Addressing Health Disparities via Coordination of Care and Interprofessional Education: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health and Oral Health Care.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons are a diverse group, but they share a common need for competent, accessible health care, dispensed without intolerance and with an understanding of their unique health needs. Dental practitioners need to understanding that LGBT persons have distinctive health (and oral health) needs. This article reviews the literature on oral and overall health of LGBT persons in the United States, and discusses ways in which dentists can improve the health care they provide to this vulnerable population, including how interprofessional education and collaborative practice may help to reduce oral health disparities within this group.
Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, NYU College of Dentistry, 433 First Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. Electronic address: stefanie.russell@nyu.edu.
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Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, NYU College of Dentistry, 433 First Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA.
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D001727:Bisexuality; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D062985:Health Services for Transgender Persons / Q000458:organization & administration; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities; D063106:Transgender Persons
Gender identity; Health care disparities; Health status disparities; Homosexuality; Interprofessional relations; Oral health; Sexual behavior; Transgender persons