Access to Healthcare and Unmet Needs in the Canadian Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual Population
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3624448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick M Hickey (0009-0006-3282-2625, Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada), Lisa A Best (0000-0002-4596-9814, Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, corresponding author), D Speed (0000-0001-7033-2068, Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 3276-3294 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-05 |
| 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 | 10.1080/00918369.2023.2287034 |
| PMID | 38019536 |
| OpenAlex | W4389134477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
Individuals who identify as a sexual minority, including those who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB), face barriers to healthcare as well as increased discrimination, stigmatization, and negative experiences during healthcare use. Further, few healthcare providers have education and training focused on the specific healthcare needs of individuals who are part of a sexual minority group. Given the limited research on Canadian healthcare access for sexual minorities, our purpose was to use data (n > 2,800) from the 2015-16 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) to investigate the perceptions of healthcare access for LGB and non-LGB Canadians. Although non-LGB and LGB participants reported comparable access to a regular care provider and were equally likely to have consulted with a general practitioner in the past 12 months, LGB respondents were more likely to have seen a specialist and reported more unmet health needs. Although we expected the linear effects of both race and sex to vary by LGB status, this effect only occurred in one model. Current results have implications for addressing health inequalities for sexual minorities, including poorer health outcomes and greater discrimination
Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Health equity · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Political science · Population · Public health · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |