Do LGBT Aging Trainings Effectuate Positive Change in Mainstream Elder Service Providers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3615000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristen E Porter (University of Massachusetts), Lisa Krinsky (The LGBT Aging Project, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 197-216 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2013.835618 |
| PMID | 24313259 |
| OpenAlex | W1798186882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 20 |
This study aims to provide empirical evidence regarding whether attitudes, beliefs, and intentions of elder-service providers can be positively affected as a result of attending cultural competency training on the unique challenges of sexual and gender minorities. Stigmatization throughout the lifespan may have a causal influence on barriers to care, social isolation, and concomitant health disparities. Data were collected for this study at 4 Massachusetts training events to pilot a cultural competency workshop on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) aging for mainstream elder service providers. This quasi-experimental study included the analysis of pre- and posttest surveys completed by the service-provider attendees (N = 76). The analytic strategy included descriptive statistics, paired t tests, chi-square analyses, and repeated measures analyses of variance. Findings revealed statistically significant improvement in numerous aspects of providers' knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions subsequent to the training sessions. These included (p = .000) awareness of LGBT resources, policy disparities, spousal benefits for same-sex couples, and the intention to challenge homophobic remarks. This study concludes that mainstream elder-service provider training on LGBT aging issues results in positive change. Recommendations include long-term follow up of participants, the inception of agency-level surveys to appraise institutional culture change, and increased curriculum on transgender older adults
Curriculum · Lesbian · Mainstream · Pedagogy · Political science · Service (business · Service provider · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Transgender · Clinical Psychology · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology · Gerontology
Psychometric properties and cultural adaptation of the Polish Version of the Gay Affirmative Practice Scale
Culturally Competent Clinical Care for Older Sexual Minority Adults
Sensitivity Toward Gender and Sexually Diverse Populations
Les enjeux de santé mentale chez les aînés gais et lesbiennes
Demand for Space
Queer und Alter(n) – zum Forschungsstand
Die soziokulturelle Lebensqualität von Schwulen und Lesben im Alter
Staff perceptions of barriers that lesbian, gay and bisexual residents face in long-term care settings
What Reduces Sexual Minority Stress? A Review of the Intervention “Toolkit”
Hidden grief is complicated
LGBT-specific housing in the USA
That would have been beneficial’
Transgender Competence in Social Work with Older Adults in Sweden
Learning to deliver LGBT+ aged care
Older LGBT+ health inequalities in the UK
Intimate networks of care
Impact of an LGBTQ Cultural Competence Training Program for Providers on Knowledge, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Intensions
Disclosing a LGB Sexual Identity When Living in an Elderly Long-Term Care Facility
Lifetime Prevalence and Sociodemographic Correlates of Multifactorial Discrimination Among Middle-Aged and Older Adult Men Who Have Sex with Men
Defining Culturally Competent Practice with Sexual Minorities
Lesbian and Gay Elders and Long-Term Care
Older Gays and Lesbians
Long-Term Care and Hospice
The Open Door Project Task Force
Sexual and Gender Minority Health
The Gay Affirmative Practice Scale (GAP)
Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations
Gay and Lesbian Perceptions of Discrimination in Retirement Care Facilities
Staff Perceptions of Same-Gender Sexual Contacts in Long-Term Care Facilities
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Elders
Conceptualizing Stigma
| Citations per year | 1.58 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |