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Educ Health (Abingdon). 2021 Jan-Apr;34(1):19-21. doi: 10.4103/efh.EfH_243_18.
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community have specific health-care needs that are often overlooked by health-care providers due to education gaps and discrimination. Health-care inequality for this population has been researched and found to negatively contribute to poorer health outcomes for LGBTQ individuals.
There exists a critical need for LGBTQ health education at the undergraduate level for future health-care providers. Additionally, policy reform that establishes an LGBTQ-inclusive code of conduct and educates health-care workers on LGBTQ-specific health needs aims to reshape organizational culture.
Curriculum-based education on LGBTQ health for students in health-care professions opens up conversations about the unique needs of this population and paves the way for improved provision of care and better relationships between providers and patients. Education and inclusive policy reform within organizations are critical for improving health outcomes for LGBTQ individuals.
Increasing health-care providers' knowledge of this population's specific health needs and learning how to deliver culturally appropriate and sensitive care will lead to improved health outcomes for members of the LGBTQ community.
女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和酷儿/疑问者（LGBTQ）群体的成员有特殊的医疗保健需求，但由于教育差距和歧视，这些需求常常被医疗保健提供者忽视。针对该人群的医疗保健不平等问题已经过研究，发现这对 LGBTQ 个人的健康结果产生负面影响。
对于未来的医疗保健提供者来说，本科阶段的 LGBTQ 健康教育存在迫切需求。此外，制定包含 LGBTQ 的行为准则并对医疗保健工作者进行 LGBTQ 特定健康需求教育的政策改革旨在重塑组织文化。
为医疗保健专业的学生提供基于课程的 LGBTQ 健康教育，就这一人群的独特需求展开对话，并为改善护理提供途径，以及改善提供者与患者之间的关系。在组织内进行教育和包容性政策改革对于改善 LGBTQ 个人的健康结果至关重要。
增加医疗保健提供者对这一人群特定健康需求的了解，并学习如何提供文化上适当和敏感的护理，将导致 LGBTQ 群体成员的健康结果得到改善。
