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LGBTQIA+ for Healthcare Professionals: For Clinicians

Resources in support of removing barriers and expanding access to quality healthcare services

Guidelines

Achieving Health Equity: a Guide For Healthcare Organizations (2016)
Do Ask, Do Tell: a Toolkit For Collecting Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Clinical Settings
Age-Friendly Inclusive Services: a Practical Guide to Creating LGBT Organizations

Chiropractic Specific Care for LGBTQIA+ Populations

Culturally Sensitive Chiropractic Care of the Transgender Community: a Narrative Review of the Literature
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Patients: How to Navigate Terminology in Patient Care
Overcoming barriers to diversity in chiropractic patient and practitioner populations: A commentary

Books

Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health by Adrian Shanker (editior)
ISBN: 9781629638010
Publication Date: 2020
Comprehensive Care of the Transgender Patient by Cecile A. Ferrando
Call Number: RA564.9.T73 F47 2020
ISBN: 9780323512268
Publication Date: 2020
Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion by Raffy R. Luquis (Editor); Miguel A. Pérez (Editor)
Call Number: RA418.5.T73 C853 2021
ISBN: 9781119578475
Publication Date: 2021-02-03
The GLMA Handbook on LGBT Health by Jason S. Schneider (Editor); Vincent M. B. Silenzio (Editor); Laura Erickson-Schroth (Editor)
ISBN: 9780313395666
Publication Date: 2019-05-17
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare: A Clinical Guide to Preventive, Primary, and Specialist Care by J.M. Ehrenfeld; K.L. Eckstrand
ISBN: 9783319197524
Publication Date: 2016
LGBTQ+ Health by Jessica Lapinski (Editor); Kristine Diaz (Editor)
Call Number: R11 .P747 2021
ISBN: 9780323791205
Publication Date: 2021-05-19
LGBTQ Cultures: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know about Sexual and Gender Diversity by Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn
Call Number: RA564.9.H65 L43 2018
ISBN: 9781496394613
Publication Date: 2018

Resources

Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
The mission of The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE) is to advance health equity for trans and gender non-binary communities.
National LGBTQIA+ Education Center
The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center aims:
• To advance health equity for LGBTQIA+ people and the populations which may intersect with the LGBTQIA+ community
• To address and eliminate health disparities for the LGBTQIA+ community
• To optimize access to cost-effective health care for the LGBTQIA+ community
• To improve the quality of care for LGBTQIA+ people by providing training and technical assistance to health care providers and staff across the globe.
National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
The country's first and only technical assistance resource center aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender persons over the age of 65.
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
WPATH provides certified training courses and offers best practices in medical and mental health care in transgender health.