Johnson Carey V, Mimiaga Matthew J, Bradford Judith
The Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health, 7 Haviland Street, Boston, MA 02115-2683, USA.
J Homosex. 2008;54(3):213-24. doi: 10.1080/00918360801982025.
This supplemental issue of the Journal of Homosexuality presents research that explores a variety of health care issues encountered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) population groups in the United States over the 10-year period from 1993 to 2002. Topics include access to health care, utilization of care, training of medical and mental health providers, and the appropriate preparation of clinical offices and waiting areas. Authors used a variety of community-based public health research methods, including participant and provider surveys and retrospective chart reviews of patients, to develop this body of research, providing a recent-historical perspective on the complex health care and health-related needs of sexual and gender minorities. Particularly for transgender and intersex populations, the state of research describing their health care needs is in its infancy, and much remains to be done to design effective medical and mental health programs and interventions.
《同性恋杂志》的这一增刊展示了一系列研究，这些研究探讨了1993年至2002年这十年间美国女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者和双性人（LGBTI）群体所遇到的各种医疗保健问题。主题包括获得医疗保健服务、医疗服务的利用、医学和心理健康服务提供者的培训，以及临床办公室和候诊区的适当准备。作者运用了多种基于社区的公共卫生研究方法，包括对参与者和提供者的调查以及对患者病历的回顾性审查，来开展这一系列研究，从而为性少数群体和性别少数群体复杂的医疗保健及与健康相关的需求提供了一个近期的历史视角。特别是对于跨性别者和双性人群体而言，描述其医疗保健需求的研究尚处于起步阶段，在设计有效的医学和心理健康项目及干预措施方面仍有许多工作要做。
