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Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future (1999)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6109.
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Workshop Agenda

Workshop on Lesbian Health Research Priorities

Georgetown University Conference Center

3800 Reservoir Road, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

October 6-7, 1997

Monday, October 6

9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

 

Ann Burgess, D.N.Sc., Chair, Committee on Lesbian Health Research Priorities, University of Pennsylvania

9:30 a.m.

An Overview of Lesbian Health: Historical and Developmental Perspectives

 

Donna Futterman, M.D., Adolescent AIDS Program, Montefiore Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6109.
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10:00 a.m.

Lesbians as a Diverse Population: Who Are We Talking About?

 

Moderator: Judy Bradford, Ph.D.

 

Lesbians: Defining the Population

 

Meaghan Kennedy, M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Who Is Lesbian? (The Low Interrelationships Among Sexual Orientation, Sexual Behavior, Years Out, Disclosure of Sexual Orientation, and Participation in the Lesbian Community)

 

Esther Rothblum, Department of Psychology, University of Vermont

 

Economic Issues for Lesbians

 

Lee Badgett, University of Massachusetts and Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies

11:15 a.m.

The Contextual Framework: Barriers to Conducting Research on Lesbian Health

 

Moderator: Bruce McEwen, Ph.D.

 

Ethical Issues in Conducting Research with Lesbians

 

Larry Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center

 

Research on Lesbian Health: Challenges for University

 

Researchers

 

Caitlin Ryan, Washington, D.C.

 

Researcher and Community Collaboration: Issues and Barriers to Working Together

 

Joyce Hunter, D.S.W., Community Liaison Program, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University

12:15 p.m.

LUNCH

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6109.
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1:00 p.m.

Designing Studies on Lesbian Health

 

Moderator: Larry Norton, M.D.

 

Designing Effective Studies of Lesbian Health Issues

 

Susan Cochran, Ph.D., M.S., Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health

 

Challenges and Opportunities in Research Design

 

Jocelyn White, M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University

 

Health Services Research: Working with Hard-to-Reach Groups

 

Debra Rog, Ph.D., Center for Mental Health Policy, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies

 

Research Design and Causation

 

Margaret Rosario, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, City College, City University of New York

2:30 p.m.

Scheduled Public Testimony

 

Methodological Issues in Research on Lesbian Health

 

Alice Dan, Ph.D., Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Strategies for Obtaining Representative Samples/Measurement of Sexual Orientation

 

Ann Pollinger Haas, Ph.D., Department of Health Services, Lehman College, City University of New York (representing the Women's Health Survey)

 

Involving Communities in Research on Lesbian Health

 

Amelie Zurn, M.S.W., Silver Spring, Maryland

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6109.
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2:50 p.m.

Cancer and Lesbians

 

Deborah J. Bowen, Ph.D., Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

3:20 p.m.

BREAK

3:30 p.m.

Scheduled Public Testimony

 

Lesbians and Cancer

 

Beverly Baker, Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer

 

Lesbian Experiences and Breast Cancer

 

Linda McGehee, Ph.D., R.N., Georgia State University School of Nursing

3:45 p.m.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases—An Issue for Lesbians?

 

Jonathan Zenilman, M.D., Infectious Disease Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

4:15 p.m.

The Challenges of Providing Health and Mental Health Services to Lesbians: Issues of Access and Barriers to Care

 

Moderator: Gloria Sarto, M.D.

 

Joan Waitkevicz, M.D., Gay Women's Focus, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

 

Teresa Cuadra, M.D., Gay Women's Focus, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

4:45 p.m.

Scheduled Public Testimony

 

Integrating Sexuality into Health Care and the Need for Information on Lesbian Health

 

Christopher Portelli, J.D., Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6109.
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Lesbian Health Curriculum for Medical Schools

 

Devi O'Neill, Center of Excellence for Women's Health, University of California Medical Center at San Francisco

 

Implications for Health Care Service and Delivery and Lesbians' Access to Care

 

Beverly Saunders Biddle, M.H.A., National Lesbian and Gay Health Association

 

Cultural Proficiency: A Cornerstone to the Success of Managed Care

 

Nancy Kennedy, Dr.P.H., Office of Managed Care, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA

5:15 p.m.

