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ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Social Change | Sociology | Family Care | Public Health and Health Services | Health And Community Services | Religion and Society | Health Promotion | Family And Household Studies | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Gender and Sexualities | Families | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) not elsewhere classified | Religion and Society | Health education and promotion | Health status (e.g. indicators of “well-being”) | Health Inequalities | Expanding Knowledge in Technology
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People living with HIV who inject or have injected non‐prescription drugs: Evidence of substantial differences in health inequalities and experiences of clinical care
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-05-2023
DOI: 10.1111/DAR.13681
Abstract: This study investigates differences in health and well‐being associated with current, past or no injecting drug use (IDU) among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Australia, identifying key health care considerations between injecting experiences. Data were extracted from the HIV Futures 9 study a survey of PLHIV conducted in 2018–2019. Chi‐square and analysis of variance analyses compared clinical and treatment characteristics, major physical and mental comorbidities, sexually transmitted infection diagnoses, and quality of life for those who reported current (last 12 months), past (12+ months ago) or no IDU. Current IDU ( n = 106) was associated with higher rates of sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnoses, higher frequency of self‐reported antiretroviral therapy non‐adherence due to drug use and greater social quality of life than past ( n = 126) or no IDU ( n = 508 total N = 740). Past and current IDUs were associated with more mental illness diagnoses and self‐reported concern about drug use. Past IDU was associated with more physical comorbidities, lower satisfaction with clinical care and greater difficulty in affording health care than current or no IDU. Past and current IDUs are associated with unique health concerns. However, past IDU appears to be related to greater dissatisfaction in navigating health care than in iduals with current IDU experience. Higher social connection and the types of services being accessed by in iduals who currently inject may play a role in shaping service satisfaction. Peer‐based interventions to help support in iduals in accessing services that are affirming of their needs is an ongoing priority.
Triumphs and challenges in recruiting same‐sex parent families
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2014
Family resilience in families where a parent has a mental illness
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 29-01-2016
Abstract: This study explores the concept of family resilience where a parent has a mental illness. Eleven Australian adults who have grown up in a household with a parent who had a diagnosed mental illness participated in an in-depth interview. The interviews focused on the ways in which these families responded to challenges in everyday life, particularly related to parental mental illness. Families developed resilience through processes such as shared humour or regular family rituals and routines. In some cases, open communication about mental illness enabled families to better cope when parents were unwell and to build a greater sense of family connectedness. However, data suggest that parental mental illness potentially creates stress and confusion for families and there are multiple social and cultural barriers that make it difficult for families to acknowledge and speak openly about mental illness. For participants, resilience tended to be about maintaining a balance between stress/distress and optimism and strength within their family. The article highlights the importance of family context when describing resilience, and identifies specific clinical implications for working with families affected by parental mental illness.
Anxiety about HIV criminalisation among people living with HIV in Australia.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-06-2022
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1936443
Abstract: Many countries, including Australia, have laws that enable criminal prosecution of an in idual based on reckless or intentional transmission of HIV to another person. Previous research has suggested that criminalisation of HIV may serve to h er public health efforts by inhibiting HIV status disclosure or testing. Limited research to date has sought to examine the broader impact of criminalisation on the health and wellbeing of people living with HIV, which this paper aims to address. Drawing on cross-sectional data from 895 people living with HIV in Australia, this paper describes associations between standard measures of mental health and resilience with a newly devised scale measuring anxiety about HIV criminalisation. Findings suggest that laws criminalising HIV transmission have a broadly negative impact on wellbeing of people living with HIV, a situation that is exacerbated for gay and bisexual men, and other people living with HIV who may face intersecting forms of marginalisation based on race, gender or class. There is little justification for these laws being applied in Australia and the findings add weight to advocacy seeking to overturn criminalisation across the world.
