LGBTQ Health Disparities

(3 Credits)

This course examines the core interdisciplinary theories, knowledge, research, and methods evidenced in in understanding LGBTQ health and disparities evidences in the LGBTQ population. The course introduces students to the main conceptual frameworks for the study of LGBTQ individuals, communities, and populations across the lifespan and overviews existing knowledge about LGBTQ health in the United States and globally. The course highlights research design, measurement, ethics, and analysis issues in population research in LGBTQ health.