At a time when lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals are an creasgly open, acknowledged, and visible part of society, clicians and rearchers are faced wh plete rmatn about the health stat of this muny. Although a most body of knowledge on LGBT health has been veloped over the last two s, much remas to be explored. What is currently known about LGBT health? Where do gaps the rearch this area exist? What are the prri for a rearch agenda to addrs the gaps? This report aims to answer the qutns.
Contents:
- INVTIGATG THE NEEDS AND NCERNS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR OLR ADULTS: THE E OF QUALATIVE AND QUANTATIVE METHODOLOGY
- INVTIGATG THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR OLR ADULTS: THE USE OF QUALATIVE AND QUANTATIVE METHODOLOGY
INVTIGATG THE NEEDS AND NCERNS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR OLR ADULTS: THE E OF QUALATIVE AND QUANTATIVE METHODOLOGY
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At a time when lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals are an creasgly open, acknowledged, and visible part of society, clicians and rearchers are faced wh plete rmatn about the health stat of this muny. This report aims to answer the LGBT COMMUNITYThe phrase “lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny” (or “LGBT muny”) refers to a broad aln of groups that are diverse wh rpect to genr, sexual orientatn, race/ethnicy, and socenomic stat. )Lbians, gay men, and bisexual men and women are fed acrdg to their sexual orientatn, which, as discsed Chapter 2, is typilly nceptualized terms of sexual attractn, behavr, inty, or some batn of the dimensns.
INVTIGATG THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR OLR ADULTS: THE USE OF QUALATIVE AND QUANTATIVE METHODOLOGY
Yet this groupg of “nonheterosexuals” clus men and women; homosexual and bisexual dividuals; people who label themselv as gay, lbian, or bisexual, among other terms; and people who do not adopt such labels but neverthels experience same-sex attractn or engage same-sex sexual behavr. As explaed throughout the report, the differenc have important health implitns for each ntrast to lbians, gay men, and bisexual men and women, transgenr people are fed acrdg to their genr inty and prentatn.