The National Coalition for LGBT Health

Fact sheets and reports from the National Coalition for LGBT Health

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LGBT Families

• Obstacles and Opportunities: Ensuring the Health and Wellness for LGBT Families

LGBT Health Disparities

• All of the Above: LGBT People of Color
• LGBT Health Manifesto
• United Nations Universal Periodic Review report on LGBT issues in the U.S. (with SIECUS)

LGBT Data Collection

• LGBT Inclusion in Federal Health Surveys

The Affordable Care Act and Health Care Reform

• Affordable Care Act page
• Changing the Game: What Health Care Reform Means for LGBT Americans (with the Center for American Progress)
• The Affordable Care Act and LGBT Americans (from www.healthcare.gov)
• The Affordable Care Act and the LGBT Community: An LGBT-focused Analysis
• LGBT Priorities in Healthcare Reform Implementation 
• Guiding Principles for Healthcare Reform
• Pre-existing Condition Plans
• The Affordable Care Act at Six Months 
• The Affordable Care Act: New Benefits and the LGBT Community 

Prevention and Wellness

• Comments on the National Prevention Strategy
• Community Prevention and the LGBT Community
• Talking About Suicide & LGBT Populations

Reports from Our Members

• Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 2011)
• Speak Out Survey (Multnomah County Department of Health, 2009)
• The Health of LGBT Persons in Massachusetts (MA Department of Public Health, 2009)

"Come Out for Health" during the 9th National LGBT Health Awareness Week!

Other Reports and Resources

The following list of resources is not intended to be exhaustive and is provided only as a basic starting point for learning more about the rich and varied field of LGBT health. There are many more great resources out there, many of them produced and maintained by our members.

General LGBT Health

• The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding (Institute of Medicine, 2011)
• Healthy People 2020
• Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020 (Institute of Medicine, 2011)
• Publications on LGBT health from the Center for American Progress (most written in cooperation with the National Coalition for LGBT Health)
• National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity (Office of Minority Health, 2011)

LGBT Data Collection

• Best Practices for Asking Questions about Sexual Orientation on Surveys (Williams Institute, 2009)
• How Many People are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender? (Williams Institute, 2011)
• Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders of Color Sampling Methodology: Strategies for Collecting Data in Small, Hidden, or Hard-to-Reach Groups To Reduce Tobacco-Related Health Disparities (ETR Associates and the Network for LGBT Health Equity, 2008)
• Center for Population Research in LGBT Health
• GayData.org
• HHS LGBT Data Collection Fact Sheet

Tobacco and Other Substance Use

• How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease (Office of the Surgeon General, 2010)
• Smoking Out a Deadly Threat: Tobacco Use in the LGBT Community (American Lung Association, 2010)

HIV/AIDS

• National HIV/AIDS Strategy (Office of National AIDS Policy, 2010)
• NIAID HIV Vaccine Research Education Initiative (NHVREI)
  

Health Care for LGBT People

• Find a provider with the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association
• Healthcare Equality Index, 2007-2010
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website on LGBT health
• Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals (The Joint Commission, 2010)
• Reaching Out to "Other" Special Populations: Providing Services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients (National Association of Community Health Centers, 2007)

Mental Health

• A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2001)

Sexual Health

• 2010 CDC Treatment Guidelines for Sexually Transmitted Diseases 

Other Health Issues

• Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Strategic Framework (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, 2010)
• Community Transformation Grants and the LGBT Community 
• Including LGBT Health in Community Transformation Grants