Dustin Z Nowaskie

Biographic Data

ID1253750
NAMEDustin Z Nowaskie
GIVEN NAMESDustin Z
FAMILY NAMENowaskie
SIGNATURENOWASKIE D Z
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Southern California
ORCID0000-0003-1111-8357
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Sociopolitical Drivers of Health Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities within the United States

    Open AccessSamuel D Garrison, Dustin Z NowaskieARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2026

  • Insurance companies’ lack of LGBTQ+ affirmation

    Open AccessDustin Z Nowaskie, Dehandra Blackwood et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2025References: 3

    LGBTQ+ communities continue to face significant healthcare disparities, including stigma and discrimination from health insurers and health insurer workers. Longitudinal dedication to LGBTQ+ education, advocacy, and institutional reform is necessary to dismantle the entrenched discrimination in health insurer environments and create more equitable, supportive environments for all LGBTQ+ people

  • Pervasive systemic disparities

    Open AccessDustin Z Nowaskie, Dehandra Blackwood et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2025Cited by: 2References: 5

    Medical-related gaslighting, trauma, and distrust are pervasive systemic disparities among LGBTQ+ people. Addressing these challenges will require ongoing, lifelong motivation, dedication, and commitment for LGBTQ+ education, advocacy, and leadership to dismantle current prejudiced practices and foster more inclusive, supportive, affirming healthcare environments

  • International Solutions for Continual Gaps in LGBTQ + Education and Exposure

    Open AccessDustin Z Nowaskie, Samuel D GarrisonARTICLEJournal of Community Health2024

  • Healthcare experiences of LGBTQ+ people

    Open AccessDustin Z Nowaskie, Olwen MenezARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2024Cited by: 1References: 3

    These unique LGBTQ+ subgroup differences may be secondary to identity-specific stigma that non-binary people face. More international studies are needed to elucidate these subgroup-specific healthcare experiences across LGBTQ+ identities

  • LGBTQ + health factors and outcomes differences across gender identity

    Dustin Z Nowaskie, Yena Choi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gay & Lesbian Mental…2023

    Introduction: LGBTQ + people are often studied as a uniform population. This study sought to examine health factors and outcomes across cisgender (CG) minorities, transgender (TG) minorities, and nonbinary/genderqueer (NBGQ) minorities.Method: A self-reporting, cross-sectional survey was distributed to a sample of LGBTQ + people in a Midwest state. Binary logistic regressions were analyzed to identify significant minority subgroup differences in …

  • Affirmation of LGBTQ+ healthcare providers

    Anuj U Patel, Dustin Z NowaskieARTICLEJournal of Gay & Lesbian Mental…2023

    Introduction LGBTQ+ patients continue to face high levels of discrimination and disparities in healthcare environments partly due to a lack of accessible affirming healthcare providers. Providers in LGBTQ+ healthcare may have unrecognized gaps in their affirmation due to a lack of continual education and training after achieving a self-determined high standard. It is unclear how an LGBTQ+ training would affect self-reported clinical attributes of…

  • Evaluation of the Three National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority (LGBTQ+)-Competent Provider Directories in the United States

    Dustin Z NowaskieARTICLEJournal of Homosexuality2023References: 15

    Provider directories may serve as a bridge solution until lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) education becomes a requisite within standard medical education. The three national LGBTQ+-competent provider directories in the United States were evaluated. Two directories served the LGBTQ+ community while one served the gender minority community. All enumerated thousands of providers. One allowed …

  • A national survey of U.S. psychiatry residents’ LGBT cultural competency

    Dustin Z NowaskieARTICLEJournal of Gay & Lesbian Mental…2020

    The prevalence of many mental health disorders is substantially higher in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population compared to the cisgender, heterosexual population. While psychiatry residents are in crucial roles as learners and providers, there is a paucity of data regarding U.S. psychiatry residents’ experiences and education with LGBT healthcare. A 29-item self-reporting, anonymous, cross-sectional survey was distributed…

  • Primary Care Providers' Attitudes, Practices, and Knowledge in Treating LGBTQ Communities

    Dustin Z Nowaskie, John S SowinskiARTICLEJournal of Homosexuality2019Cited by: 14References: 21

    Cultural competency in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) health care has been found to be lacking within various medical specialties, but no studies have compared competency among primary care providers. The authors compared 127 primary care providers' cultural competency regarding LGBTQ health using a survey that assessed providers' attitudes, practices, and knowledge. Overall, 78.0% of respondents agreed that they were comf…