Westwood, Sue orcid.org/0000-0003-3875-9584, Willis, Paul, Fish, Julie et al. (8 more authors) (2020) Older LGBT+ health inequalities in the UK:setting a research agenda. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. pp. 1-4. ISSN 1470-2738
Abstract
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans+ (LGBT+) people report poorer health than the general population and worse experiences of healthcare particularly cancer, palliative/end-of-life, dementia and mental health provision. This is attributable to: (a) social inequalities, including 'minority stress'; (b) associated health-risk behaviours (eg, smoking, excessive drug/alcohol use, obesity); (c) loneliness and isolation, affecting physical/mental health and mortality; (d) anticipated/experienced discrimination and (e) inadequate understandings of needs among healthcare providers. Older LGBT+ people are particularly affected, due to the effects of both cumulative disadvantage and ageing. There is a need for greater and more robust research data to support growing international and national government initiatives aimed at addressing these health inequalities. We identify seven key research strategies: (1) Production of large data sets; (2) Comparative data collection; (3) Addressing diversity and intersectionality among LGBT+ older people; (4) Investigation of healthcare services' capacity to deliver LGBT+ affirmative healthcare and associated education and training needs; (5) Identification of effective health promotion and/or treatment interventions for older LGBT+ people, and subgroups within this umbrella category; (6) Development of an (older) LGBT+ health equity model; (7) Utilisation of social justice concepts to ensure meaningful, change-orientated data production which will inform and support government policy, health promotion and healthcare interventions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2020 11:20 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 16:19 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-213068 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1136/jech-2019-213068 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155534 |
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