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Newswise: Rural, transgender populations face greater healthcare disparities, WVU research show
Released: 18-Apr-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Rural, transgender populations face greater healthcare disparities, WVU research show
West Virginia University

New research from West Virginia University suggests that transgender and gender diverse individuals in rural areas face greater challenges receiving basic healthcare needs than their counterparts. Up to 61% of participants said they had to travel out of state for gender-related care, while over one-third reported they avoid seeking healthcare altogether for fear of discrimination.

Newswise: MedStar Health earns perfect score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Healthcare Equality Index
Released: 11-Apr-2022 10:15 AM EDT
MedStar Health earns perfect score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Healthcare Equality Index
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Washington Hospital Center has been named “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader,” scoring a perfect 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). The HEI is the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey of healthcare facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors, and associates.

Newswise: CSU Dominguez Hills Gerth Archives Awarded New Grants for LGBTQ and L.A. Free Press Collections
Released: 7-Apr-2022 6:05 PM EDT
CSU Dominguez Hills Gerth Archives Awarded New Grants for LGBTQ and L.A. Free Press Collections
California State University, Dominguez Hills

The archives received a $100,000 grant from the California State Library to support CSUDH’s LGBTQ History Access Project, and $40,000 from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to begin the cataloguing of the L.A. Free Press collection.

Released: 7-Apr-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Healthcare Equality Index
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System has received a top score of 100 and the designation of “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 15th anniversary edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Recognized for LGBTQ+ Policies and Practices by Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Released: 6-Apr-2022 4:20 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Recognized for LGBTQ+ Policies and Practices by Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)

Mountainside received “Leader” status from the HRC, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer civil rights organization, demonstrating Mountainside’s commitment to the equitable treatment & public commitment to LGBTQ+ patients, visitors & team members.

Released: 5-Apr-2022 3:55 PM EDT
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Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Clinical Trials channel on Newswise.

       
Released: 31-Mar-2022 8:05 PM EDT
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded Fourth Consecutive LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader Designation
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has been designated an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRC) 2022 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey of healthcare facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.

Newswise: Keck Medicine of USC announces strategic collaboration with The TransLatin@ Coalition to improve access to specialized care for the transgender community
Released: 31-Mar-2022 4:30 PM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC announces strategic collaboration with The TransLatin@ Coalition to improve access to specialized care for the transgender community
Keck Medicine of USC

Keck Medicine of USC announces strategic collaboration with The TransLatin@ Coalition to improve access to specialized care for the transgender community

Newswise: Penn Medicine Recognized as LGBTQ+ Health Care Equality Leader
Released: 29-Mar-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Penn Medicine Recognized as LGBTQ+ Health Care Equality Leader
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine’s hospitals have been honored by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in the 15th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index released this week.

Newswise: UC San Diego Health Named
Released: 28-Mar-2022 4:45 PM EDT
UC San Diego Health Named "Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality"
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health receives “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.

Released: 28-Mar-2022 3:10 PM EDT
UChicago Medicine earns top score as LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader
University of Chicago Medical Center

The University of Chicago Medicine has received the top score and the designation of “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 15th anniversary edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). The HEI is the nation’s foremost survey of healthcare facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.

Newswise: Roswell Park Earns Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Healthcare Equality Index
Released: 28-Mar-2022 1:40 PM EDT
Roswell Park Earns Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Healthcare Equality Index
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been designated as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) 2022, earning the maximum score in each area evaluated.

Newswise: Keck Medicine of USC receives ‘LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader’ designation
Released: 28-Mar-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC receives ‘LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader’ designation
Keck Medicine of USC

Keck Medicine of USC receives ‘LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader’ designation

17-Mar-2022 1:00 PM EDT
Lesbian and Bisexual Women at Elevated Risk of Problem Drinking but Lack Appropriate, Effective Treatment Options
Research Society on Alcoholism

Many lesbian and bisexual women lack access to culturally sensitive and effective alcohol and mental health treatments, according to a new study. The findings suggest that sexual minority women (SMW), especially younger women, women of color, and those with low incomes, face multiple barriers to addressing problematic alcohol use. Previous research has shown that SMW experience higher rates of problem drinking and its negative consequences than heterosexual women. This partly reflects the impact of discrimination and its associated stress. Yet SMW appear relatively unlikely to seek help, and when they do, are less satisfied with it, for reasons including a lack of identity-affirming care and provider bias. Better understanding of SMW’s recognition of alcohol problems, motivation to reduce drinking, and treatment experiences — important influences on outcomes — as well as how their alcohol experiences vary by demographic characteristics can potentially help identify women at risk and in

   
Released: 18-Mar-2022 10:55 AM EDT
What Role Does Sexuality Play in the Academic Gender Gap?
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The question of how gender shapes academic performance has been a subject of study for several decades, revealing “the rise of women” in education and defining a “new gender gap” in education that primarily refers to boys’ academic underperformance. But in documenting these patterns, scholars have largely ignored one critical axis of inequality: Sexuality.

