LGBTQ+ Health Research

In order to understand the intersections of gender identity, sexual orientation, other social classifications, and healthcare disparities, OutCare is dedicated to academic LGBTQ+ research. Check out our current research projects and past publications that were authored by OutCare members and OutList providers.

Current Research Projects

Assessment of LGBTQ+ clinical preparedness, attitudinal awareness, and knowledge among students, residents, providers, and organizations
Evaluation of LGBTQ+ culturally competent providers
Development and implementation of interventions in promoting LGBTQ+ cultural competency
Examination of physical and mental health disparities across LGBTQ+ subgroups (e.g., nonbinary, genderqueer, and transgender identities)

Current Research Studies

A research study is being conducted on how diverse families make pregnancy decisions together. If you or your partner are between 18-26 weeks pregnant, or if you or your partner delivered a baby between 22-25 weeks, you may each qualify for this study. Participants who complete a 1-hr zoom interview will be paid $50 each. Both members of the parenting team must be willing to complete an interview. Click here for more information: https://redcap.uits.iu.edu/surveys/?s=3WRERWCPNWCL4WAF

Research by OutCare Team

Nowaskie DZ. Development, implementation, and effectiveness of a self-sustaining, web-based LGBTQ+ national platform: A framework for centralizing local health care resources and culturally competent providers. JMIR Formative Research. 2021;5(9):e17913.

Nowaskie DZ, Roesler AC. The impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ+ community: Comparisons between cisgender, heterosexual people, cisgender sexual minorities, and gender minorities. Psychiatry Research. 2022.

Nowaskie DZ. Evaluation of the three national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+)-competent provider directors in the United States. Journal of Homosexuality. 2022.

Nowaskie DZ, Patel AU. How much is needed? Patient exposure and curricular education on medical student LGBT cultural competency. BMC Medical Education. 2020;20(1):490.

Nowaskie DZ, Patel AU. LGBT cultural competency, patient exposure, and curricular education among student pharmacists. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2021.

Nowaskie DZ. US plastic surgery residents’ LGBTQ+ education, patient exposure, and cultural competency. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2022.

Nowaskie DZ. A national survey of U.S. psychiatry residents’ LGBT cultural competency: The importance of LGBT patient exposure and formal education. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 2020;24(4):375-391.

Nowaskie DZ, Sewell DD. Assessing the LGBT cultural competency of dementia care providers. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 2021;7:e12137.

Nowaskie DZ, Sowinski JS. Primary care providers’ attitudes, practices, and knowledge in treating LGBTQ communities. Journal of Homosexuality. 2019; 66(13): 1927-1947.

Nowaskie DZ, Fogel RS, Fogel JM. Impact on patient satisfaction and importance of medical intake and office staff in a multidisciplinary, one-stop shop transgender program in Indianapolis, Indiana. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2019; 12: 665-673.

Nowaskie DZ, Filipowicz AT, Choi Y, Fogel JM. Eating disorder symptomatology in transgender patients: Differences across gender identity and gender affirmation. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2021.

Nowaskie DZ, Patel AU, Fang RC. A multicenter, multidisciplinary evaluation of 1701 healthcare professional students’ LGBT cultural competency: Comparisons between dental, medical, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and social work students. PLoS ONE. 2020;15(8):e0237670.

Ghazzawi A, Casoy F, Libby N…Nowaskie DZ, et al. A qualitative investigation into faith and LGBTQ identities in a nonclinical sample of readers of the Dear Abby column: The Dear Abby project. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2021;209(12):855-858.

Silverberg B. Best practices for LGBTQ-friendly care in urgent care. The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine. 2020.

Guerrero DL, Sowinski JS, Patel KM. Effects of gender-affirming medical and surgical therapy on breast imaging findings and breast cancer risk. Applied Radiology. 2022; 51(3):24-32.

Sowinski JS, Gunderman RB. Transgender patients: What radiologists need to know. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2018; 210(5): 1106-1110.

Taylor M, Nowaskie DZ, Witchey A. LGBTQ+ Community Needs: 2020 Indianapolis. Indianapolis, IN: Damien Center. 2020.

Research by OutList Providers

Stroumsa D, Roberts EFS, Kinnear H, Harris LH. The power and limits of classification – A 32-year-old man with abdominal pain. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2019; 380(20): 1885-1888.

Stroumsa D, Shires DA, Richardson CR, Jaffee KD, Woodford MR. Transphobia rather than education predicts provider knowledge of transgender health care. Medical Education. 2019; 53(4): 398-407.

Crissman HP, Stroumsa D, Kobernik EK, Berger MB. Gender and frequent mental distress: Comparing transgender and non-transgender individuals’ self-rated mental health. Journal of Women’s Health. 2019; 28(2): 143-151.

Shires DA, Prieto L, Woodford MR, Jaffee KD, Stroumsa D. Gynecologic health care providers’ willingness to provide routine care and Papanicolaou tests for transmasculine individuals. Journal of Women’s Health. 2019; 28(11): 1487-1492.

Shires DA, Stroumsa D, Jaffee KD, Woodford MR. Primary care providers’ willingness to continue gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender patients. Family Practice. 2018; 35(5): 576-581.

Shires DA, Stroumsa D, Jaffee KD, Woodford MR. Primary care clinicians’ willingness to care for transgender patients. Annals of Family Medicine. 2018; 16(6): 555-558.

Stroumsa D, Wu JP. Welcoming transgender and nonbinary patients: Expanding the language of “women’s health”. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2018; 219(6): 585.

Shires DA, Schnaar A, Connolly MD, Stroumsa D. To refer or not to refer: General pediatricians’ perspectives on their role in caring for transgender youth. Transgender Health. 2017; 2(1): 202-206.

Jaffee KD, Shires DA, Stroumsa D. Discrimination and delayed health care among transgender women and men: Implications for improving medical education and health care delivery. Medical Care. 2016; 54(11): 1010-1016.

Stroumsa D. The state of transgender health care: Policy, law, and medical frameworks. American Journal of Public Health. 2014; 104(3): e31-38.

Brandon-Friedman RA, Wahler EA, Pierce BJ, Thigpen JW, Fortenberry JD. The impact of sociosexualization and sexual identity development on the sexual well-being of youth formerly in the foster care system. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2020; 66(4): 439-446.

Brandon-Friedman RA. Youth sexual development: A primer for social workers. Social Work. 2019, 64(4): 356-364.

Research Collaboration

OutCare is committed to research partnerships, such as:

Posting and advertising your research to our database
Networking on existing on LGBTQ+ projects
Developing new collaborative LGBTQ+ projects

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