Abstract
Despite the significant health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations, few investigators affiliated with NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) programs are conducting research related to this underserved population. We provide recommendations shared during a half-day workshop aimed at increasing researcher readiness to conduct LGBT research. This workshop was presented as part of a series on conducting research with underserved populations offered by the Recruitment, Retention, and Community Engagement Program of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Six LGBT health research experts provided focused presentations. The workshop presentations included a summary of significant health inequality issues, theoretical models relevant to research on LGBT health, best practices in measuring sexual orientation and gender identity, recommendations for recruitment and retention, a discussion of community engagement, and ethical considerations in conducting LGBT research. We provide a summary of recommendations to guide future research, training, and public policy related to LGBT health. The information can increase capacity among CTSA affiliated researchers in conducting research in this special population.
Highlights
An explicit goal of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is to promote the integration of special and underserved populations in translational research across the human lifespan [1]
In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM, called Health and Medicine Division) published a report on LGBT health and made several recommendations intended to produce high quality data on LGBT populations. It calls for including measures of sexual orientation and gender identity in national epidemiological surveys, improving methods for collecting and analyzing data, increasing participation of LGBT individuals in research, and increasing researcher funding and training [2]
LGBT populations historically have been mistreated in research [53]
Summary
An explicit goal of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is to promote the integration of special and underserved populations in translational research across the human lifespan [1]. It calls for including measures of sexual orientation and gender identity in national epidemiological surveys, improving methods for collecting and analyzing data, increasing participation of LGBT individuals in research, and increasing researcher funding and training [2].
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