Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers

马里兰大学预防研究中心(UMD-PRC)旨在更好地理解和改善心理健康 性少数群体和性别少数群体(LGBT)的保健。LGBT人群心理健康问题的发生率更高 以及相关的共同发生的健康问题，如药物使用、性风险、饮食失调、肥胖、欺凌 受害和癌症。有时应对能力差和/或多种情况并存的协同效应 加剧心理健康问题，进一步增加同性恋、双性恋、双性恋和变性者对心理保健的需求，这需要 解决这些问题，以便他们能够有效地利用其他形式的保健和所需的社会服务。不幸的是，在那里 在对LGBT人群的心理卫生保健的理解上存在许多差距。关于LGBT的文献很少 个人在精神卫生保健方面的经验及其感知的需求、经过科学验证的评估工具和方法 对同性恋者和变性者的精神卫生保健，以及对精神方面的文化能力培训和技术援助的评估 LGBT客户的医疗保健提供者。与此同时，关于心理健康和相关的科学文献也在不断进步。 LGBT人群中的健康差距以及在系统中解决这一人群心理健康问题的重要性， 组织、社会和个人层面。此外，社会对LGBT的态度和政府政策 人们正在迅速发展，创造了新的文化敏感的卫生保健词汇、卫生保健提供要求、 以及更多在年轻群体中识别LGBT的人。考虑到关于精神卫生保健实践的研究空白， 提高对高质量精神卫生保健的需求，以及LGBT快速发展的文化格局 需要对精神卫生服务提供者进行有关LGBT需求的继续教育研究 人员都很清楚。UMD-PRC将建立和保持一支多学科的研究人员队伍；一个多样化和完善的- 利益相关者的互联社区咨询委员会；确定有前途的精神卫生保健文化能力 实践工具和战略；评估、翻译、传播和传播研究成果和有益的 向所有利益攸关方提供工具和战略，以改善LGBT人群的精神卫生保健。最终，UMD-PRC 致力于成为旨在提高精神卫生保健有效性的工具和战略的国家资源 同性恋、双性恋者和变性者。

The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center (UMD-PRC) aims to better understand and improve mental health care for sexual and gender minority (LGBT) persons. LGBT persons suffer higher rates of mental health concerns and related co-occurring health problems such as substance use, sexual risk-taking, eating disorders, obesity, bully victimization, and cancers. Sometimes poor coping and/or the synergistic effects of multiple co-occurring conditions exacerbate mental health concerns and further increase LGBT persons’ need for mental health care, which needs to be addressed so that they can effectively utilize other forms of health care and needed social services. Unfortunately, there are many gaps in the understanding of mental health care for LGBT persons. The literature is scant in regard to LGBT persons experience in mental health care and their perceived needs, scientifically validated tools and methods to assess mental health care for LGBT persons, and evaluated cultural competency training and technical assistance for mental health care providers of LGBT clients. Meanwhile, the scientific literature is advancing about mental health and related health disparities in LGBT populations and the importance of addressing mental health in this population at systems, organizational, social, and individual levels. Additionally, societal attitudes and government policies regarding LGBT persons are rapidly evolving, creating new culturally sensitive health care vocabulary, health care delivery requirements, and more LGBT-identifying persons in younger cohorts. Given the research gaps about mental health care practice, the increased understanding of the need for quality mental health care, and the rapidly evolving cultural landscape for LGBT persons, the need for research on mental health care provider continuing education regarding the needs of LGBT persons is clear. The UMD-PRC will establish and maintain a multi-disciplinary faculty of researchers; a diverse and well- connected community advisory board of stakeholders; identify promising mental health care cultural competency practice tools and strategies; and evaluate, translate, disseminate and communicate research findings and beneficial tools and strategies to all stakeholders to improve mental health care for LGBT persons. Ultimately, the UMD-PRC strives to be a national resource for tools and strategies aimed at improving the effectiveness of mental health care for LGBT persons.