Understanding the unique healthcare needs of LGBTQ+ individuals and the barriers they face when accessing care.
LGBTQ+ Health Disparities: Understanding the unique challenges and barriers faced by LGBTQ+ individuals in accessing healthcare and achieving optimal health.
Cultural Competence and Sensitivity: Being aware of different cultures and using that knowledge to create a more welcoming environment that suits LGBTQ+ individuals.
Health Care Disparities: A view from an equity perspective; where healthcare disparities can be either systematic or systemic.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Strategies for LGBTQ+ individuals to promote their health and reduce the risk of diseases, including the prevention of HIV.
Social Determinants of Health: The factors that influence one's health status, including cultural, economic, environmental, and geopolitical factors.
Gender Identity: Understanding the spectrum of gender and how it affects the health of LGBTQ+ individuals.
Sexual Orientation: Understanding the sexual preferences of different individuals.
Stigma and Discrimination: Overcoming prejudice and discrimination levelled against people belonging to a particular group.
Health Equity and Justice: Advocacy towards ensuring equitable access to health care services for LGBTQ+ individuals.
Hormone Replacement Treatment: A medical treatment offered to transgender individuals to aid the transition to the gender they identify with.
Mental Health: Understanding the unique mental health concerns of LGBTQ+ individuals and ways to help.
Trans healthcare: The peculiarities of healthcare that suit trans individuals.
Sexual and Reproductive Health: Understanding and tackling the unique sexual and reproductive health needs of LGBTQ+ individuals.
Medical Ethics: Considerations of ethics in medicine and healthcare.
Primary care: This refers to the first point of contact with a healthcare provider, including general medical check-ups, screenings, and preventative care.
Specialty care: This refers to medical care that is provided by specialists in a particular area, such as oncology, gastroenterology, and cardiology.
Sexual health services: These services may include testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS, as well as counseling and education on safe sex practices.
Mental health services: This includes counseling and therapy to address issues such as anxiety, depression, and stress.
Hormone therapy: This refers to hormone replacement therapy for transgender individuals who are transitioning from one gender to another.
Gender-affirming surgeries: This includes surgical procedures that alter the physical appearance of a person's body to align with their gender identity.
Fertility treatments: This includes artificial insemination and other assisted reproductive technologies for LGBTQ+ individuals who want to start a family.
Preventative care: This includes screenings for cancer, heart disease, and other health conditions, as well as vaccinations.
Palliative care: This refers to medical care provided to individuals with serious illnesses or injuries to improve their quality of life and manage pain.
Long-term care: This includes services provided in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities for elderly or disabled individuals who cannot care for themselves.
Counseling services: This includes support services for individuals and families dealing with issues related to LGBTQ+ health, such as coming out, discrimination, and stigma.
Outreach and education services: These services are designed to raise awareness and provide education about LGBTQ+ health issues among healthcare providers and the general public.