Department of Public Health, University of Otago, P.O. Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand.
J Environ Public Health. 2013;2013:473451. doi: 10.1155/2013/473451. Epub 2013 Jun 12.
Effectively addressing health disparities experienced by sexual minority populations requires high-quality official data on sexual orientation. We developed a conceptual framework of sexual orientation to improve the quality of sexual orientation data in New Zealand's Official Statistics System.
We reviewed conceptual and methodological literature, culminating in a draft framework. To improve the framework, we held focus groups and key-informant interviews with sexual minority stakeholders and producers and consumers of official statistics. An advisory board of experts provided additional guidance.
The framework proposes working definitions of the sexual orientation topic and measurement concepts, describes dimensions of the measurement concepts, discusses variables framing the measurement concepts, and outlines conceptual grey areas.
The framework proposes standard definitions and concepts for the collection of official sexual orientation data in New Zealand. It presents a model for producers of official statistics in other countries, who wish to improve the quality of health data on their citizens.
有效解决性少数群体所经历的健康差异问题，需要有高质量的官方性取向数据。我们制定了一个性取向概念框架，以提高新西兰官方统计系统中性取向数据的质量。
我们查阅了概念和方法文献，最终形成了一个框架草案。为了改进该框架，我们与性少数群体利益相关者以及官方统计数据的生产者和使用者举行了焦点小组和重点访谈。一个专家顾问委员会提供了额外的指导。
该框架提出了性取向主题和测量概念的工作定义，描述了测量概念的维度，讨论了构成测量概念的变量，并概述了概念上的灰色地带。
该框架为在新西兰收集官方性取向数据提出了标准定义和概念。它为其他国家希望提高其公民健康数据质量的官方统计数据生产者提供了一个模型。
