Gahagan Jacqueline, Colpitts Emily
a Health Promotion Division, Gender and Health Promotion Studies Unit, School of Health and Human Performance , Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada.
J Homosex. 2017;64(1):95-121. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2016.1172893. Epub 2016 Apr 4.
Health research traditionally has focused on the health risks and deficits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) populations, obscuring the determinants that can promote health across the life course. Recognizing, appropriately measuring, and rendering visible these determinants of health is paramount to informing appropriate and engaging health policies, services, and systems for LGBTQ populations. The overarching purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the findings of a scoping review aimed at exploring strengths-based health promotion approaches to understanding and measuring LGBTQ health. Specifically, this scoping review examined peer-reviewed, published academic literature to determine (a) existing methodological frameworks for studying LGBTQ health from a strengths-based health promotion approach, and (b) suggestions for future methodological approaches for studying LGBTQ health from a strengths-based health promotion approach. The findings of this scoping review will be used to inform the development of a study aimed at assessing the health of and improving pathways to health services among LGBTQ populations in Nova Scotia, Canada.
传统上，健康研究聚焦于女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者和酷儿（LGBTQ）群体的健康风险和缺陷，却忽略了那些能够在整个人生历程中促进健康的决定因素。认识、恰当地衡量并揭示这些健康决定因素，对于为LGBTQ群体制定恰当且有效的健康政策、服务和体系至关重要。本文的总体目的是概述一项范围综述的结果，该综述旨在探索基于优势的健康促进方法，以理解和衡量LGBTQ群体的健康状况。具体而言，这项范围综述考察了经过同行评审并发表的学术文献，以确定：（a）从基于优势的健康促进方法研究LGBTQ群体健康的现有方法框架；（b）未来从基于优势的健康促进方法研究LGBTQ群体健康的方法建议。这项范围综述的结果将用于为一项研究提供信息，该研究旨在评估加拿大新斯科舍省LGBTQ群体的健康状况，并改善他们获得健康服务的途径。