A critical discourse analysis of sexuality education in the Australian curriculum
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-12-2019
Comparing knowledge and perceived risk related to the human papilloma virus among Australian women of diverse sexual orientations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2009
DOI: 10.1111/J.1753-6405.2009.00345.X
Abstract: The study compared levels of awareness of human papilloma virus (HPV) as a sexually transmissible infection (STI) between women of different sexual orientations. It also examined self-reported risk factors for HPV infection, perceived level of personal risk, and willingness to have the HPV vaccine. Recruitment occurred through community s ling and data was collected using a self-completion questionnaire. A convenience s le of 349 women completed the questionnaire in early 2007, 309 were sexually active 47.6% had lifetime sexual partners of both genders, 26.9% had only male partners, and 25.5% had only female partners. Women with partners of both genders were more likely to have ever had a pap test but were also more likely to report an abnormal result (OR 3.19) than women with only male partners. Only 68% of the s le had heard of HPV and women with partners of both genders were significantly more likely to be aware than women with only male partners (OR 2.56). Forty-four per cent did not know how HPV was transmitted and less than half correctly identified HPV-associated clinical problems, with no differences according to gender of partners. The majority of women had risk factors for HPV, however, few felt personally at risk. The very low personal risk perception for HPV, particularly among women who have female and male sexual partners, suggests the need for targeted education for this group regarding HPV transmission and prevention. Health promotion regarding HPV should be broadened to specifically include information about HPV as an STI between women.
Health literacy, financial insecurity and health outcomes among people living with HIV in Australia
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-11-2022
Abstract: It is well documented that lower socio-economic status is associated with poorer health outcomes, while health literacy is considered important for improving health. What is less clear, is the extent to which greater health literacy can improve health outcomes among people for whom poverty or financial insecurity are important barriers to health. The paper presents findings from an Australian survey of people living with HIV (PLHIV) (N = 835) in which we explored the relationship between financial insecurity and health outcomes, looking at the extent to which health literacy mediates this relationship. The study drew on a comprehensive definition of health literacy, measuring participant’s confidence to communicate with healthcare providers, navigate the health system and take an active stance in relation to their health. Findings showed that financial insecurity was associated with lower health literacy and poorer self-reported physical and mental health. Health literacy mediated 16.2% of the effect of financial insecurity on physical health scores and 16.6% of the effect of financial insecurity on mental health scores. This suggests that programmes which seek to build health literacy among PLHIV may improve health outcomes among PLHIV who are struggling financially. Health literacy programmes are likely to be effective if they build confidence and resourcefulness among people to engage with health information, decision-making and care.
Better understanding of the scope and nature of LGBTQA+ religious conversion practices will support recovery.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 13-03-2022
DOI: 10.5694/MJA2.51441
The significance and expectations of HIV cure research among people living with HIV in Australia
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 04-03-2020
Parent-reported measures of child health and wellbeing in same-sex parent families: a cross-sectional survey
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-06-2014
Trends in the location of the HIV-positive population in Australia: Implications for access to healthcare services and delivery
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.1071/SH09063
Abstract: Background: Examining existing and potential trends in the HIV-positive population in Australia is important for current and future healthcare service development and delivery. Methods: A new analysis of existing data on this population from the HIV Futures 5 survey was based on linking a geographic breakdown of respondents based on ‘area type’ – capital city or inner suburban, outer suburban, regional centre and rural – with patterns of healthcare service access. In addition, the distance between the postcode of the respondent’s residence and the postcode of the doctor seen for HIV-related treatment was calculated. An analysis of ‘area type’ by income and age was also conducted. Results: The ‘area type’ analysis showed important differences in patterns of access to antiretroviral prescriptions and choice of provider for HIV-related and general healthcare. The median distance travelled to see a doctor for HIV-related treatment was higher for those living in outer suburbs than those living in regional centres. Discussion: Differences in service use appear to be related to geographic accessibility of different service types. However, there may be other important social, economic and cultural factors involved. Ageing and socio-economic pressures may be influencing a move away from inner suburban areas where most HIV-specific care is located. This new analysis assists in finding the right balance between increasing the accessibility of HIV-specific services and ‘mainstreaming’. Longitudinal data collection would further assist in tracking trends in geographic location, and how often and at what intervals people living with HIV utilise healthcare services.
