AM:STARs: LGBTQ Youth: Enhancing Care for Gender and Sexual Minorities Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781610021364 ISBN-10: 1610021363 Copyright: 2018 Edition: 1st Editor: Forcier, Michelle, Brown, Joanna D., Brown, Robert T., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 92 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Karyn Gerstle,  MD, MPH  (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine) Description This is a thorough overview of medical, psychosocial, and cultural topics affecting the LGBTQ youth community. Tables are used effectively on occasion to provide a summary or checklists that may be useful to primary care providers who have LGBTQ youth as patients. There are very few pictures or other graphics. Purpose The purpose is to provide a guide to caring for LGBTQ youth in the primary care setting. This is certainly pertinent given current events -- gender neutral bathrooms, same sex marriage, equality in the work and school environment -- to name a few. It is important to have a baseline knowledge of these topics, especially in the light of the new data on LGBTQ health that will be provided based on improvements in population data collection outlined by HealthyPeople2020. This book hits on all the major concerns that may come up in the primary care setting, including family dynamics, sexual health, and discrimination. Audience This is a great guide for practitioners. Although it may be most relevant to primary care providers who have long-term relationships with LGBTQ patients, all clinicians, regardless of specialty, have LGBTQ patients, thus all would benefit from the guidance this book provides. Different authors contribute to each chapter of the book, and all have a special interest in this topic, either as leaders in the field of adolescent health, or as clinicians in family or primary care who have contributed to public health research related to LGBTQ health. Features I was impressed by the emphasis on psychosocial health of LGBTQ youth. This book focuses a lot on the comorbidities associated with individuals who are going through challenges related to being both an adolescent and being LGBTQ. The book also acknowledges the fact that LGBTQ children are sometimes forced to grow up more quickly because they have to address aspects about themselves that make them unique at a younger age than some of their peers. Assessment This book is unique compared to other literature on adolescent and LGBTQ health in that it takes a more humanistic approach to addressing this population's healthcare needs. Other books have been heavy on the technical aspects of hormone therapy and surgical affirming surgery. This book focuses more on general clinicians' interactions with these adolescents. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.