Title |
Gender, sexuality and the discursive representation of access and equity in health services literature: implications for LGBT communities
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Published in |
International Journal for Equity in Health, September 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-9276-10-40 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Andrea E Daley, Judith A MacDonnell |
Abstract |
This article considers how health services access and equity documents represent the problem of access to health services and what the effects of that representation might be for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. We conducted a critical discourse analysis on selected access and equity documents using a gender-based diversity framework as determined by two objectives: 1) to identify dominant and counter discourses in health services access and equity literature; and 2) to develop understanding of how particular discourses impact the inclusion, or not, of LGBT communities in health services access and equity frameworks.The analysis was conducted in response to public health and clinical research that has documented barriers to health services access for LGBT communities including institutionalized heterosexism, biphobia, and transphobia, invisibility and lack of health provider knowledge and comfort. The analysis was also conducted as the first step of exploring LGBT access issues in home care services for LGBT populations in Ontario, Canada. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 4 | 67% |
Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 7 | 117% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 3 | 2% |
United States | 3 | 2% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 182 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 33 | 17% |
Student > Bachelor | 25 | 13% |
Researcher | 22 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 21 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 11% |
Other | 34 | 18% |
Unknown | 34 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Social Sciences | 51 | 27% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 17% |
Psychology | 20 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 10% |
Arts and Humanities | 7 | 4% |
Other | 22 | 12% |
Unknown | 38 | 20% |