LGBTQ+ Youth Rourc | Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health | CDC

Objectiv Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) adolcents have specific health re needs and are sceptible to health re dispari. Lack of skills and knowledge on the part of health re provirs have a negative effect on their accs to re and health out. This study 1) explor the knowledge and attus of medil stunts regardg LGBT people, and 2) asss the impact of a one-hour lecture targetg adolcent LGBT health needs. Methods Fourth-year medil stunts attend a pulsory one-hour lecture on sexual orientatn and genr inty velopment adolcence, highlightg health issu. We created a qutnnaire wh ems to elic stunts’ knowledge and attus about LGBT health issu. Stunts were ved to plete this qutnnaire onle anonymoly one week before the lecture and one month after the lecture. Rults Out of a total of 157 stunts, 107 (68.2%) rpond to the pre-terventn qutnnaire and 96 (61.1%) to the post-terventn qutnnaire. A signifint proportn—13.7% of all rponnts—intified as LGBT or qutng. Our rults show that most medil stunts already show favorable attus towards LGBT people and a certa gree of knowledge of LGBT health needs. They monstrated a large and signifint crease knowledge of LGBT health issu one month after the lecture. Discsn A sgle one-hour lecture on sexual orientatn and LGBT health issu may crease knowledge among medil stunts. Medil stunts and profsnals should receive such trag to crease their knowledge about LGBT patients as , together wh favorable attus, has the potential to improve health out among this vulnerable populatn.