LGBT Data Collection Amid Social and Demographic Shifts of the US LGBT Community

A strong call for better data resources constitutes a key recommendation in the 2011 Institute of Medicine's landmark assessment of how to improve our understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health needs.1 Since then, publicly funded and accessible data resources in the...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2017-08, Vol.107 (8), p.1220-1222
Main Author: Gates, Gary J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
AJPH LGBT Surveillance
Anniversaries
Baby boomers
Bisexuality
Crime
Criminal justice
Data collection
Data Collection - standards
Demographics
Economic conditions
Economic forecasts
Economic indicators
Equality
Ethnicity
Federal agencies
Gays & lesbians
Gender aspects
Gender identity
Health care policy
Health disparities
Health needs
Health services
Homeless people
Humans
Independent living
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Persons
Lesbianism
LGBTQ people
Medicine
Other Statistics/Evaluation/Research
Polls & surveys
Public health
Same sex marriage
Sexual and Gender Minorities - statistics & numerical data
Sexual behavior
Sexual orientation
Sexuality
Social Stigma
Statistical data
Stigma
Transgender persons
United States
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services
Victimization
Womens health
Young adults
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Summary:A strong call for better data resources constitutes a key recommendation in the 2011 Institute of Medicine's landmark assessment of how to improve our understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health needs.1 Since then, publicly funded and accessible data resources in the United States that measure sexual orientation and gender identity have improved. Two high-profile examples of this improvement include the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) National Health Interview Survey, which added sexual orientation measurement in 2013, and the Department of Justice's National Crime and Victimization Survey, which now includes both sexual orientation and gender identity measurement (bit.ly/ 2pDiXKs). Sexual orientation measurement has been removed from two HHS-sponsored data collection activities: the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants and the Annual Program Performance Report for the Centers for Independent Living.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303927