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Table 2 LGBT health topics, number and division of respondents teaching

From: Teaching lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health in a South African health sciences faculty: addressing the gap

Topic

n

Division

Definition and theories of sexual orientation

4

HUB*, Psychiatry, paediatrics, Medicine

Homophobia, heterosexism

1

Medicine

Barriers to access to health care for LGBT people

4

PHC, Medicine, psychiatry, family medicine

Alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use for LGBT people

0

-

Safer sex for LGBT people

0

-

HIV in LGBT people

2

CLS †, Medicine

Sexually transmitted infections (not HIV) in LGBT people

2

CLS, Medicine

Chronic disease risk for LGBT populations

0

-

Disorders of sex development (DSD)/Intersex

3

HUB, Paediatrics

Transitioning (e.g. male-to-female, female-to-male)

6

HUB, PHC ‡, Family medicine, paediatrics, psychiatry

Sex reassignment surgery (SRS)/Gender affirming treatment

4

HUB, Paediatrics, Psychiatry

LGBT adolescent health

0

-

Mental health in LGBT people

0

-

  1. *HUB: Human Biology; †CLS: Clinical Laboratory Sciences; ‡ PHC: Primary Health Care Directorate.