Singer Randi Beth, Crane Betsy, Lemay Edward P, Omary Sara
J Contin Educ Nurs. 2019 Jul 1;50(7):303-312. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20190612-05.
This study explores the impact of gender and sexuality awareness training on perinatal health care providers' (HCPs') knowledge, attitudes, and intended behavior toward childbearing individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ).
A nonrandom convenience sample of HCPs (n = 187) comprised an experimental group (n = 99) who attended grand rounds trainings covering gender and sexuality topics and a control group (n = 88) who attended sessions on other unrelated topics. All participants completed a pre-posttraining questionnaire to assess changes in knowledge, attitudes, and intended behavior toward LGBTQ patients.
Participants in the experimental group demonstrated significant improvement in knowledge, misconception, prejudice, sensitive language, and normativity regarding LGBTQ pregnant patients from pretest to posttest.
These findings suggest that a 40-minute gender and sexuality training can immediately improve HCPs' knowledge, attitudes, and intended behavior toward LGBTQ childbearing patients. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2019;50(7):303-312.].
本研究探讨性别与性取向意识培训对围产期医疗保健提供者(HCPs)关于认同女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者和/或酷儿(LGBTQ)的生育个体的知识、态度和预期行为的影响。
HCPs的非随机便利样本(n = 187)包括一个实验组(n = 99),他们参加了涵盖性别和性取向主题的学术讲座培训,以及一个对照组(n = 88),他们参加了关于其他不相关主题的课程。所有参与者都完成了一份培训前后的问卷,以评估对LGBTQ患者的知识、态度和预期行为的变化。
实验组参与者在从测试前到测试后关于LGBTQ怀孕患者的知识、误解、偏见、敏感语言和规范性方面表现出显著改善。
这些发现表明,40分钟的性别与性取向培训可以立即改善HCPs对LGBTQ生育患者的知识、态度和预期行为。[《护理学继续教育杂志》。2019;50(7):303 - 312。]