A12 - I Wish Someone Had Asked Me: Safely Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data to Improve Mental Health Outcomes

Monday, May 1, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: 308 AB, Level 2, LACC

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Relias, LLC and National Council for Mental Wellbeing guarantee this educational conference is free from bias.

Workshop Presenter(s)

Marlene Matarese, PhD (she/her/hers)

Deputy Director, Associate Researcj Professor
Innovations Institute, University of Connecticut, School of Social Work
Rockville, Maryland
Angela Weeks, DBA (she/her/hers)

Director of the National SOGIE Center
Innovations Institute
Vancouver , Washington

Slides

Thought service providers know how critical it is to tailor prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth and often struggle to identify LGBTQ+ youth and enroll them in services. This is largely due to the lack of safe data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). We will explore current initiatives on safe SOGI data collection and strategies for balancing documentation and privacy, asking the questions and overcoming personal discomfort. We cannot serve a population we cannot find and until we find them, we will continue to see the disparities and disproportionality of LGBTQ+ youth in our systems of care.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss current barriers to mental health and substance use treatment for LGBTQ+ youth.
Discuss disparities and disproportionality LGBTQ+ youth experience in the public systems.
Explore current initiatives on safe SOGI data collection.
Provide strategies to implement safe SOGI data collection.