Organising work and home in same-sex parented families: Findings from the work love play study
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-2010
Mis-education of Australian Youth: exposure to LGBTQA+ conversion ideology and practises
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-10-2022
Supporting LGBTQA+ peoples’ recovery from sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-06-2022
What makes a same‐sex parented family?
Publisher: AMPCo
Date: 20-05-2013
DOI: 10.5694/MJA12.11234
Imagining parenthood: the possibilities and experiences of parenthood among transgender people
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-06-2015
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1042919
Abstract: This paper reports on a qualitative study exploring the ways in which transgender adults imagine a place for parenthood in their lives, and/or the ways they have negotiated parenthood with their transgender identity. A total of 13 transgender adults (including parents and non-parents) were interviewed with respect to their thoughts and experiences about family, relationships and parenting. The study sought to understand the possibilities for parenthood that transgender people create, despite barriers imposed by restrictive laws, medical practices and cultural attitudes. Interview data showed how normative assumptions about gender and parenthood shape the way people imagined and desired parenthood. It also showed how participants re-appropriated and resisted normative cultural scripts by either re-imagining parenthood in different terms (such as step-parenthood) or by creating different family forms, such as co-parented families. Participants reported a variety of experiences with healthcare providers when it came to conversations about fertility preservation and family building.
Family matters: transgender and gender diverse peoples’ experience with family when they transition
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-09-2017
ACHESS – The Australian study of child health in same-sex families: background research, design and methodology
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-08-2012
Psychological Wellbeing among Same-sex Attracted and Heterosexual Parents: Role of Connectedness to Family and Friendship Networks
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2015
DOI: 10.1002/ANZF.1109
The family and romantic relationships of trans and gender diverse Australians: an exploratory survey
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-01-2015
Demographic predictors of experiences of homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender-diverse and queer-identifying (LGBTIQ) young people in Australia
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-09-2023
Alcohol and tobacco consumption among Australian sexual minority women: Patterns of use and service engagement
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.DRUGPO.2021.103516
Abstract: Sexual minority women consume both alcohol and tobacco at higher rates than heterosexual women. However, various sociodemographic and cultural factors associated with these practices among sexual minority women in Australia are not well understood, nor are the factors associated with seeking alcohol-related support. This study utilised data from cisgender sexual minority women respondents of Private Lives 3: a national, online, cross-sectional survey of the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ adults in Australia aged 18+ conducted in 2019. Multivariable analyses were performed to identify co-existing smoking and alcohol use, sociodemographic factors associated with smoking, alcohol consumption and seeking alcohol-related support. Of 2,647 sexual minority women respondents, 16.90% were currently smoking tobacco, 7.67% smoking tobacco daily and 60.50% reported potentially risky patterns of alcohol consumption. Tobacco and potentially risky alcohol consumption were found to frequently co-occur. Women who identified as queer were more likely than lesbian identifying women to currently smoke tobacco and to smoke tobacco daily. Tobacco consumption was associated with increased age, unemployment, low-mid range income and secondary-school education, while potential risky drinking was associated with living in outer urban or rural areas and being Australian born . Self-reporting having struggled with alcohol in the past twelve months was associated with residential location. Less than 3% of the s le has sought help for alcohol use. Seeking support was more likely as women aged, and with potentially risky drinking, and much more likely with self-perceived struggles with alcohol. The findings highlight the need for future alcohol and tobacco use health promotion strategies focussing on sexual minority women to attend to within group differences that relate to risk of higher consumption. They also highlight the need for approaches that empower sexual minority women to self-identify when they are struggling with alcohol use and encourage seeking support with organisations that are affirming of sexual minority women.
Making publics in a pandemic: Posthuman relationalities, ‘viral' intimacies and COVID-19
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-08-2021
‘I don’t think my torso is anything to write home about’: men’s reflexive production of ‘authentic’ photos for online dating platforms
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-01-2022
Ageing with HIV: Health and psychosocial well-being of older gay men
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 16-07-2010
DOI: 10.1080/09540121003668086
Abstract: Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are living longer, into older age, and therefore presenting a host of new challenges for health and social service providers. However, not all PLWHA are likely to experience similar transitions into older age. In particular, research has yet to fully investigate the health and psychosocial well-being of older HIV-positive gay men. Drawing from an Australian population-based s le of 693 HIV-positive gay men, the present study assesses the overall health and well-being of this older group compared to their younger counterparts. While older men reported greater comorbidity and were more likely to be living in poverty, other health and well-being indicators suggest this group to be coping comparatively well as they continue to age with HIV. These findings provide new directions for meeting the present and future needs and challenges of older HIV-positive gay men.
Traversing TechSex: benefits and risks in digitally mediated sex and relationships
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 03-03-2022
DOI: 10.1071/SH21220
Abstract: Background Digital technologies play a significant role in people’s sexual and intimate lives via smart phones, cameras, dating apps and social media. Although there is a large body of research on the potential risks posed by these technologies, research on benefits and pleasures is limited. Methods This study explored digital sexual practices, including perceptions of risks and benefits among a s le of Australian adults (n = 445). Data were collected in 2020 via an online survey. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were undertaken to identify significant relationships between demographic variables and the use of technologies in relation to perceived risks and benefits. The mean age of participants was 42 years, over half were women (58.5%) and identified as heterosexual (61.1%). Results Findings reveal that use of digital media was common in participants’ sex lives and relationships 60.3% of participants had viewed pornography online, 34.9% had used dating apps, and 33.9% had sent sexual or naked self-images to another person. Over one in three reported positive outcomes from this: 38.2% felt emotionally connected to their partners due to online communication 38.0% agreed that digital technologies facilitated closer connections however, the majority of participants were aware of potential risks associated with online sexual engagement, particularly non-consensual exposure of their sexual or naked images, with women expressing greater concern. Conclusions Policy, legal and educational responses should be based on holistic understanding of digital sexual engagement, acknowledging the ways in which technologies can support sexual relationships while also building people’s knowledge and capacity to manage risks.
Eradicating hepatitis C: The need for a public health response
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-06-2017
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2017.1342851
Abstract: Hepatitis C is a global public health issue affecting 150-170 million people worldwide, and over 227,000 Australians with an increasing morbidity resulting from the infection. The Australian Government funded access through the national health scheme to Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) medication for all people with hepatitis C, regardless of disease staging or mode of transmission to eradicate hepatitis C in Australia. The availability of these drugs not only alters the end result of hepatitis C treatment from that of sustained viral response to cure, but necessitates a refocusing of the public health response to hepatitis C. This project, conducted prior to this funding announcement, interviewed key stakeholders in Australia to investigate the potential impact of DAAs on in iduals with hepatitis C and their public health implications. The findings include that while DAAs are revolutionary, there remains essential barriers to their uptake including stigma and discrimination, and a lack of attention to the systematic implementation of the cure.
Stigma, gay men and biomedical prevention: The challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing HIV prevention landscape
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1071/SH16052
Abstract: Improvements in biomedical technologies, combined with changing social attitudes to sexual minorities, provide new opportunities for HIV prevention among gay and other men who have sex with men (GMSM). The potential of these new biomedical technologies (biotechnologies) to reduce HIV transmission and the impact of HIV among GMSM will depend, in part, on the degree to which they challenge prejudicial attitudes, practices and stigma directed against gay men and people living with HIV (PLHIV). At the structural level, stigma regarding gay men and HIV can influence the scale-up of new biotechnologies and negatively affect GMSM’s access to and use of these technologies. At the personal level, stigma can affect in idual gay men’s sense of value and confidence as they negotiate serodiscordant relationships or access services. This paper argues that maximising the benefits of new biomedical technologies depends on reducing stigma directed at sexual minorities and people living with HIV and promoting positive social changes towards and within GMSM communities. HIV research, policy and programs will need to invest in: (1) responding to structural and institutional stigma (2) health promotion and health services that recognise and work to address the impact of stigma on GMSM’s incorporation of new HIV prevention biotechnologies (3) enhanced mobilisation and participation of GMSM and PLHIV in new approaches to HIV prevention and (4) expanded approaches to research and evaluation in stigma reduction and its relationship with HIV prevention. The HIV response must become bolder in resourcing, designing and evaluating programs that interact with and influence stigma at multiple levels, including structural-level stigma.
Perceptions of HIV cure research among people living with HIV in Australia
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 24-08-2018
Building healthcare workers' confidence to work with same-sex parented families
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 03-03-2016
Abstract: This article reports on a qualitative study of barriers and access to healthcare for same-sex attracted parents and their children. Focus groups were held with same-sex attracted parents to explore their experiences with healthcare providers and identify barriers and facilitators to access. Parents reported experiencing uncomfortable or anxiety-provoking encounters with healthcare workers who struggled to adopt inclusive or appropriate language to engage their family. Parents valued healthcare workers who were able to be open and honest and comfortably ask questions about their relationships and family. A separate set of focus groups were held with mainstream healthcare workers to identity their experiences and concerns about delivering equitable and quality care for same-sex parented families. Healthcare workers reported lacking confidence to actively engage with same-sex attracted parents and their children. This lack of confidence related to workers' unfamiliarity with same-sex parents, or lesbian, gay and bisexual culture, and limited opportunities to gain information or training in this area. Workers were seeking training and resources that offered information about appropriate language and terminology as well as concrete strategies for engaging with same-sex parented families. For instance, workers suggested they would find it useful to have a set of 'door opening' questions they could utilize to ask clients about their sexuality, relationship status or family make-up. This article outlines a set of guidelines for healthcare providers for working with same-sex parented families which was a key outcome of this study.
A perfect storm of intervention? Lesbian and cisgender queer women conceiving through Australian fertility clinics
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-08-2020
Sex on screens: the language of sexting and amateur pornography
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-09-2023
Use of antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV in Australia between 1997 and 2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-06-2017
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1198751
Abstract: Current international targets aim for 90% of people diagnosed with HIV to be on antiretroviral treatment (ART). This paper aims to identify sociodemographic and attitudinal factors associated with ART non-use over time in three s les of Australian people living with HIV (PLHIV). Data for this paper were derived from an Australian cross-sectional survey of PLHIV that was repeated at three different time points: 1997, 2003, and 2012. There were approximately 1000 respondents to each survey (n = 3042 in total). The survey included approximately 250 items related broadly to health and well-being, ART use, and attitudes towards ART use. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used. While the proportion of participants using ART increased between 1997 and 2012 (78.8-87.6%, p < .001), there was a decrease between 1997 and 2003 to 70.6% (p < .001). Factors linked to ART non-use remained steady over those 15 years. In all cohorts, people less likely to be using ART were younger and had a more recent diagnosis of HIV. In 2003 and 2012, people in full-time employment were less likely to be using ART, while those whose main source of income was a pension or social security were more likely to be using ART. Multivariate models showed that, at each time point, a belief in the health benefits of delayed ART uptake was associated with non-use. These findings suggest that there may be barriers to ART uptake that have persisted over time despite changes to clinical guidelines that now encourage early uptake.
Non-prescription drug use among HIV positive gay and bisexual men in Australia: A latent class analysis and comparison of health and well-being
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.DRUGPO.2021.103526
Abstract: Establishing typologies of drug use among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men (GBMSM) who are living with HIV, as well as differences in health outcomes between them, is important in addressing health inequalities within this population. We sought to determine how use of non-prescription drugs is clustered for these in iduals and to establish differences in their broader health and well-being, including STI diagnosis, mental health, and physical health. We examined past-year drug use reported by 747 GBMSM in Australia as part of the HIV Futures 8 survey, a large cross-sectional survey of people living with HIV. We tested between two and five latent class models of specific drug use and conducted cross-class comparisons of past-year STI diagnosis and self-reported mental and physical health. We identified four distinct drug use typologies: 'chemsex-related use', 'minimal use', 'analgesic and sedative use', and ' erse use'. The 'chemsex use' and ' erse use' classes had a markedly higher likelihood of STI diagnosis relative to the other two classes, while the 'analgesic and sedative use' class reported markedly poorer physical and mental health scores than the other classes. While GBMSM living with HIV in Australia have higher rates of drug use compared to other GBMSM, and the general population, our analysis indicates that patterns of drug use are not uniform within this group. Specific patterns of drug use are related to distinct health inequalities, and this should be accounted for when addressing the needs of men who use drugs differently.
