Healthcare professionals’ assumptions as barriers to LGBTI healthcare

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ID15098136
AutoresNick Mcglynn (0000-0003-3540-549X, University of Brighton, autor de correspondencia), K Browne (0000-0002-5816-226X, National University of Ireland, Maynooth), Nigel Sherriff (0000-0001-5657-5047, University of Brighton), Laetitia Zeeman (0000-0001-7094-4304, University of Brighton), Massimo Mirandola (0000-0002-2342-5867, University of Verona), Lorenzo Gios (0000-0003-2981-0851, University of Verona), Ruth Davis (0000-0003-4728-8366, University of Verona), Ruth Joanna Davis (0000-0001-9364-6983, University of Verona), Valeria Donisi (0000-0001-8283-5260, University of Verona), Francesco Farinella (University of Verona), Magdalena Rosińska (0000-0002-6256-7809, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego PZH – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy), Marta Niedźwiedzka-Stadnik (0000-0003-0522-4727, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego PZH – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy), Anne Pierson (EuroHealthNet), Nuno Pinto (0000-0003-4955-1543, International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal), Katrin Hugendubel (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) Europe, Brussels, Belgium)
Año2020
Volumen22
Número8
Páginas954-970
Fecha de publicación2020-08-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2019.1643499
PMID31429675
OpenAlexW2959191618
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas34

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people experience significant healthcare inequalities and barriers to healthcare services. Contextualised within six Member States of the European Union (EU), this paper discusses efforts to identify and explore the nature of barriers to healthcare as part of Health4LGBTI, a 2-year pilot project funded by the EU. Data were generated through focus groups and interviews with LGBTI people and healthcare professionals and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings reveal that barriers to healthcare are underpinned by two related assumptions held by healthcare professionals: first, the assumption that patients are heterosexual, cisgender and non-intersex by default; second, the assumption that LGBTI people do not experience significant problems (and therefore that their experience is mostly irrelevant to healthcare). On the other hand, it is notable that responding healthcare professionals were broadly 'LGBTI-friendly'. Thus, we argue that efforts to improve LGBTI healthcare should not be limited to engaging with healthcare professionals with negative views of LGBTI people. Rather, such efforts should also tackle these assumptions amongst LGBTI-friendly healthcare professionals

Health care · Health professionals · Political science · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies