Contemporary Perspectives on LGBTQ Psychology and Health
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 2842
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sexual orientation and health; gender identity and health; leading and managing systematic reviews and health technology assessments; systematic reviews in complex interventions, diagnostics, prognosis, causality and health service delivery; health technology assessments incorporating a variety of systematic reviews with economic evaluations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organising a Special Issue titled “Contemporary Perspectives on LGBTQ Psychology and Health” in the MDPI journal, Behavioural Sciences.
Improving psychological and physical health, wellbeing, and healthcare experiences for sexual and gender minority people around the world is an important objective, as people from these groups often suffer from multiple disadvantages due to intersectional issues. By sexual and gender minority people, we refer to (and include) lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, MSM, WSW, MSWM, WSMW, trans, non-binary, intersex, queer or other non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender people of all ages and ethnicities. Improving health and wellbeing is an important objective for all who aspire to reducing health inequities (i.e., inequalities that are considered preventable). As such, it is important to not only understand the various factors that contribute to both the mental and physical health/wellbeing of sexual and gender minority populations but also the mediators and moderators of these relationships. Given this focus, this Special Issue welcomes original and relevant contributions to this area of research. We are particularly interested in areas where little research has been previously published and will consider primary qualitative or quantitative research, secondary data analysis and systematic reviews. The following listed keywords suggest some of the many varied possibilities.
Prof. Dr. Catherine Meads
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sexual orientation
- gender identity
- LGBTQ+
- asexuality
- intersex
- intersectionality issues
- wellbeing
- physical health
- mental health
- behaviours and risks
- social determinants
- health behaviour and health seeking
- quality of life
- economic evaluation
- resilience
- empowerment
- social justice
- self-efficacy
- lived experience
- health knowledge, attitudes and practice
- health literacy
- human and civil rights
- health improvement
- social inclusion and sense of community
- social and community participation
- mediators and moderators of health and wellbeing
- education of health and social care professionals
