LGBTQ+ health research guides at North American health sciences libraries: a survey and content analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Current literature recommends online research guides as an easy and effective tool to promote LGBTQ+ health information to both health care providers and the public. This cross-sectional study was designed to determine how extensive LGBTQ+ health guides are among hospital and academic libraries and which features are most prevalent.

Methods

In order to locate LGBTQ+ health guides for content analysis, we searched for guides on the websites of libraries belonging to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). Additionally, we searched the Springshare interface for LibGuides with the word "health" and either "LGBT" or "transgender." Content analysis was performed to identify major character

SUBMITTER: Stevens GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485968 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature