Extensive rearch on the specific needs and ncerns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) olr adults is lackg. This article scrib the rults of both quantative studi (i.e., LGBT Elrs Needs Asssment Sle) and qualative studi (i.e., foc groups and -pth tervi …
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- 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
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. * lgbt quantitative research *
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. 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.
INVTIGATG THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR OLR ADULTS: THE USE OF QUALATIVE AND QUANTATIVE METHODOLOGY
Whereas “LGBT” is appropriate and eful for scribg the bed populatns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people, also n obscure the many differenc that distguish the sexual- and genr-mory groups. Combg lbians and gay men unr a sgle bric, for example, obscur genr differenc the experienc of homosexual people. Further, to the extent that lbian, gay, and bisexual are unrstood as inty labels, “LGB” leav out people whose experience clus same-sex attractns or behavrs but who do not adopt a nonheterosexual inty.
And the transgenr populatn, which self enpass multiple groups, has needs and ncerns that are distct om those of lbians, bisexual women and men, and gay noted above, spe the many differenc among the populatns that make up the LGBT muny, there are important monali as well. Commonali Among LGBT PopulatnsWhat do lbians, gay men, bisexual women and men, and transgenr people have mon that mak them, as a bed populatn, an appropriate foc for this report? Historilly, lbians, gay men, bisexual dividuals, and transgenr people have not been unrstood and accepted as part of the normal spectm of the human ndn.