Knowledge and attitudes assessment (Pretraining)

Form Approved

OMB No. 0990-

Exp. Date XX/XX/20XX

Health Center Knowledge and Attitudes Assessment (Pre-Training) (WHAM) Women’s Health

and Mindfulness Program

1. How often do you ask your clients/patients about their sexual orientation and/or the gender of their

sexual partners?

I ask this of every patient

I ask this of every patient who I think may be LGBT

I never ask about this because I don’t think it’s appropriate

I never ask about this because I don’t know how to phrase the questions

Other ________________________________________________________________

2. How often do you discuss weight reduction desirability/strategies with patients who are overweight or

obese?

o Always or almost always

o Frequently

o Sometimes, depending on how receptive I think they’ll be

o Almost Never

o Never

FOR THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS, PLEASE INDICATE WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE

Please circle one number for each statement.

1= strongly disagree

2= disagree

3 = not sure

4= agree

5= strongly agree

1. Lesbians and bisexual women may avoid healthcare because they don’t trust the practitioner to be culturally competent.	1 2 3 4 5
2. Overweight and obese women often delay or avoid healthcare if they feel their health care provider holds a bias against women who are large.	1 2 3 4 5
3. Most lesbian/bisexual women would appreciate intake forms that ask patients if they are heterosexual/lesbian/bisexual/transgender.	1 2 3 4 5
4. I don’t believe I should ask my patients about their sexual Identity.	1 2 3 4 5
5. Lesbian and bisexual women are more likely than other women to overuse alcohol.	1 2 3 4 5
6. Most overweight/obese patients are not motivated to achieve a healthy weight.	1 2 3 4 5
7. Physicians/nurses should always instruct their overweight/obese patients to lose weight.	1 2 3 4 5
8. Asking if a patient is motivated to lose weight is an important component to helping a patient to lose weight in order to improve her health.	1 2 3 4 5
9. Patients who are advised by their physician how to modify their behavior to lose weight are more likely to lose weight than those who do not get this advice.	1 2 3 4 5
10. Setting long-term goals is helpful in encouraging a patient to lose weight.	1 2 3 4 5

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