Projects from the PRIDE-CF team share an objective to better understand how the intersectionality of having CF and being a member of the LGBTQIA+ community may impact health outcomes. According to the PRIDE-CF research plan, the team is exploring the central hypothesis that LGBTQIA+ adults with CF may have poorer health outcomes due to compounded minority and chronic illness stress as well as differential access to health care ... this study would be the first, large-scale epidemiologic data collection of how being LGBTQIA+ interplays with having a chronic health condition.
Dr. Kidd’s project will explore the lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ people with CF to study the health inequities they may experience, including identifying the health care priorities and outcomes valued by LGBTQIA+ people with CF and examining the experiences and needs associated with gender-affirming care and interventions.