Impact of education and training on LGBT-specific health issues for healthcare students and professionals: a systematic review of comparative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Training/education is increasingly used to improve healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and clinical skills about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health, but few reviews have assessed their effectiveness. This review describes the impact of training about LGBT healthcare for healthcare professionals on participants' knowledge, attitudes and clinical practice.

Design

Systematic review of intervention studies with contemporaneous comparators.

Data sources

Medline, CINAHL (Cumulated Index in Nursing and Alllied Health Literature), PsycINFO, Social Sciences Citation Index, Education Resources Information Center, Cochrane Library, University of York CRD, PROSPERO and Ethos e-thesis database were searched from 15/12/2015 to 29/11/2023 to u

SUBMITTER: Damery S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749658 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature