Someone with no experience in #LGBTQ health recently tried to correct me on the "sensitive" nature of collecting sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data.

Let's discuss what data shows on this, THREAD

TL;DR: people want to provide SOGI data

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People have been more willing over the yrs to provide #SOGI data: Time trends in rates of “refuse to answer” on sexual orientation by age, WA #BRFSS 2003–2010.

People are actually 4-8x more likely to refuse share their income.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363045/
#LGBTQ
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People are actually 4-8x more likely to refuse share their income than their sexual orientation.
Weighted Item Nonresponse Rates on Sexual Orientation, Income, and Education by Age: WA #BRFSS 2003–2010.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363045/
#LGBTQ #SOGI
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This has been seen not only in pop surveys, but also clinical settings.
All patients (across age, race, ethnicity) in multiple-outpatient settings report high levels of acceptance and satisfaction with collection of personal SOGI data.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0107104
#LGBTQ #SOGI
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This has also been studied via @PCORI EQUALITY in ED settings: "Few patients will refuse to provide sexual orientation information in the ED setting..."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818827/
#LGBTQ #SOGI
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The @PCORI EQUALITY study also revealed that patients were far more willing to share #SOGI "...in contrast to what most ED health care professionals think."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818827/
#LGBTQ #SOGI
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TL;DR: folks want to provide SOGI data.

Would love to hear how others convince folks of the ease of #SOGI data collection
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