1. Centre for Health Research University of Brighton
Dr Nigel Sherriff
Centre for Health Research
University of Brighton
On behalf of the Health4LGBTI Consortium
Public Health Wales, Cardiff, July 2016. 1 1

2. Background to the Project
LGBTI people experience significant health inequalities that have impact on their health outcomes.
Stigma and discrimination combined with social isolation and limited understanding of their lives by others, lead to significant barriers in terms of accessing health and social care services.
Healthcare and other professionals commonly assume that LGBTI people’s health needs are the same as those of heterosexual people. They are not.
Many health inequalities are preventable. MS and the EU must work towards the development of high quality health services across the Union that are equally accessible to all.

3. Background to the Project
Three key objectives
To gain a better understanding of the specific health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people, focusing in particular on overlapping inequalities stemming from (intentional and unintentional) discrimination and unfair treatment on other grounds (e.g. older, younger, refugee, immigrant, disability, rural, poverty);
To gain a better understanding of the barriers faced by health professionals when providing care to these groups;
To raise awareness about the needs of LGBTI people and provide healthcare professionals with specific tools to ensure that they have the right skills and knowledge to overcome the identified barriers.

4. Project Team Eurohealthnet ILGA EUROPE AOUI VR UoB NIPH-NIH
Sophie Aujean
Anne Pierson
Massimo Mirandola
Ruth Joanna Davis
Lorenzo Gios
Francesco Ammadeo
Valeria Donisi
UoB
NIPH-NIH
Nigel Sherriff
Laetitia Zeeman
Kath Browne
Alex Pollard
Magdalena Pola Rosińska
Marta Agnieszka Niedźwiedzka-Stadnik

5. The Consortium Advisory Board Task 2: Task1: Reviews Focus Groups
CL: Verona University Hospital
Advisory Board
Task1: Reviews
Task 2:
Focus Groups
Task 3: Development of Training Module(s)
Task 4: Piloting of Training Module(s)
Task 5: Dissemination
TL.: University of Brighton (UK)
TDL: ILGA Europe (BE)
TL: University of Brighton (UK)
TDL: ILGA Europe (BE)
TL: Verona University Hospital (IT)
TDL: ILGA Europe (BE)
TL: Verona University Hospital (IT)
TDL: National Institute of Public-National Institute of Hygiene (PL)
TL: Eurohealthnet (BE)
TDL: ILGA Europe (BE)
TPs
Verona University Hospital (IT)
Eurohealthnet (BE)
National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene (PL)
TPs
National Institute of Public Health (PL)
Verona University Hospital (IT)
TPs
ILGA Europe (BE)
Countries for Focus Groups and Pilot Training
Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and UK

6. D1.1 State of the art synthesis report
Task 1 :
A review of health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people and the barriers faced by health professionals in providing healthcare for LGBTI people
Deliverable :
D1.1 State of the art synthesis report
(due March 2017)

8. Task 2 :
Qualitative research: Focus groups studies with LGBTI people and health professionals
Deliverable :
D2.1 Overview report on the outcomes of the focus groups (due March 2017)

9. Two focus group studies in six countries
Across six MS, 12 focus groups will be conducted (two per country) engaging up to 120 participants from the UK, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, and Bulgaria
Study 1: Mapping barriers to healthcare faced by LGBTI people (n~60).
Study 2: Mapping health professionals’ experiences and ideas for examples of actual and potential interventions (n~60)

10. Development of training modules
Task 3 :
Development of training modules
Deliverable :
(no deliverable – linked to Task 4)

11. Development of training module(s)

12. Piloting of the training modules
Task 4 :
Piloting of the training modules
Deliverable :
D4.1 Evaluation report on piloting (due January 2018)
D4.2 Validated training modules (due January 2018)

13. Pilot the training module(s)

14. Dissemination and final conference
Task 5 :
Dissemination and final conference
Deliverable :
D5.1 Final conference

15. Dissemination and final conference

16. Progress so far Consortium kick-off meeting in Luxemburg (May, 2016)
All Task 1-5 protocols and plans complete and approved
Scientific Review – in progress
Rapid Reviews in all 28 MS in progress – due August 2016
European review of grey literature – in progress
Ethical approval for FG studies (UK, LT, BG) – IT and PL in progress
Two FG conducted in UK
One FG training conducted in Poland, LT and BG to follow
Scoping of any existing training modules
…...phew a busy few months!

17. Further information
European Project Coordinator:
Massimo Mirandola
AOUIVR - Azienda Ospedaleira Universitaria Integrata Verona 17 17

18. Questions? 18 18