Education on Gender and Sex

摘要 性和性别少数群体（SGM）的个人面临着严重的健康不平等，特别是在 种族/民族多样化的SGM生活在南方腹地，是该国最大的SGM人口的家园。 尽管美国各地对SGM人的政治和社会接受度发生了巨大变化， 在南方腹地，进展仍然脆弱，那里普遍存在耻辱和歧视。此外，本发明还 很少有健康研究培训项目通过更广泛、多方面的透镜来看待性和性别， 包括性取向和性别认同，没有一个位于南方腹地。我们的总体 目标是培养就读于健康相关学位课程的研究生（例如，公共卫生、社会工作） 对健康研究感兴趣，以增加解决SGM健康问题的知识和宣传技能。我们将 通过在SGM健康领域制定和实施一项为期4年的性和性别方案来实现这一目标， 性别和性教育（Education on Gender and Sex）我们建立了独特的社区-学术伙伴关系， GenderS计划，包括艾玛·凯博士，魔术城市研究所的创始主任， 南方腹地为数不多的研究机构设在一个以社区为基础的组织内;莎拉博士 麦卡锡，魔术城LGBTQ健康研究捐赠教授职位的首届保持器持有者， 在全国范围内专门关注SGM健康的职位。我们的具体目标包括：1）发展性别， 混合宣传和以社区为基础的教育计划，解决核心概念和超地方 健康中的性别和性的方法; 2）通过以下途径增加对SGM健康的了解和宣传 3）在全国范围内传播性别问题工具包，使地方能够适应， 执行和评价。第一年包括开发一个为期14周的在线课程， SGM健康的概念，提供对SGM风险和弹性驱动因素的基本理解， 注意交叉身份（例如，年龄、能力和种族/民族）。该课程将得到以下补充： 超本地化方法，包括为期一周的现场居住，强调知识和专业知识， 社区合作伙伴以及为期6个月的虚拟指导和网络沙龙课程。2年和第3 包括招募两个为期一年的队列（每个队列5-7名学者）和实施性别 程序.第四年包括开发和在全国传播一个工具包，指导其他人如何 可以开发，实施和评估其本地适应版本。我们严格的评估计划包括 前/后调查，以评估学者在网上课程中教授的主题的掌握，以及采访， 学者和调查与计划导师和教师/社区合作伙伴，以评估的机会， 方案改进。通过在全国范围内传播该工具包，将广泛提供GenderS; 支持工具将使组织能够为未来的学者创造与当地相关的经验， 他们对性、性取向、性别和性别认同的理解影响SGM健康。

ABSTRACT Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals face dramatic health inequities in general, especially among racially/ethnically diverse SGM living in the Deep South, home to the country’s largest SGM population. Despite dramatic shifts in the political and social acceptability of SGM people across the United States, progress remains tenuous in the Deep South, where there is pervasive stigma and discrimination. Further, there are few health research training programs that view sex and gender through a wider, multifaceted lens, inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity, and none are located in the Deep South. Our overarching goal is to train graduate students enrolled in health-related degree programs (e.g., public health, social work) with an interest in health research to increase knowledge and advocacy skills addressing SGM health. We will achieve that goal through creating and implementing a 4-year sex and gender program in SGM health, GenderS (Education on Gender and Sex). We have built a unique community-academic partnership to lead the GenderS program, including Dr. Emma Kay, founding director of the Magic City Research Institute, one of the few research institutions in the Deep South housed within a community-based organization; and Dr. Sarah MacCarthy, inaugural holder of the Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Professorship, one of the few positions nationally focusing exclusively on SGM health. Our specific aims include: 1) Develop GenderS, a hybrid advocacy and community-based education program that addresses core concepts and hyperlocal approaches to gender and sex in health; 2) Increase knowledge of and advocacy for SGM health via implementation of GenderS; 3) Disseminate a GenderS Toolkit nationally to enable local adaptations, implementation, and evaluation. Year 1 includes development of an online 14-week course covering core concepts in SGM health, providing a foundational understanding of factors driving SGM risk and resilience with attention to intersectional identities (e.g., age, ability, and race/ethnicity). The course will be complemented by hyperlocal approaches, including an in-person 1-week residency highlighting knowledge and expertise among community partners and a 6-month period of virtual mentoring and networking salon sessions. Years 2 and 3 include recruitment of two, 1-year cohorts (n=5-7 scholars per cohort) and implementation of the GenderS program. Year 4 includes the development and national dissemination of a toolkit with guidance on how others can develop, implement, and evaluate their locally adapted version. Our rigorous evaluation plan consists of pre/post surveys to assess scholars’ mastery of topics taught in the online course, as well as interviews with scholars and surveys with program mentors and faculty/community partners to assess opportunities for program improvement. Through national dissemination of the toolkit, GenderS will be broadly available; supporting tools will enable organizations to create locally-relevant experiences for future scholars to further their understanding of sex, sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity influences on SGM health.