CHEER Session: SOGI Guidance for Research Screening

The Penn State Community Health Equity & Engagement in Research (CHEER) team will host a session on November 15 to provide guidance to researchers around how to appropriately and sensitively complete screening when asking sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data with potential research participants.

This session will highlight how unconscious bias may surface during screening, and how an inclusive approach to study enrollment can mitigate health disparities within the LGBTQ+ community. SOGI guidance was developed through an iterative feedback process, leveraging expertise from local, regional, and national organizations, healthcare systems, and leaders throughout Clinical and Translational Science Award hubs. By eliciting expert feedback, CHEER codeveloped a comprehensive SOGI data collection form, filling an important gap of inclusivity in the consenting process. Please join us to learn more!  

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