Episode 63: Health inequalities in the LGBTQIA+ Community what’s going on and what can you do?

Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra (RCP education fellow/Infectious diseases and microbiology SPR) and Professor Catherine Meads as they discuss the vast Health inequalities facing LGBTQIA+ communities. They outline practical steps that you as a clinician can take to ensure you do not contribute to or worsen health inequalities in your local environment as well as suggestions at national level to help tackle this issue. 

Professor Catherine Meads is a senior systematic reviewer at Anglia Ruskin university and has published numerous systematic reviews and has been conducting research into lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health since 1992 and has published several ground-breaking papers in this area.

Resources
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5b39e91ee5274a0bbef01fd5/GEO-LGBT-Action-Plan.pdf

https://ec.europa.eu/assets/sante/health/videos/2018_lgbti_trainingvideo_en.mp4

https://health.ec.europa.eu/social-determinants/projects/european-parliament-projects_en#health4lgbti-reducing-health-inequalities-experienced-by-lgbti-people

https://www.aru.ac.uk/research/safe-and-inclusive-communities/improving-healthcare-service-provision-for-lgbtq-plus-patients

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/system/files/lgbt_in_britain_health.pdf

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/resources-creating-lgbtq-inclusive-workplace

Funding
This resource has been funded by Novartis by the provision of a grant, Novartis has had no editorial input or control over the content of these materials. 

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