SHIRP: LGBTQ2+ Health

Searching for LGBTQ2+ Articles in Databases

For a comprehensive search both keywords and subject headings should be searched.  Relevant LGBTQ2+ subject headings include, but are not limited to:

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  MEDLINE: Ovid MEDLINE

  Major bibliographic database for clinical medicine, including: internal medicine, general medicine, primary care, family medicine, and general practice, as well as: veterinary medicine, nursing, allied health, dentistry, and pre-clinical sciences.
  Access Note: Internet Explorer versions 8, 9, and 10 will not be supported after December 31, 2018.

   
• PsycINFO

  Bibliographic database "providing abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences."

   
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• CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

  A comprehensive database providing full text for more than 760 journals (450 only available in full-text through CINAHL) and abstracts and indexing for over 3000 journals covering nursing & allied health topics.

   

• Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights

Action Canada works within Canada and globally to promote health, well-being, and rights related to sexuality and reproduction. Building on the strong histories of our three predecessor organizations, we cover a broad spectrum that includes directly providing support, referrals, and information; working with other groups and organizations on a range of campaigns using a collaborative, movement-building approach; and policy advocacy related to sexual and reproductive rights (including abortion), gender, LGBTQ rights, comprehensive sexuality education, and more.

From partnerships with health care providers and activists on the ground to engaging decision-makers in Canada and around the world, movement building is at the core of everything we do.

• Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health

CPATH is an interdisciplinary professional organization which works to support the health, well-being, and dignity of trans and gender diverse people.

• EGALE: Canada Human Rights Trust

Egale works to improve the lives of LGBTQI2S people in Canada and to enhance the global response to LGBTQI2S issues. Egale will achieve this by informing public policy, inspiring cultural change, and promoting human rights and inclusion through research, education and community engagement.

• GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Eqaulity

GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments. To achieve this mission, GLMA utilizes the scientific expertise of its diverse multidisciplinary membership to inform and drive advocacy, education, and research.

• National LGBT Health Education Center

The National LGBT Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

The Education Center is a part of The Fenway Institute, the research, training, and health policy division of Fenway Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center, and one of the world’s largest LGBT-focused health centers.

Statistics 

•  Aboriginal Two-Spirit and LGBTQ Migration, Mobility, and Health Research Project: Winnipeg Final Report [PDF] 

  2010 report
• Healthy LGBTTQ* Relationships: Information for Two-Spirit People  

  From the Government of Manitoba
• Indigenous Health: Sexual Health Research Guide

  From the University of Manitoba
•  An Introduction to the Health of Two-Spirit People: Historical, Contemporary and Emergent Issues [PDF]

  2016 publication from the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
•  Two-Spirit People of the First Nations [PDF]

  2014 document from Rainbow Resource Centre (Winnipeg)