Health Promotion and LGBTQ Communities

  1. In addition to biological and genetic effects, LGBTQ2-S individuals face added struggles that can cause negative health outcomes
  1. Although Canada is considered to be a more liberal nation, it continues to marginalize LGBTQ2-S individuals
  1. To move towards equity, practitioners need to practice more reflexivity and assess their own biases.
  1. In order to better accomplish Canada's public health goals, the needs of gender and sexually diverse populations must be considered
  1. Critical hope is an effective approach to take, especially when dealing with marginalized populations

5b. Perhaps LGBTQ appropriate/focused training would be beneficial

5c. Reflection allows an individual to continually improve the quality of care they provide

5a. By not acknowledging/being aware of their own biases, health care providers can cause irreversible harm

1b. Barriers to access health care also lead to poor health outcomes

1c. Social exclusion and stigma are faced by many LGBTQ individuals, negatively impacting their health

1a. There are significantly higher rates of depression, anxiety, and emotional stress

4b. Not only do these practices still exist, but they are common (~10%)

4c. More strict legislation is needed to accomplish equitable health care

4a. Practices such as conversion therapy and denying gender-affirming care are still occurring

3b. Must be conducted in an anti-oppressive, empowering, and intersectional manner

3c. Increased policy changes will make achieving equity more possible

3a. In order to address alarmingly high rates of homophobia, governments need to fund porgmaming to combat this & educate people

2b. Fostering optimism is often neglected but is essential, especially for BIPOC or other marginalized groups

2c. In the case of HIV, this method was used to encourage hope and self-acceptance, through art-based programming

2a. It serves as a transformative approach