Your Voice! Your Health!
In 2016, Morten Group concluded a two-year community engagement role in recruitment, data collection, and event management for an NIH-funded study at the University of Chicago College of Medicine called “Your Voice! Your Health!,” a study focused on LGBTQ people of color and their relationship to health care providers. The study explored shared decision making, or SDM, a collaborative process that enables healthcare providers and patients to make informed health care decisions together.
The study contained three phases:
Review: a systematic review of key issues in SDM among LGBTQ people of color.
Research: The team conducted research, seeking input and feedback on desired shared decision-making goals from diverse stakeholders (including patients, clinicians, organizations, community groups, and health care delivery systems) representing LGBTQ people of color.
Tool Development: The project developed tools to help stakeholders implement and evaluate SDM interventions in LGBTQ POC populations.
