@article{ETD,
      school = {D.N.P.},
      author = {Savage, Amika C.},
      url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9107},
      title = {Advancing care for sexual & gender minority students  in Oregon school health centers: a needs assessment},
      publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University},
      abstract = {Sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents frequently  experience higher rates of negative health outcomes than  their cisgender and heterosexual peers. School Health  Centers (SHCs) have been identified as an equitable,  efficacious and adolescent-friendly resource for health  care diagnosis, referral, and treatment for many groups,  but their specific impact on the health of SGM adolescents  has not been well studied. Multnomah County is home to ten  of Oregon?s SHCs, all of which serve SGM adolescents. A  web-based survey was conducted to assess the knowledge,  attitudes and beliefs, behaviors, and insights of 26  Multnomah County SHC employees, as they relate to the care  of SGM adolescents. Findings suggest that employees with  higher SGM-related knowledge have more SGM-supportive  attitudes. Inadequate training was the most frequently  perceived barrier to providing SGM-affirming care, and  increasing staff training was the most frequent  recommendation made. Study results suggest that efforts to  increase staff knowledge of SGM topics should be pursued.  In addition, existing SGM-affirming practices, such as the  collection of sexual orientation and gender identity  demographic data from patients, should be sustained.},
      number = {ETD},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/66e8-bc43},
      recid = {9107},
      address = {2021},
}