Innovative Approaches to Studying Unequal Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Health Burdens on Diverse Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
3 - (Sym 118) Creating a Culture of Health for LGBTQ+ Women and Non-binary Californians: The LGBTQ+ Health Disparities Project
Sunday, November 20, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST
Location: Edison/Booth, 5th Floor
Keywords: LGBTQ+, Stigma, Mental Health Disparities Recommended Readings: Mattocks, K. M., Kauth, M. R., Sandfort, T., Matza, A. R., Sullivan, J. C., & Shipherd, J. C. (2014). Understanding health-care needs of sexual and gender minority veterans: how targeted research and policy can improve health. LGBT health, 1(1), 50-57. LeBlanc, A. J., & Frost, D. M. (2020). Couple-level minority stress and mental health among people in same-sex relationships: Extending minority stress theory. Society and Mental Health, 10(3), 276-290. Bishop, M. D., Fish, J. N., Hammack, P. L., & Russell, S. T. (2020). Sexual identity development milestones in three generations of sexual minority people: A national probability sample. Developmental psychology, 56(11), 2177.
University of California, Santa Barbara Long Beach, California
This presentation reviews the Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Health Equity Initiative, a $17,000,000 investment to address health disparities among LBTQ women and non-binary Californians. The presenter is the lead strategy evaluator of the project, providing research and technical support to community partners across four key strategies: (1) health access demonstration pilot projects, (2) health service provider capacity building projects, (3) community education and (4) outreach grant recipients. The presentation will cover community advocacy to bring about the initiative, the key elements of empowerment evaluation - a tool to work in collaboration with community stakeholders, and preliminary data describing key challenges and successes of the initiative.
