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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the LGBTQ+ Population: A Systematic Review

Infectious Disease Reports, 2021
The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately impacted lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) people. Despite developing safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, LGBTQ+ communities still faces challenges due to inequitable ...
Ishan Garg, Hamza Hanif, Nismat Javed, Ramsha Abbas, Samir Mirza, Muhammad Ali Javaid, Suman Pal, Rahul Shekhar, Abu Baker Sheikh   +8 more
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Psychiatric Emergency Visits of Autistic Adults With or Without Documented Borderline Personality Disorder

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are each associated with increased psychiatric emergency department (PsyED) use, yet the service impact of coexisting autism–BPD remains unclear. We conducted a retrospective chart review of 1027 PsyED visits by 345 autistic adults (2018–2020) at an urban Canadian psychiatric hospital to compare
Ching‐Hua Julie Lee, Louisa Lok Yee Man, Alexandra Morra, Carleigh Pace‐Tonna, Chantelle Castelino, Valerie Courchesne, Margot Frayne, Vanessa Luk, Paria Baharikhoob, Patrick Jachyra, Juveria Zaheer, Stephanie H. Ameis, Hsiang‐Yuan Lin, Amanda Sawyer, Yona Lunsky, Meng‐Chuan Lai   +15 more
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Sexuality in older adults: Clinical and psychosocial dilemmas

Journal of Geriatric Mental Health, 2016
The present review aims to throw some light on the various aspects of sexuality in older adults and the challenges faced by medical professionals working in this area.
Isha Dhingra, Avinash De Sousa, Sushma Sonavane   +2 more
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‘When joy comes your way, you have to grab it!’ Troubling how queer joy features in the lives of LGBT+ school‐attending youth in South Africa

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, the concept ‘queer joy’ has gained interest in LGBT+ scholarship in the West. I use this scholarship as an entry point to explore how school‐attending LGBT+ youth express joy and how joy serves as a form of resistance against gender and sexuality norms in educational settings.
Dennis Francis
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Evidence of interventions for improving healthcare access for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in South Africa: A scoping review

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2019
Background: The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations have unique health risks including an increased risk of mental health problems, high usage of recreational drugs and alcohol, and high rates of infection with human ...
Zamasomi P. Luvuno, Gugu Mchunu, Busisiwe Ncama, Hlolisile Ngidi, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson   +4 more
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Stigmatization of men who have sex with men in health care settings in East Africa is based more on perceived gender role-inappropriate mannerisms than having sex with men

Global Health Action, 2020
Background: Healthcare Workers may stigmatize and discriminate against Men who have Sex with Men in East Africa. Objective: To understand the predictors of abuse and discrimination of sexual minority men in healthcare settings by Healthcare workers in ...
Michael W. Ross, John Kashiha, Lucy R. Mgopa   +2 more
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Admissibility of Prior Sexual History Evidence: Examining Its Impact on Mock‐Jurors’ Judgments When Gender and Race Are Considered

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rape shield laws restrict the admission of prior sexual history evidence (PSHE) in sexual assault trials in various countries, including Canada and the U.S. Despite such laws, admission of PSHE is often at the discretion of a trial judge. The current study examined the effect of PSHE (present, absent), victim and defendant gender (male, female)
Bailey M. Fraser, Emily Pica, Joanna D. Pozzulo   +2 more
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Sexually transmitted diseases in homosexual and bisexual males from a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus negative volunteers (Project Horizonte), Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are very frequent in the whole world. Males who do not use a condom during their sexual relations are at great risk.
L Lignani Jr, EI Oliveira, M Carneiro, M Greco, J Andrade, CM Antunes, DB Greco   +6 more
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Addressing the Negative Impact of Social Media on Body Image: An Online Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Previous research has revealed negative effects of appearance‐related social media content, such as fitspiration, on body satisfaction. However, specific interventions to reduce these detrimental effects are scarce. Therefore, this randomized controlled pilot trial investigated the efficacy of the four‐week online intervention body ...
Gritt Ladwig, Kristine Schönhals, Hannah L. Quittkat, Fanny Alexandra Dietel, Silja Vocks   +4 more
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Improving alcohol and mental health treatment for lesbian, bisexual and queer women: Identity matters

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018
Objective: Lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women experience substantial unmet alcohol and mental health treatment needs. This paper explores the way in which sexual identity shapes experience, and needs, in relation to alcohol and mental health ...
Amy Pennay, Ruth McNair, Tonda L. Hughes, William Leonard, Rhonda Brown, Dan I. Lubman   +5 more
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