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An Intersectional Analysis Of Lgbtq+ Healthcare In The United States, Nicole Niles
An Intersectional Analysis Of Lgbtq+ Healthcare In The United States, Nicole Niles
Senior Honors Projects
LGBTQ+ healthcare has made some significant progress in the last few decades, yet countless studies have shown that the American healthcare system still lags behind in equitable healthcare. My project sought to identify the issues that prevent the LGBTQ+ community from receiving quality healthcare, which involved the curation of over twenty academic journal articles for an annotated bibliography, along with a paper discussing these articles.
One of the most important concepts to gender studies is intersectionality. Coined by legal theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, intersectionality describes the concept of how one’s individual characteristics, including race, class, and gender, intersect and …
Social Justice Attitudes And Health: A Cross Sectional Study, Edward Donovan
Social Justice Attitudes And Health: A Cross Sectional Study, Edward Donovan
Senior Honors Projects
Background: Increasingly, social justice is being considered as a key factor associated with health outcome. In addition, there is growing interest in exploring perception of discrimination in healthcare settings. This study explored perceptions of social justice, health care discrimination, health care status and utilization of healthcare resources. The investigators predict a significant association between the level of social justice awareness and healthcare utilization based on the hypothesis that those who are cognizant of social inequities are more likely to be informed self-advocates in healthcare settings.
Methods: First, a survey was created based on a review of existing literature. The …