306
Published In/Presented At
Sánchez, N. F., Sánchez, J. P., Lunn, M. R., Yehia, B. R., & Callahan, E. J. (2014). First Annual LGBT Health Workforce Conference: Empowering Our Health Workforce to Better Serve LGBT Communities. LGBT health, 1(1), 62–65. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2013.0020
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
26789511
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article