Tag: data collection

LGBTQ+ Joint Letter to FDA on Menthol

August 2, 2022 Dear Food & Drug Administration, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, menthol continues to widen tobacco health disparities for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities.1 Tobacco use causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and accelerates HIV-related co-morbidities, an additional… Read more »

An Open Letter to Health, Education, Corporate, Government & Other Policy Leaders

March 9, 2022 An Open Letter to Health, Education, Corporate, Government & Other Policy Leaders: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have just released the NIH-commissioned expert consensus study report on how to collect data on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status across domains that include clinical settings, population surveys, and… Read more »