Most clinicians are trained through a standardized curriculum of different behavioral cognitive, psychoanalytic, humanistic, and neurobiological approaches. One major criticism of this model is that it views patients through a mono-cultural lens. This can be detrimental to serving groups that have intersecting identities because clinicians may miss out on important cultural factors that contribute to a patient's wellbeing.

Issues in Healthcare Clinician Training

The assumption that there is a generalizability of the human experience.
Within this perspective, there are risks of ignoring the influence of various identities on cognition, behavior, and perception of reality. 

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Theory that believes that individuals who are a part of non-dominant groups in society continue to experience and suffer from health disparities, even after adjusting for confounding variables, due to constant stress caused by interactions with dominant groups. LGBTQIA-POC individuals may be at a higher risk to health disparities due to this stress.

Minority Stress Theory

Dominguez, Matthew Lee. “LGBTQIA People of Color: Utilizing the Cultural Psychology Model as a Guide for the Mental Health Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Diverse Identities.” Journal of Gay &amp; Lesbian Mental Health, vol. 21, no. 3, 2017, pp. 203–220., https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2017.1320755. 

LGBTQIA people of color: Utilizing the cultural psychology model as a guide for the mental health assessment and treatment of patients with diverse identities

Term that refers to individuals who identify with both the LGBTQIA group and POC group. These individuals have identities that intersect that play roles in how they are assessed and treated. These individuals are smaller percentage of minority groups and can have differing experiences in healthcare.

LGBTQIA-POC

Lens of Universalism

Systematic inequity in accessing and utilizing health resources. Minority groups experience disproportionate discrimination and barriers to health.

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