Final Questions

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn

Tuesday, October 7

9:00 a.m.

Opening and Welcome

 

Ann Burgess, D.N.Sc., Chair, Committee on Lesbian Health Research Priorities, University of Pennsylvania

9:15 a.m.

Instrumentation and Disclosure

 

Moderator: Sam Friedman, Ph.D.

 

Disclosure of Sexual Orientation in the Nurses' Health Study II

 

Patricia Case, Sc.D., Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

New Methods for Surveying Sensitive Behaviors

 

Charles Turner, Ph.D., Research Triangle Institute, Washington, D.C.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6109.
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Measuring Health

 

Ronald Wilson, National Center for Health Statistics (retired)

10:30 a.m.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues for Lesbians

 

Moderator: Cynthia Gomez, Ph.D.

 

Overview of Mental Health Issues for Lesbians

 

Marjorie Sved, M.D., Adult Psychiatry, Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina

 

Tonda Hughes, Ph.D., R.N., University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing

 

Overview of Substance Abuse Issues for Lesbians

11:15 a.m.

HIV/AIDS and Women Who Have Sex with Women

 

Rebecca Young, National Development and Research Institute, Inc., and Columbia University Division of Sociomedical Sciences

11:45 a.m.

Scheduled Public Testimony

 

Lesbians and HIV: The Invisible Crisis

 

Amber Hollibaugh, Women's Education Services/Lesbian AIDS Project, Gay Men's Health Crisis

12:00 noon

LUNCH

12:45 p.m.

Sampling Strategies for Studies on Lesbian Health

 

Moderator: Donna Brogan, Ph.D.

 

Probability Sampling for Research on Lesbian Health

 

Graham Kalton, Ph.D., Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6109.
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Building Relationships: Sampling Methods for Diverse Communities

 

Elizabeth J. Rankow, PA-C, MHS, Consultant, Oakland, California

 

U.S. Census Data: Uses and Limitations for Research on Lesbian Health

 

Martin O'Connell, Ph.D., Fertility and Family Structure Branch, U.S. Bureau of the Census

2:00 p.m.

Scheduled Public Testimony and Final Discussion

 

Elisabeth Gruskin, Kaiser Permanente

 

Charlotte Patterson, Ph.D., American Psychological Association

 

Nina Carroll, Fenway Community Health Center, Boston Fenway's Research Experience

 

Winnie Stachelberg, Human Rights Campaign

3:00 p.m.

Adjourn

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6109.
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Women's health, as a field of study, is a developing discipline. Health theories in general have been based on studies of men. However, in recent years, more attention has shifted to women's health, realizing the disparities between men and women in relation to their health. During the last two decades, a similar shift has occurred for a group of women—lesbian women—to further identify and specify their health needs.

Over the past decade, lesbians have organized to call for attention to the health issues of this community, resulting in several federally funded research initiatives. This book offers a comprehensive view of what is known about lesbian health needs and what questions need further investigation, including:

  • How do we define who is lesbian?
  • Are there unique health issues for lesbians?
  • Are lesbians at higher or lower risk for such health problems as AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, breast cancer, mental disorders, and substance abuse?
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The book discusses how to determine which questions to ask about sexual orientation, the need to obtain information without violating privacy, the importance of considering racial and ethnic diversity in the study of lesbians, strategies for exchanging information among researchers and disseminating findings to the public, and mechanisms for supporting greater numbers of researchers.

Lesbian Health takes a frank look at the political pressures, community attitudes, and professional concerns uniquely affecting the study of lesbian health issues. The book explores many other issues including the potential for transferring findings in this field to other population groups, including other rare populations and women in general.

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