LGBT Health Inequalities.

Intro -- LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANS HEALTH INEQUALITIES -- Contents -- List of tables, figures and photographs -- Tables -- Figures -- Photographs -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction: social work's contribution to tackling lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans health inequalities -- The international mandate for social work's role in tackling health inequalities -- Understanding LGBT health inequalities through six conceptual frameworks -- Using Marmot's six policy objectives to examine how social work can address LGBT health inequalities -- Implications for social work education and research -- Conclusion -- The structure of the rest of the book -- 1. Much to be desired: LGBT health inequalities and inequities in Canada -- Introduction -- Structural landscape of public health administration in Canada -- An illness-based HIV/AIDS focus - broader LGBT health issues overshadowed -- Critical implications for social work -- Limits of equality, aspirations for equity, desire for liberation -- Conclusion -- 2. Between public neglect and private needs: conceptualising approaches to LGBT issues in Italian social work -- The social and political background -- LGBT issues in Italian social work -- Conceptualising approaches to LGBT issues in Italian social work -- 3. Queering the pitch: a need for mainstreaming LGBTQ issues in professional social work education and practice in India -- Social work education in India and engagement with queer issues -- Outlining LGBTQ movements in India -- Vulnerability and structural violence against LGBTQ people - impact on health and social wellbeing -- Conclusion -- 4. Life in the Pink Dragon's Den: mental health services and social inclusion for LGBT people in Wales -- Introduction -- The landscape of equality and mental health social care in Wales -- The study.

The multiple dimensions of inequality in sexual orientation and mental health -- Study participants' access to mental health service provision -- Perceptions of the extent and benefits of service provision -- Issues of bilingualism and rurality facing LGB people in Wales -- 'Coming out': factors that can promote resilience -- Where to next? -- 5. Coming into view? The experiences of LGBT young people in the care system in Northern Ireland -- Vignette -- Introduction -- Needs, rights and expectations -- LGBT young people in care and leaving care -- Attending to the wider context -- Recognising minority stress -- Promoting resilience -- Conclusion -- 6. Social services for LGBT young people in the United States: are we there yet? -- Vignette -- Introduction -- Homeless and runaway young people -- Child welfare -- The school system -- Mental health -- Conclusion -- 7. Unique experiences and needs of LGBT older people: one community in rural California responds -- Vignette -- Introduction -- Origin and composition of the collaborative -- The important role of a collaborative -- The intersection of being old and LGBT -- Provider training to improve services to LGBT older people -- Conclusion and the importance of immediate action -- 8. Good practice in health and social care provision for LGBT older people in the UK -- Vignette -- Introduction -- Context -- Implications for social work practice -- Conclusion -- 9. A theoretical model for intervening in complex sexual behaviours: sexual desires, pleasures and passion - La Pasión - of Spanish-speaking gay men in Canada -- Vignette -- Introduction -- Health inequalities -- Latino gay men and HIV -- Approaching the study of sexualities -- theoretical frameworks -- Sexual health dilemmas and La Pasión -- Intervening in sexual behaviours and practices -- The new model: intervening in safe-sex practices.

Chicos Net: an HIV intervention -- Conclusions and social work implications -- 10. Research and policy about end of life care for LGBT people in the UK -- Vignette -- Introduction -- Research background -- LGBT experiences and concerns towards end of life -- Conclusion -- 11. LGBT asylum seekers and health inequalities in the UK -- Vignette -- Introduction -- Background -- Social work and asylum -- LGBT asylum seekers -- Human rights and health inequalities -- What does this mean for practice? -- Conclusion -- 12. Pedagogy for unpacking heterosexist and cisgender bias in social work education in the United States -- Introduction -- Pedagogy for self-reflective learning -- Case vignette -- Conclusion -- 13. Maximising research outcomes for trans children and their families in Canada: using social action and other participatory methods of inquiry -- Introduction -- Gender-creative children, trans youth and their families: experiences of health inequalities -- Researching the social worlds of gender-creative children: participatory and emancipatory led approaches to inquiry -- Researching the family and the social environment in which gender-creative children grow -- A National Workshop on Gender Creative Kids and Gendercreativekids.ca -- Conclusion -- 14. Mental health inequalities among LGBT older people in the United States: curricula developments -- Introduction -- Sexual orientation, gender identity and mental health outcomes -- Social determinants of health and social exclusion -- Best practices for LGBT older adults and mental healthcare -- LGBT diversity training in the social work curriculum: the mandate for inclusion -- Conclusion -- 15. Strategies for maximising participation from LGB people in internet surveying in the United States -- Introduction -- Conceptual and definitional issues -- Tailored design method with LGB people.

Sampling frame -- Challenges of international sampling -- Encouraging participation from diverse quarters -- Ethical review boards -- Limitations of the study -- Conclusion -- 16. Gay and bisexual men raped by men: an invisible group in social work in Sweden -- Introduction: the phenomenon of male rape -- Introducing the concept of 'rape' -- Still invisible and without words -- 17. Queering social work methods in health disparities and health promotion in the United States -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework for LGBT health and social care -- Research problem -- Practice aimed at making a difference in LGBT people's health and social outcomes -- Implications for the field -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- LGBT health inequalities - looking back -- Looking forward to the future: implications for practice, education and research -- Strengths and limitations of this book -- Looking forward -- Index.

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