American Society of Clinical Oncology Position Statement: Strategies for Reducing Cancer Health Disparities Among Sexual and Gender Minority Populations. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • ASCO is committed to addressing the needs of sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations as a diverse group at risk for receiving disparate care and having suboptimal experiences, including discrimination, throughout the cancer care continuum. This position statement outlines five areas of recommendations to address the needs of both SGM populations affected by cancer and members of the oncology workforce who identify as SGM: (1) patient education and support; (2) workforce development and diversity; (3) quality improvement strategies; (4) policy solutions; and (5) research strategies. In making these recommendations, the Society calls for increased outreach and educational support for SGM patients; increased SGM cultural competency training for providers; improvement of quality-of-care metrics that include sexual orientation and gender information variables; and increased data collection to inform future work addressing the needs of SGM communities.

publication date

  • April 3, 2017

Research

keywords

  • Health Status Disparities
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Neoplasms
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85021711075

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1200/JCO.2016.72.0441

PubMed ID

  • 28368670

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 35

issue

  • 19