Blosnich John R
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Health Equity. 2023 May 26;7(1):338-341. doi: 10.1089/heq.2023.0005. eCollection 2023.
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) veterans experience numerous disparities in health conditions, behavioral risks, and social adversities compared with non-SGM veterans. Although survey data have illuminated these differences, SGM veterans remain largely invisible in administrative data such as electronic health records due to lack of sexual orientation and gender identity information. Administrative data hold promise for propelling SGM health equity research, but several issues must be addressed, including weighing the benefits and threats of visibility for SGM people in data sets that are tied to receipt of services.
与非性取向和性别少数群体（SGM）退伍军人相比，SGM退伍军人在健康状况、行为风险和社会逆境方面存在诸多差异。尽管调查数据揭示了这些差异，但由于缺乏性取向和性别认同信息，SGM退伍军人在电子健康记录等行政数据中基本上仍不为人所见。行政数据有望推动SGM健康公平研究，但必须解决几个问题，包括权衡数据集中SGM人群信息公开所带来的益处和威胁，这些数据集与服务的提供相关联。
