White Paper from a CTSA Workshop Series on Special and Underserved Populations: Enhancing Investigator Readiness to Conduct Research Involving LGBT Populations.

摘要: Despite the significant health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations, few investigators affiliated with National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical Translational Science Award Programs are conducting research related to this underserved population. We provide recommendations shared during a half-day workshop aimed at increasing researcher readiness conduct LGBT research. This was presented as part series on populations offered Recruitment, Retention, Community Engagement Program Center for University Illinois Chicago. Six experts provided focused presentations. The presentations included summary inequality issues, theoretical models relevant health, best practices in measuring sexual orientation gender identity, recruitment retention, discussion community engagement, ethical considerations guide future research, training, public policy health. information can increase capacity among researchers special