Newswise: First-ever study of LGBT+ experiences in physics reveals red flags
Released: 14-Mar-2022 12:50 PM EDT
First-ever study of LGBT+ experiences in physics reveals red flags
University of Utah

LGBT+ physicists often face harassment and other behaviors that make them leave the profession, according to a new study, which comes as physics as a discipline has attempted to grapple with equity and inclusion issues. The authors found that the two biggest factors that influence a person’s decision to leave physics are the overall climate of the organization they belong to and more specifically observing exclusionary behavior.

Newswise: Professor: How TikTok can affect marginalized communities
Released: 10-Mar-2022 2:40 PM EST
Professor: How TikTok can affect marginalized communities
Arizona State University (ASU)

Sarah Florini, an associate professor of film and media studies in the Department of English at Arizona State University, and Elizabeth Grumbach, director of digital humanities and research at the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics talk about how TikTok treats marginalized communities.

Newswise: Gender Diversity and Corporate Governance
Released: 2-Mar-2022 5:50 AM EST
Gender Diversity and Corporate Governance
Chulalongkorn University

“In the future world, we will have a lot of women leaders… Because in the future, people will not only focus on muscle, power, but they will focus more on wisdom. They focus on caring and responsibility." - Jack Ma

Released: 24-Feb-2022 1:55 PM EST
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Expert sources for your Ukraine-Russia conflict stories

Released: 22-Feb-2022 8:05 AM EST
Structural Racism and Anti-LGBTQ Policies Can Impact Suicide Risk
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

High suicide risk, specifically among young Black gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men, may be associated with structural racism and anti-LGBTQ policies, according to a new Rutgers study.

   
Newswise: Study examines ‘bathroom bill’ to reveal implications of CEO sociopolitical activism
Released: 21-Feb-2022 4:35 PM EST
Study examines ‘bathroom bill’ to reveal implications of CEO sociopolitical activism
University of Notre Dame

CEO activism can be a net positive for firms, but only when a majority of employees are in agreement with the CEO, according to research from lead author Adam Wowak and John Busenbark, management professors in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, along with Donald Hambrick from Penn State University.

Released: 4-Feb-2022 1:05 PM EST
American College of Sports Medicine to Publish Official Pronouncements Regarding Athletes Who Are Transgender
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is an organization of more than 50,000 members and certified professionals devoted to inclusive and safe physical activity, sport participation and competition for all. We acknowledge that there are conversations happening among various organizations related to the inclusion of athletes who are transgender in physical activity and sport.

   
Newswise: Liang Named Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
Released: 2-Feb-2022 11:00 AM EST
Liang Named Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine has announced that plastic and reconstructive surgeon Fan Liang, M.D., will become the next medical director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health (CTH), one of the premier institutions of its kind in the nation.

Released: 31-Jan-2022 11:50 AM EST
Landmark research shows increase in online sex blackmailing during pandemic
Taylor & Francis

During the pandemic men were twice as likely as women to fall victim to online extortionists threatening to publish explicit photos, videos, and information about them.

Released: 26-Jan-2022 1:45 PM EST
The latest news in Behavioral Science for media
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles we've posted in the Behavioral Science channel.

       
Newswise: UCLA Fielding School Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health Marks Its First Year
Released: 26-Jan-2022 12:25 PM EST
UCLA Fielding School Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health Marks Its First Year
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

In it’s first year, the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH) has had impact across a spectrum of applied research and organizational work, focused on increasing equity for an underserved community.

Newswise: Young Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women Are at Higher Risk of Transactional Sex
Released: 25-Jan-2022 9:30 AM EST
Young Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women Are at Higher Risk of Transactional Sex
Johns Hopkins Medicine

About a fifth of young sexual minority males and transgender females are estimated to be engaging in transactional, or survival sex, according to results of a new survey study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers.

Released: 19-Jan-2022 1:50 PM EST
Historian delves into LGBTQ life and the American home
Cornell University

Both academic studies and popular representations of LGBTQ history have typically focused on battles for public space and visibility. As gay liberation activists put it in the 1970s: “Out of the closets, into the street.”

Released: 10-Jan-2022 12:40 PM EST
LGBTQ+ People Experience Higher Unemployment as a Result of COVID-19, Impacting Health
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted employment for minority populations resulting in higher unemployment rates and healthcare concerns, according to a Rutgers study.

   
Released: 22-Dec-2021 1:50 PM EST
What do Western European Muslims think about homosexuality?
Radboud University

The frequency of mosque attendance, the norms of the country of origin, the time since migration and experiences of discrimination all play a role in how Western European Muslims view homosexuality.

Newswise: Bridging the health care communications gap for transgender men
Released: 16-Dec-2021 2:40 PM EST
Bridging the health care communications gap for transgender men
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Transgender men face significant health and social disparities, including barriers to health care, research, and essential HIV-related conversations with their health care providers. That is why Paige Wermuth, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, and graduate student Lou Weaver of The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health are launching a pilot project to examine and develop communication materials for trans men and their health care providers regarding HIV prevention.

