Training Death Investigators to Identify Decedents' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: A Feasibility Study.

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Tytuł:: Training Death Investigators to Identify Decedents' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: A Feasibility Study.
Autorzy:: Blosnich JR; From the University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA.
Butcher BA; Barbara F. Butcher Associates, Ltd.
Mortali MG; American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New York, NY.
Lane AD; Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT.
Haas AP; Department of Health Sciences, City University of New York, Lehman College, New York, NY.
Źródło:: The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology [Am J Forensic Med Pathol] 2022 Mar 01; Vol. 43 (1), pp. 40-45.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Publication: <2002- > : Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Original Publication: New York : Masson Publishing USA.
MeSH Terms:: Gender Identity*
Sexual and Gender Minorities*
Feasibility Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Sexual Behavior ; Surveys and Questionnaires
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Grant Information:: R21 MH125360 United States MH NIMH NIH HHS
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20210903 Date Completed: 20220207 Latest Revision: 20230816
Update Code:: 20240105
PubMed Central ID:: PMC8813878
DOI:: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000705
PMID:: 34475319
: Czasopismo naukowe

Abstract: There is growing impetus within mortality surveillance to identify decedents' sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), but key personnel to this effort (eg, death investigators) are not currently trained to collect SOGI information. To address this gap, we developed a training for death investigators on this topic and tested its feasibility with 114 investigators in 3 states. Participants completed pretraining and posttraining questionnaires that measured 4 perceived outcomes: training relevance, success of delivery, adequacy for future use, and likelihood of future use. Overall, strongly positive responses affirmed the training's relevance, success of delivery, and adequacy for future use. Responses about attempting to identify the decedent's SOGI in future cases were not quite as positive, with close to 80% of the participants saying that they were at least "somewhat likely" to collect this information. Despite design limitations, the study results support the feasibility of training death investigators to gather SOGI information. Although not systematically assessed in the study, investigators' positive endorsement of training outcomes seemed higher in training sites where leadership strongly supported SOGI identification, suggesting that the role of leadership may be key to encouraging SOGI identification among death investigators.
Competing Interests: The authors report no conflict of interest.
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