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Title The handbook of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public health : a practitioner's guide to service / Michael D. Shankle, editor
Published New York : Harrington Park Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xli, 373 pages) : illustrations
Contents The nomenclature of the community: an activist's perspective / Joshua Ferris -- The role of public health in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health / Patricia D. Mail, Walter J. Lear -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public health research / Randall L. Sell, Vincent M.B. Silenzio -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cultural competency for public health practitioners / Katherine L. Turner, Wayne L. Wilson, M. Kate Shirah -- Lesbian and bisexual women's public health / Amy Baernstein [and others] -- Public health and gay and bisexual men: a primer for practitioners, clinicians, and researchers / Scott D. Rhodes, Leland J. Yee -- The whole person: a paradigm for integrating the mental and physical health of trans clients / Sheila Kirk, Claudette Kulkarni -- Barriers to health care access / Manuel Hernandez, Shawn L. Fultz -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender substance use / Rodger L. Beatty, Rosemary Madl-Young, Wendy B. Bostwick -- Health care delivery and public health related to LGBT youth and young adults / Joyce Hunter [and others] -- As time goes by: an introduction to the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender elders / Jodi Sperber -- Strategies for improving state, county, and city government health and welfare services for LGBT people / Anthony J. Silvestre, Scott H. Arrowood -- National and public infrastructure and policy: are we experiencing scientific McCarthyism? / Nancy J. Kennedy -- The need for change: bridging employers and business / Rob J. Fredericksen, Daryl Herrschaft, Robert C. Preston Jr -- Media strategies for advancing health in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities / Laurie Drabble, JoAnne G. Keatley, George Marcelle
Summary "This book provides a unique focus on LGBT public health, offering positive direction for practitioners looking for guidance in methods to ensure a healthy community for all while taking into consideration the special needs of sexual minorities. Each chapter is exhaustively referenced, includes useful lists of selected resources, is clearly illustrated with tables and diagrams, and asks questions to spark thought on the issues as they pertain to the reader's circumstances."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Gay people -- Medical care -- United States
Bisexual people -- Medical care -- United States
Transgender people -- Medical care -- United States
Health services accessibility -- United States
Discrimination in medical care -- United States
Homosexuality.
Public health.
Bisexuality.
Health services accessibility.
Homosexuality
Public Health
Bisexuality
Community Health Services
Health Services Accessibility
Transsexualism
homosexuality.
public health.
bisexuality.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
Public health
Homosexuality
Bisexuality
Discrimination in medical care
Gays -- Medical care
Health services accessibility
Homosexueller -- Medizinische Versorgung -- USA.
Lesbierin -- Medizinische Versorgung -- USA.
Transsexueller -- Medizinische Versorgung -- USA.
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
USA -- Homosexueller -- Medizinische Versorgung.
USA -- Lesbierin -- Medizinische Versorgung.
USA -- Transsexueller -- Medizinische Versorgung.
Form Electronic book
Author Shankle, Michael D.
LC no. 2005010626
ISBN 9781560234951
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9781560234968
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9781136573484
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9780203057308
0203057309
9781136573552
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