LGBTQ+ Cancer: Priority or Lip Service? A Qualitative Content Analysis of LGBTQ+ Considerations in U.S. State, Jurisdiction, and Tribal Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans

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• Alternative Title:
  Cancer Causes Control
• Personal Author:
  Waters, Austin R. ; Bono, Madeline H. ; Fukunaga, Mayuko Ito ; Masud, Manal ; Mullins, Megan A. ; Suk, Ryan ; O’leary, Meghan ; Adams, Swann ; Ferrari, Renée M. ; Wangen, Mary ; Odebunmi, Olufeyisayo ; Nash, Sarah H ; Spees, Lisa ; Wheeler, Stephanie B ; Adsul, Prajakta ; Chebli, Perla ; Hirschey, Rachel ; Studts, Jamie L. ; Seaman, Aaron ; Lee, Matthew
• Description:
  The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded program, supports cancer coalitions across the United States (US) in efforts to prevent and control cancer including development of comprehensive cancer control (CCC) plans. CCC plans often focus health equity within their priorities, but it is unclear to what extent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, plus (LGBTQ+) populations are considered in CCC plans. We qualitatively examined to what extent LGBTQ+ populations were referenced in 64 U.S. state, jurisdiction, tribes, and tribal organization CCC plans. A total of 55% of CCC plans mentioned LGBTQ+ populations, however, only one in three CCC plans mentioned any kind of LGBTQ+ inequity or LGBTQ+ specific recommendations. Even fewer plans included mention of LGBTQ+ specific resources, organizations, or citations. At the same time almost three fourths of plans conflated sex and gender throughout their CCC plans. The findings of this study highlight the lack of prioritization of LGBTQ+ populations in CCC plans broadly while highlighting exemplar plans that can serve as a roadmap to more inclusive future CCC plans. Comprehensive cancer control plans can serve as a key policy and advocacy structure to promote a focus on LGBTQ+ cancer prevention and control.
• Subjects:
  Female Humans Male Neoplasms Qualitative Research Sexual And Gender Minorities United States
• Source:
  Cancer Causes Control. 35(9):1297-1309
• Pubmed ID:
  38796675
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11489887
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K08 CA283304/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006400/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 MD000538/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP006389/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006389/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; P01 CA250989/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 CA116339/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP006389/University of Iowa Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers supported by Cooperative Agreement Number/ ; U54MD000538/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006401/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; K01 CA250989-01A1/National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities/
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e1586c934275597e5e8a1cb90ef6066d1cb6dd4af5d15c682b5939399e1ae4839d6a9d6753b71c9e0dba4075f0e6b0d6a1986a69a395f9af4f8efc56d475136c
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