Table 1 Search algorithms

PubMed

(323)

(“sexual and gender minorities”[MeSH Terms] OR sexual and gender minorit*[Text Word] OR sexual minorit*[Text Word] OR gender minorit*[Text Word] OR lgbt*[Text Word] OR gay[Text Word] OR lesbian[Text Word] OR bisexual[Text Word] OR transgender[Text Word] OR queer[Text Word] OR intersex[Text Word] OR homosexual*[Text Word]) AND (“health personnel”[MeSH Terms] OR health personnel [Text Word] OR healthcare provider*[Text Word] OR health care provider*[Text Word] OR healthcare professional*[Text Word] OR health care professional*[Text Word] OR healthcare worker*[Text Word] OR health care worker*[Text Word]) AND (“cultural competency”[MeSH Terms] OR cultural competenc*[Text Word] OR culturally competen* [Text Word] OR cultural humility[Text Word] OR culturally humble[Text Word] OR cultural sensitivity*[Text Word] OR culturally sensitive[Text Word] OR cultural responsiveness[Text Word] OR culturally responsive[Text Word])

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CINAHL

(255)

((MH “Sexual and Gender Minorities + ”) OR (MH “LGBTQ + Persons + ”) OR (MH “Gay Persons + ”) OR (MH “Transgender Persons + ”) OR (MM “Gay Men”) OR (MM “Lesbians”) OR (MM “Bisexuals”) OR (MM “Intersex Persons”) OR (MM “Homosexuality”) OR (TX queer) OR (TX “sexual minorit*) OR (TX “gender minorit*)) AND ((MH “Health Personnel + ”) OR (TX healthcare provider*) OR (TX health care provider*) OR (TX healthcare professional*) OR (TX health care professional*) OR (TX healthcare worker*) OR (TX health care worker*)) AND ((MM “Cultural Competence”) OR (TX cultural competenc*) OR (TX culturally competen*) OR (MM “Cultural Sensitivity”) OR (TX culturally sensitive) OR (TX cultural humility) OR (TX culturally humble) OR (TX cultural responsiveness) OR (TX culturally responsive))

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PsycINFO

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(MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Sexual Minority Groups”) OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“LGBTQ”) OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Bisexuality”) OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Transgender”) OR

MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Homosexuality”) OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Intersex”) OR (queer) OR (gay) OR (lesbian) OR (sexual minorit*) OR (gender minorit*)) AND (MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Health Care Services”) OR (healthcare provider*) OR (health care provider*) OR (healthcare professional*) OR (health care professional*) OR (healthcare worker*) OR (health care worker*)) AND (MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Cultural Competence”) OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Cultural Sensitivity”) OR (cultural competenc*) OR (cultural humility) OR (culturally competen*) OR (culturally sensitive) OR (culturally humble) OR (cultural responsiveness) OR (culturally responsive))

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Embase

(511)

((‘sexual and gender minority’/exp OR ‘sexual and gender minorit*’ OR ‘lgbtqia + people’ OR ‘lgbt*’ OR ‘gay’ OR ‘lesbian’ OR ‘transgender’ OR ‘bisexual*’ OR ‘intersex’ OR ‘queer’) AND (‘health care personnel’/exp OR ‘health personnel’ OR ‘healthcare provider*’ OR ‘health care provider*’ OR ‘healthcare professional*’ OR ‘health care professional*’ OR ‘healthcare worker*’ OR ‘health care worker*’) AND (‘cultural competence’/exp OR ‘cultural sensitivity’/exp OR ‘cultural humility’ OR ‘cultural competenc*’ OR ‘culturally competen*’ OR ‘culturally sensitive’ OR ‘culturally humble’ OR ‘cultural responsiveness’ OR ‘culturally responsive’))

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Scopus

(576)

((TITLE-ABS-KEY (sexual AND gender AND minorit*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (sexual AND minorit*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (gender AND minorit*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (lgbt*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (gay) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (lesbian) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (bisex*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (transgender) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (queer) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (intersex) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (homosexual*))) AND ((TITLE-ABS-KEY (healthcare AND provider*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (health AND care AND provider*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (healthcare AND professional*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (health AND care AND professional*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (healthcare AND worker*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (health AND care AND worker*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (health AND personnel) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (healthcare AND personnel) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (health AND care AND personnel))) AND ((TITLE-ABS-KEY (cultural AND competenc*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (culturally AND competen*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (cultural AND humility) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (culturally AND humble) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (cultural AND sensitivity) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (culturally AND sensitive) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (cultural responsiveness) OR (culturally responsive)))

Refined by: English Language; Journal; Article