The Relationship between Sexual Minority Verbal Harassment And Utilization of Health Services: Results from Countywide Risk Assessment Survey (CRAS) 2004.
Laura Hoyt D'AnnaHannah-Hanh D NguyenGrace L ReynoldsDennis G FisherMichael JansonCristy ChenC Kevin MalottePublished in: Journal of gay & lesbian social services (2012)
We examined the prevalence of and associations between sexual orientation-based verbal harassment and reported utilization of health services across levels of sexual orientation in a diverse sample of adult recipients of Los Angeles County-funded HIV-related health and social services. Thirty-two percent reported they had experienced verbal harassment, the majority (80.3%) of whom identified as lesbian, gay, orbisexual. Those who reported being verbally harassed received significantly more services overall than those who were not verbally harassed, and service utilization varied by sexual orientation. These findings inform future efforts to identify and assess social discrimination in health and social service settings.
Keyphrases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- mental health
- healthcare
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- working memory
- hiv infected
- risk assessment
- hiv testing
- public health
- primary care
- men who have sex with men
- risk factors
- human health
- cross sectional
- social media
- quality improvement
- health information
- kidney transplantation
- health insurance