Training healthcare professionals in LGBTI cultural competencies: Exploratory findings from the Health4LGBTI pilot project.
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Clinical Competence
Cultural Competency
/ education
Discrimination, Psychological
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel
/ education
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Sexuality
/ psychology
Social Stigma
Cultural competencies training
Doctor-patient relationship
Health inequalities
Healthcare professionals
Inclusive attitudes
LGBTI health
Journal
Patient education and counseling
ISSN: 1873-5134
Titre abrégé: Patient Educ Couns
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 8406280
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
31
07
2019
revised:
02
12
2019
accepted:
09
12
2019
pubmed:
24
12
2019
medline:
1
12
2020
entrez:
24
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people experience health inequalities and barriers to accessing healthcare at a greater rate than the general population. This paper aims to present the Health4LGBTI training course for healthcare workers and the results of its pilot implementation. Funded by the European Parliament, the training course was developed by a multidisciplinary team including LGBTI organisations as part of the Health4LGBTI Project. 110 healthcare professionals from diverse medical fields attended the pilot training in six European Member States. Knowledge and attitudes were compared on the basis of a pre-post evaluation design utilising an ad hoc questionnaire. Knowledge scores increased after the training, irrespective of age and sexual orientation of participants. Attitudes scores generally improved, particularly in terms of inclusivity and a greater acknowledgement of LGBTI health needs and self-competence. The Health4LGBTI training course is both feasible and effective in training healthcare professionals and support staff to improve cultural competence and thereby promoting inclusive healthcare practice. The Health4LGBTI training course can be implemented in different healthcare contexts. Piloting of the course provided an opportunity for healthcare professionals and for support staff to improve their knowledge of, and attitudes towards, LGBTI people.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31866197
pii: S0738-3991(19)30551-8
doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.12.007
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Pagination
978-987Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest None.