1. Researching LGB health and social policy: methodological issues and future directions.
- Author
-
Lewis, Nathaniel and Lewis, Nathaniel M
- Subjects
- *
HEALTH of LGBTQ+ people , *SOCIAL policy , *HOMOSEXUALITY & society , *HOMOPHOBIA , *SEXUAL minority youth , *PSYCHOLOGY , *MENTAL health , *FORECASTING , *HEALTH status indicators , *MEDICAL care research , *STATISTICS , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Researchers interested in sexual minority health are beginning to examine contextual and environmental determinants of health such as neighbourhoods, health services, and social policies. Efforts to catalogue and systematise policies relating to the health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are therefore central in uncovering more comprehensive determinants of LGB health. This commentary identifies the links between social policy and LGB health, some methodological concerns of spatial analyses in this research area, and some future research directions. In particular, there is a need to integrate both migration and life course into understandings of the relationships between LGB health and jurisdictional policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2017
- Full Text
- View/download PDF