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Health support directed at lesbian, gay and bisexuals : sociodemographic context and education

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dc.contributor.authorCunha, Madalena
dc.contributor.authorTaveira, André
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, David
dc.contributor.authorEsteves, Gonçalo
dc.contributor.authorSoares, José
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Tiago
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-09T13:31:58Z
dc.date.available2017-03-09T13:31:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Promoting the dignity of people and equality of access to care are two fundamental pillars of good healthcare practice. Thus, producing evidence on educating and investigating competencies and practices aimed at lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) clients and their determinants constitute synergetic strategies which are necessary to ensure excellent health care for this particular group. Objective: To analyse the effects of the socio-demographic conditions and training in the care competence and practices carried out by health professionals for lesbian, gay and bisexual clients. Methodology: Descriptive study carried out on a sample of 119 Portuguese health professionals, the majority of whom are female with an average age of 37.90 years. Instruments:Sexual Orientation Counselor Competency Scale Citation (Bidell,2005) Correlates of Homophobia and Gay Affirmative Practice in Rural Practitioners (Crisp,2002), adapted by Pereira & Cunha (2014). Results: Health professionals with an age 􀄰 31years and with specific training in psychological intervention were shown to have greater affirmative competence. 47.1% were shown to be competent professionals, 26.9% being highly competent and 26% incompetent. The health professionals with the highest competence were also the ones with the best health practices (66.7%). Conclusion: The results show the existence of a significant association between the socio-demographic variables and healthcare practices. They also show that the health professionals with the least competence also used inadequate healthcare practices for LGB clients. Training in affirmative competencies should provide for ethically guided therapeutic interventions which are culturally accessible and socially inclusive and thus ensuring the effectiveness of health systems.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCunha, M., Taveira, A., Ribeiro, D., Esteves, G., Soares, J., & Carvalho, T. (2017). Health support directed at lesbian, gay and bisexuals: Sociodemographic context and education. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 237(2017), 261–267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2017.02.073pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2017.02.073pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1877-0428
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4473
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relationFCT, IPV, Ci&DETSpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042817300733pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectLesbianspt_PT
dc.subjectGays and bisexualspt_PT
dc.subjectHealth professionalspt_PT
dc.subjectHealth carept_PT
dc.titleHealth support directed at lesbian, gay and bisexuals : sociodemographic context and educationpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage267pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue237pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage261pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleProcedia Social and Behavioral Sciencespt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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