Perioperative Provider and Staff Competency in Providing Culturally Competent LGBTQ Healthcare in Pediatric Setting

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Table 1 Testing Knowledge Regarding the LGBTQ Community

	Question	Answer Choices^a
1	LGBTQ persons are at an increased risk for:	Obesity, Suicide, Cervical cancer
2	A person’s outward expression of gender or how they present themselves to the world:	Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Expression, Sex
3	A pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, both, neither, or other genders.	Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Expression, Sex
4	An individual’s sex assignment at birth.	Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Expression, Sex
5	A personal conception of oneself as male, female, both or neither.	Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Expression, Sex
6	The ability to understand, appreciate and interact with persons with diverse values beliefs and behaviors is an element of:	Cultural competency, Health Equity, Non-discrimination, Stigma
7	Approximately what percentage of LGBT patients report experiencing physical/verbal harassment or refusal of care when accessing medical services?	10%, 25%, 50%, 75%

Note: ^aCorrect answers in bold.

Table 2 Self-Rated Knowledge and Comfort with Competencies in Caring for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Patients, Reported by Health care Providers Before and After Completing LGBTQ Cultural Competency Training (N = 45)

Self-Rated Competency (Rated as, 1=Very Low; 2=Low; 3=Moderate; 4=High; 5=Very High)	Before Training	After Training	P
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
Sensitivity about language used
Knowledge	4 (3, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.292
Comfort	4 (3, 5)	4 (3, 4)	0.905
Sensitivity about non-verbal communication used
Knowledge	4 (3, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.361
Comfort	4 (3, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.233
Not assuming all patients are heterosexual
Knowledge	3 (3, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.226
Comfort	3 (3, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.401
Not assuming all patients identify with their sex assigned at birth
Knowledge	3 (3, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.236
Comfort	3 (3, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.360
Awareness of multiple minority status
Knowledge	4 (3, 4)	4 (4, 4)	0.074
Comfort	4 (3, 4)	4 (3, 4)	0.411
Nonjudgmental communication
Knowledge	4 (4, 4)	4 (4, 4)	0.796
Comfort	4 (4, 5)	4 (4, 4)	0.593

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.