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Child health
Qualitative study - other
Education needed to enhance inclusive, non-discriminatory nursing practice towards lesbian, gay and bisexual parents
  1. Linda Shields1,2,
  2. Oliver Burmeister3
  1. 1 Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
  2. 2 School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  3. 3 Faculty of Business, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Professor Linda Shields, Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW 2795, Australia; l.e.shields{at}uq.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2017-102853

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    Commentary on: Andersen AE, Moberg C, Bengtsson Tops A, et al. Lesbian, gay and bisexual parents' experiences of nurses' attitudes in child health care: a qualitative study. J Clin Nurs. 2017; 26:5065-5071. 

    Implications for practice and research

    • There is a need to create education programmes to enhance communication with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people.

    • Research is needed regarding appropriate, respectful language for forms that do not discriminate against any client population.

    • Creative, sensitive ways to recruit participants from marginalised groups to prevent a skewed population because of sensitivities surrounding revealing belonging to a marginalised group should be devised.

    Context

    Globally there has been a significant increase in societal acceptance of LGBTIQ couples. In many countries this has led to increases in same-sex parenting. However, healthcare practice has not kept pace with these changes, …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.