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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexuality and nationality: homophobic discourse and the 'national threat' in contemporary Latvia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper considers why attitudes towards gays and lesbians in Latvia appear to be more intolerant than in all other EU member states. The paper argues that while the legacy of communist discourses on homosexuality and the impact of post-communist ...
Mole, R.C.M.
core   +1 more source

Anti-homosexual legislation and HIV-related stigma in African nations: what has been the role of PEPFAR?

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2017
Background: Gay men and other men who have sex with men are disproportionately burdened by HIV infection. Laws that penalize same-sex intercourse contribute to a cycle of stigma, homonegativity and discrimination.
Amy Hagopian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlates of Attitudes Toward Homosexuality and Intention to Care for Homosexual People Among Psychiatric Nurses in Southern Taiwan

open access: yesKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2006
This study examined the association between attitudes toward homosexual individuals and intention to provide care and demographic and occupational factors, sexual orientation, knowledge about homosexuality, and experiences of contact with homosexual ...
Shu-Ying Hou   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical students and interns’ knowledge about and attitude towards homosexuality

open access: yesJournal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2015
Background and Rationale: Medical professionals′ attitude towards homosexuals affects health care offered to such patients with a different sexual orientation.
Girish H. Banwari   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

‘I had a lump in my stomach’: Swedish gay and lesbian students' experiences of their time in school [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objectives: Gay and lesbian youth can experience ignorance and a lack of acknowledgement surrounding their sexual orientation during their time in school.
Hammarlund, Kina   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Pentecostalism, Media and the Politics of Homosexuality in Contemporary Ghana

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Gender and Religion (AJGR), 2019
This article focuses on the role of religion, specifically Pentecostal Christianity, and the media in shaping the public debate on homo-sexuality.
Francis Benyah
doaj   +1 more source

L’homosexualité comme construction sociale : sur le tournant constructionniste et ses prémices

open access: yesGenre, Sexualité et Société, 2011
The French translation of English texts on homosexuality is growing but still incomplete. This article introduces the texts that have been collected and translated in this special issue and traces through them the emergence of sociological research on ...
Christophe Broqua
doaj   +1 more source

An online survey of education, knowledge and attitude toward homosexuality in adults

open access: yesIndian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2020
Background: People across cultures have negative stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination toward homosexuality for many years. The concept is changing, and recently in India, the Supreme Court has decriminalized homosexuality and recognized it as ...
T Siva Ilango   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study of Attitude Toward Homosexuality Among the Health Professionals

open access: yesJournal of Psychosexual Health
Background: Despite the level of awareness of homosexuality is in the increasing trend, health professionals lack a positive attitude toward homosexuality.
Vishal K. Patel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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