Newswise: Meth use, intimate partner violence weaken immune function in HIV-positive men
Released: 3-Dec-2021 4:05 PM EST
Meth use, intimate partner violence weaken immune function in HIV-positive men
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Among HIV-positive black and Latino men who have sex with men, the use of methamphetamine combined with intimate partner violence may increase the risk for developing chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and other disorders.

Released: 30-Nov-2021 7:05 PM EST
Nance Delivers LGBTQ+ Keynote
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

Jeremy F. Nance, professor from the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, was chosen by ASCB to deliver the LGBTQ+ Keynote at Cell Bio Virtual 2021. The speaker is chosen by ASCB’s LGBTQ+ Committee and the talk includes an overview of the speaker’s research as well as a question and answer session with participants.

29-Nov-2021 9:00 AM EST
Transgender women may be more likely to have type 2 diabetes than cisgender women
Endocrine Society

Transgender women may be at higher risk for type 2 diabetes compared to cisgender women, but not to cisgender men, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Newswise: Gay men earn the most undergraduate and graduate degrees in the US, study shows
Released: 18-Nov-2021 12:15 PM EST
Gay men earn the most undergraduate and graduate degrees in the US, study shows
University of Notre Dame

A new study from a University of Notre Dame researcher reveals how, without including sexuality, broad statements about gender and education are incomplete and misleading.

Released: 16-Nov-2021 1:05 PM EST
Community Resources are Imperative for Young Sexual Minority Men with Stressful Police Exposures
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

More gay, bisexual, and transgender men, also known as sexual minority Black men, are victims of policing stop-and-frisk policies than their Hispanic and white counterparts, according to a new Rutgers study.

   
10-Nov-2021 11:45 AM EST
Gay, Bisexual Men Have Lower Suicide Risk in More Tolerant Countries
American Psychological Association (APA)

Gay and bisexual men who move from a country with high stigma toward LGBTQ people to one more accepting of LGBTQ rights experience a significantly lower risk of suicide and depression, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

   
Released: 9-Nov-2021 3:35 PM EST
Rutgers Launches IMPOWER HIV Prevention Studies in Newark
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School’s Research with a Heart is recruiting participants for the MERCK– IMPOWER studies to assess an HIV prevention oral medication on sexual minority groups.

   
Released: 25-Oct-2021 11:00 AM EDT
UAlbany Receives $1M for Program to Prevent HIV and Substance Abuse
University at Albany, State University of New York

The University at Albany has been awarded $1 million for the creation of a five-year, comprehensive program aimed at preventing HIV infections and substance use disorders among students.

   
14-Oct-2021 7:00 AM EDT
Researchers Discuss Importance of Monitoring Heart Health in Transgender Population at Sex and Gender Medicine Conference
American Physiological Society (APS)

Researchers specializing in transgender health will gather virtually this week to discuss new developments in the field and stress the critical importance of studying heart health in transgender people at the American Physiological Society’s (APS) New Trends in Sex and Gender Medicine conference.

Released: 12-Oct-2021 12:00 PM EDT
Latest Research on Influence of Sex, Gender on Health and Disease to Be Presented at APS Conference
American Physiological Society (APS)

Scientists specializing in research on sex and gender differences in diseases of the cardiovascular, renal, endocrine and immune systems will meet virtually October 19–22, 2021, for the American Physiological Society’s (APS) New Trends in Sex and Gender Medicine conference.

Released: 7-Oct-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Penn Medicine Researchers Awarded $14 Million to Launch Suicide Prevention Implementation Research Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

In an effort to reduce disparities and increase the understanding of suicide, the National Institutes of Health awarded Penn Medicine researchers a grant of more than $14 million over the next five years to develop the Penn Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research (INSPIRE) Center.

Newswise: The Hackensack University Medical Center Neuroscience Institute Delivers Inclusive Care for LGBTQ+ Patients
Released: 5-Oct-2021 2:30 PM EDT
The Hackensack University Medical Center Neuroscience Institute Delivers Inclusive Care for LGBTQ+ Patients
Hackensack Meridian Health

Collaborative, interprofessional group of physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers and rehab therapists provides complete care for LGBTQ+ patients with neurological conditions

Released: 30-Sep-2021 12:40 PM EDT
Rutgers Medical Student Creates App to Help Trans Patients Find Gender-Affirming Healthcare Providers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

In the quest to advance a more inclusive healthcare system and fostering innovation among its students, Rutgers is supporting the creation of an app called TranZap to serve as a health care resource guide for trans individuals to help them connect with gender-affirming healthcare providers and to equip them to make better and informed decisions about who they see for their medical needs.

     
Newswise: Faculty Receives National Institutes of Health Sexual and Gender Minority Early-Stage Investigator Award
Released: 17-Sep-2021 2:20 PM EDT
Faculty Receives National Institutes of Health Sexual and Gender Minority Early-Stage Investigator Award
Rutgers School of Public Health

Rutgers School of Public Health assistant professor, Devin English, has received the 2021 Sexual and Gender Minority Early-Stage Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health.



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