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Abstract
The present study examined impacts of an interactive psycho-educational training in sexual and gender minority (SGM) issues for military sexual assault victims’ advocates (SAVA). Twenty-seven SAVA personnel completed pre–post demographic, SGM health literacy, negative attitudes toward lesbians and gay men (ATLG), and training feedback questionnaires. The training (a) yielded positive gains in SGM health literacy; (b), was favorably rated, and (c) had no impact on participant negative ATLG. Intent to use training content was highest for female SAVA personnel and those higher in pre-training SGM health literacy. The training demonstrates preliminary positive impacts with regard to health literacy and intent to implement training content.
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Notes
1 Although additional demographic information would be ideal for describing the sample, the military partner only permitted limited demographics to be collected and reported.
2 Full training materials available upon request from LGBT Life Center authors.
3 Other demographics (e.g., rank) contained cell counts too small for meaningful analysis in the model.
4 We elected to use the ATGLS total score as a preliminary training outcome. However, it is worth noting that separate subscales concerning attitudes toward gay men and lesbians displayed completely nonsignificant effects. For example, pre–post training changes in negative attitudes toward gay men, t[26] = 0.60, p = .55, and lesbians, t[26] = 1.55, p = .13, were both nonsignificant. Moreover, both subscales displayed nonsignificant Pearson correlations with all seven training satisfaction items (rs range = −.006 to .35, all ps > .05).