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  • Practice Guidelines

    Policy brief: Protecting vulnerable LGBTQ youth and advocating for ethical health care

    Nursing Outlook
    Vol. 66Issue 5p505–507Published in issue: September, 2018
    • Laura C. Hein
    • Felicia Stokes
    • Cindy Smith Greenberg
    • Elizabeth M. Saewyc
    Cited in Scopus: 3
      Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) youth are at heightened risk for bullying, victimization, homelessness, and being subjected to harmful therapies and associated physical and mental health issues. Health disparities in these populations are strongly associated with increased vulnerability based on stigma and discrimination due to their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (United Nations, 2017). Additional threats to the health of LGBTQ youth include: expanded religious freedom exemptions of providers, permitting legal refusal to provide health care or other services to this population; a halt to Title IX enforcement for transgender persons by the Department of Education; and regular threats to repeal Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), thereby excluding coverage for transgender-related care and eliminating coverage for pre-existing conditions (U.S.
    • Practice Guidelines

      American Academy of Nursing on policy: Reducing preterm births in the United States: Maternal infant health, child, adolescent and family, and women's health expert panels

      Nursing Outlook
      Vol. 66Issue 5p499–504Published in issue: September, 2018
      • Carole Kenner
      • Kristin Ashford
      • Lina Kurdahi Badr
      • Beth Black
      • Joan Bloch
      • Rosalie Mainous
      • and others
      Cited in Scopus: 1
        The rising rates of preterm birth (PTB) (less than 37 completed weeks gestation) in the United States is an urgent population/public health issue. Education of the healthcare workforce, policy makers and the public on risk factors for prematurity, and identification of strategies to counter the rising rate of PTB is critical. This policy brief illustrates the problem and sets forth policy recommendations to reduce prematurity rates.

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