LGBT+ Training Needs for Health and Social Care Professionals: A Cross-cultural Comparison Among Seven European Countries,Sexuality Research and Social Policy

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LGBT+ Training Needs for Health and Social Care Professionals: A Cross-cultural Comparison Among Seven European Countries
Sexuality Research and Social Policy ( IF 2.5 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 , DOI: 10.1007/s13178-020-00521-2
Roberto Baiocco , Alfonso Pezzella , Jessica Pistella , Christiana Kouta , Elena Rousou , Patricia Rocamora-Perez , Remedios López-Liria , Victor Dudau , Ana Maria Doru , Andrea Kuckert-Wöstheinrich , Sabine Ziegler , Dorthe Nielsen , Laila Twisttmann Bay , Irena Papadopoulos

Introduction

Research suggests that specific training on LGBT+ issues may improve the competencies and skills of health and social care (HSC) professionals, which reduces the negative attitudes toward LGBT+ people. Despite this, there seems to be a lack of coverage of LGBT+ needs in HSC education. The present study aims to explore the specific LGBT+ training needs of HSC professionals and to examine the relationship between these training needs and the four dimensions of the Papadopoulos model, i.e. cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and cultural competence.

Methods

The research used data from a cross-cultural project, “Intercultural Education for Nurses in Europe (IENE9),” which was administered to 412 HSC academics and workers (62% females; M_age = 46.06, SD_age = 10.48) between February 2020 and July 2020, in seven European countries: UK (coordinator), Denmark, Spain, Germany, Cyprus, Italy, and Romania.

Results

Hierarchical multiple regression showed that higher training needs were associated with cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, and cultural competence. The need for training on LGBT+ issues was higher for Cyprus, Romania, Spain, Italy, and the UK, compared with Denmark (no differences between Germany and Denmark were found).

Conclusions

We believe that there has been a lack of focus on the LGBT+ training needs of HSC professionals: Greater efforts are required to develop a culturally competent and compassionate LGBT+ curriculum.

Social Policy Implications

Findings from the present study will inform the development of a free, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), for culturally competent and compassionate HSC professionals in Europe to improve the quality of their care.

中文翻译：

LGBT +对卫生和社会护理专业人员的培训需求：七个欧洲国家之间的跨文化比较

介绍

研究表明，针对LGBT +问题的专门培训可以提高健康和社会护理（HSC）专业人士的能力和技能，从而减少对LGBT +人群的负面态度。尽管如此，HSC教育中似乎缺少对LGBT +需求的满足。本研究旨在探讨HSC专业人士的特定LGBT +培训需求，并研究这些培训需求与Papadopoulos模型的四个维度之间的关系，即文化意识，文化知识，文化敏感性和文化能力。

方法

该研究使用了跨文化项目“欧洲护士的跨文化教育（IENE9）”的数据，该项目于2020年2月之间接受了412名HSC学者和工作人员（女性占62％；M_年龄 = 46.06，SD_年龄= 10.48）。 2020年7月，在七个欧洲国家/地区：英国（协调员），丹麦，西班牙，德国，塞浦路斯，意大利和罗马尼亚。