Advocacy and community needs assessment. Espinoza, R. In Harley, D. A. & Teaster, P. B., editors, Handbook of LGBT elders: An interdisciplinary approach to principles, practices, and policies, pages 601--618, Chapter xviii, 691 Pages. Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03623-6_32
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This chapter provides an overview of toe current public policy dilemmas faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older people in areas such as economic security and employment, health equity and healthcare access, housing, HIV and aging, data collection and research, and major federal legislation meant to protect older people in this country. It summarizes toe current research and literature on LGBT aging and offers an assessment of toe national advocacy capacity of national, state, and local nonprofit organizations working to support LGBT elders. The chapter closes with future considerations for strengthening policy supports for a growing, vulnerable, and neglected demographic of LGBT older adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)
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	title = {Advocacy and community needs assessment},
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	abstract = {This chapter provides an overview of toe current public policy dilemmas faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older people in areas such as economic security and employment, health equity and healthcare access, housing, HIV and aging, data collection and research, and major federal legislation meant to protect older people in this country. It summarizes toe current research and literature on LGBT aging and offers an assessment of toe national advocacy capacity of national, state, and local nonprofit organizations working to support LGBT elders. The chapter closes with future considerations for strengthening policy supports for a growing, vulnerable, and neglected demographic of LGBT older adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
(Source: chapter)},
	language = {English},
	booktitle = {Handbook of {LGBT} elders: {An} interdisciplinary approach to principles, practices, and policies},
	publisher = {Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY},
	author = {Espinoza, Robert},
	editor = {Harley, Debra A. and Teaster, Pamela B.},
	year = {2016},
	note = {DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03623-6\_32},
	keywords = {3373:Community \& Social Services, Adulthood (18 yrs \& older), Advocacy, Aged (65 yrs \& older), Aging, Data Collection, Employment Status, Female, Government Policy Making, Health Disparities, Human, LGBT, Legislation, Male, Needs Assessment, Policy, Psychology: Professional \& Research, Transgender, bookitem},
	pages = {601--618, Chapter xviii, 691 Pages}
}

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