Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers

马里兰州预防研究中心（UMD-PRC）的目的是更好地了解和改善心理健康。 性和性别少数群体（LGBT）的医疗保健。LGBT人群遭受心理健康问题的比例更高 以及相关的共同发生的健康问题，如物质使用，性冒险，饮食失调，肥胖，欺凌 受害和癌症有时应对不良和/或多种并发症的协同效应 加剧心理健康问题，并进一步增加LGBT人群对心理健康护理的需求， 这些问题得到解决，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。可惜 在对LGBT人群的心理健康护理的理解方面存在许多差距。关于LGBT的文献很少 有精神卫生保健经验的人及其感知的需求，科学验证的工具和方法， 为女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性者提供精神保健，并评估了文化能力培训和精神保健方面的技术援助。 LGBT客户的医疗保健提供者。与此同时，关于心理健康和相关问题的科学文献也在不断发展。 男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者群体的健康差距以及在系统中解决这一群体心理健康问题的重要性， 组织、社会和个人层面。此外，社会态度和政府对LGBT的政策 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， 在年轻的群体中有更多的LGBT认同者。鉴于有关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需求的认识，以及LGBT文化景观的快速发展 的人，需要研究心理卫生保健提供者继续教育有关的需求， 人是明确的。UMD-中国将建立和维护一个多学科的研究人员的教师;一个多样化的和良好的- 利益相关者的联系社区咨询委员会;确定有前途的精神卫生保健文化能力 实践工具和战略;以及评估、翻译、传播和交流研究成果， 向所有利益攸关方提供工具和战略，以改善男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者的心理保健。最终，UMD-PRC 努力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， LGBT人士。

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.