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Measuring Sex and Gender Identity: Recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Kellan Baker, PhD, MPH, MA Whitman-Walker Institute

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

This presentation will discuss the background, recommendations, and future research directions for the measurement of sex and gender identity by the National Institutes of Health.

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I is No Longer for Invisble: Measuring Intersex Populations

Katharine Dalke, MD, MBE Penn State Health/Penn State College of Medicine

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

Populations of people born with variations in sex characteristics, or intersex traits, are increasingly found to experience health disparities. However, little research exists regarding evidence-based practices for identifying respondents with intersex traits in survey, clinical, and research settings. This presentation will review the unique measurement challenges for intersex populations, best available evidence, and recommendations from the National Academies Report on Measuring LGBTQI+ Populations.

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Implementing Affirming Sexual and Gender Minority Measures: Making the NASEM Report “Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation” Actionable

Christina Dragon, MSPH, CHES Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office, National Institutes of Health

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

This presentation will briefly describe the work of the SGMRO and how we will be working within NIH, across HHS, and with other federal agency collaborators to promote and increase evidence based sexual and gender minority data collection and representation.

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Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation”: Recommendations for the collection of sexual rientation data

Jose A. Bauermeister, MPH, PhD University of Pennsylvania

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

This presentation will introduce the consensus panels’ scope of task and the recommended measure for sexual orientation in research and non-research surveys, along with clinical and other administrative records.