Medical Students Knowledge and Attitude towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trasngender Population

R.A. Pandey¹ , A. Shrestha² , C. Pandey³ , J. Pandey⁴ , N. Timsina⁵ , H.N. Chalise⁶

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.4 , pp.75-81, Apr-2021

Online published on Apr 30, 2021

Copyright © R.A. Pandey, A. Shrestha, C. Pandey, J. Pandey, N. Timsina, H.N. Chalise . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) populations belong to a sexual minority group. But the discrimination still exists regarding the sexual identity because the knowledge about those rights among the medical community is insufficient, the skills and techniques to provide social and psychological support are not scientific. The aim of the the study was to assess the medical students` knowledge and attitude towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender population.This is a cross-sectional study carried out in 2017 in a medical university student in Nepal. The total sample size for this study was 180 undergraduate medical students. The mean score of knowledge was 12.32 (±3.7), and the mean score of attitude was 73.04 (±9.82). The mean coefficient attitude score of the present study was 13.44. Female has a higher knowledge of LGBT than male. Those who exposed to teachers have higher knowledge than friends and others. Similarly, internship medical students have a better attitude towards LGBTQ than other students. Knowledge and attitude found highly correlated in this study. Positive attitude can be enhanced by making the medical students learn about homosexuality related health issues by adding these issues in their courses or curriculum. This may help to reduce prejudice and discrimination in clinical settings.ing.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Attitude, Knowledge, Medical Students, LGBT, Nepal

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