Open Access“It's okay to ask.” Inclusion of sexual orientation questions is feasible in population health surveys
Author(s) -
Byles Julie E.,
Forder Peta M.,
Grulich Andrew,
Prestage Garrett
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/1753-6405.12090
Subject(s) - ask price , sexual orientation , inclusion (mineral) , orientation (vector space) , population , psychology , medicine , environmental health , social psychology , business , mathematics , geometry , finance
Gay and lesbian health advocacy organisations are keen to encourage the inclusion of questions on sexual orientation in population health surveys in order to provide essential information on the health needs of these communities, particularly as people get older and have increasing needs for health and aged care. The SEEF project has demonstrated the inclusion of a sexual orientation question is feasible and provides data broadly in line with other sexuality-specific investigations