Patient and Health Care Staff Perspectives on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection
Patients regard SOGI data collection as an acceptable practice. However, to avoid offending or confusing patients, health care staff should receive focused training on how to ask SOGI questions, including the clinical relevance of these data.
Authors
- Ella A. Damiano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-1687)
- Ebony Toussaint (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0407-9054)
- Pamela J. Bagley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1214-7814)
- Paige Scudder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0513-3315)
- Jada M. English
- Ellesse-Roselee L. Akré
- W. Moraa Onsando
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (US)
- Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Care
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000002281
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00