Absent sexual scripts: Lesbian and bisexual women's knowledge, attitudes and action regarding safer sex and sexual health information
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2009
DOI: 10.1080/13691050802541674
Abstract: Despite recent evidence demonstrating that lesbian and bisexual women are at risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is a common perception that STIs cannot be transmitted between women. This paper reports on a study in which a self-report questionnaire, completed by over 300 lesbian and bisexual women and a comparison group of heterosexual women, was undertaken to determine lesbian and bisexual women's levels of knowledge about the human papillomavirus (HPV) and their attitudes toward the HPV vaccine and cervical smear testing. Alongside this, a series of in-depth interviews with lesbian and bisexual women explored how they perceive their level of HPV risk, the reasons why they do or do not feel at risk and how they manage their sexual health in relation to their lesbian or bisexual identity. The study concludes that lesbians generally feel at low risk for STIs because they are excluded from dominant sexual scripts that inform the negotiation of safer sex practice. Lesbians are unlikely to engage with sexual health promotion targeted toward gay men or heterosexual women, yet lesbian-specific sexual health promotion does not adequately construct an alternate discourse on safer sex that lesbians can relate to their own sexual practice.
The health perspectives of A ustralian adolescents from same‐sex parent families: a mixed methods study
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 31-07-2014
DOI: 10.1111/CCH.12180
Abstract: Research involving adolescents from same-sex parent families provides an important contribution to the evidence base on their health, well-being and the impact of stigma. To date reports on the perspectives of adolescents with same-sex attracted parents have been limited. This study aimed to describe the multidimensional experiences of physical, mental and social well-being of adolescents living in this context. A mixed methods study of adolescents with same-sex attracted parents comprising of an adolescent-report survey of 10- to 17-year-olds and family interviews with adolescents and their parents. Data were collected in 2012 and 2013 as part of the Australian Study of Child Health in Same-Sex Families. The findings from qualitative interviews with seven adolescents and responses to an open-ended survey question (n = 16) suggest four themes: perceptions of normality, positive concepts of health, spheres of life (including family, friends and community) and avoiding negativity. The quantitative s le of adolescents with same-sex attracted parents (n = 35) reported higher scores than population normative data on the dimensions general health and family activities within the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) as well as higher on the peer problems scale on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Perceived stigma correlates with lower health and well-being overall. Positive health outcomes are informed by the ways adolescents conceptualize health and how they construct their spheres of life. Peer relationships, and community perspectives of same-sex families, inform perceived stigma and its correlation with poorer health and well-being. Although adolescents see their families as essentially normal they are negatively affected by external societal stigma.
Gay men's experiences of surrogacy clinics in India
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 28-10-2014
DOI: 10.1136/JFPRHC-2013-100671
Abstract: While growing numbers of Australian gay men are entering into 'offshore' surrogacy arrangements in order to become parents, little empirical research has been conducted with this population. This article reports on a qualitative analysis of interviews with 12 gay men who had entered into surrogacy arrangements in India. The findings outline both positive and negative experiences in terms of support pre-conception, during the birth and post-birth. Changes to legislation in India mean that gay men can no longer access surrogacy services there, but it is important to understand the experiences of men who had previously accessed those services. The article concludes by highlighting aspects of the data that demonstrate the particular experiences of gay men who undertake offshore surrogacy arrangements, especially with regard to their need for support and involvement in all aspects of the process. A more thoroughly developed network of care may help to facilitate such support and this may further increase the positive outcomes reported by gay men who form families through surrogacy arrangements.
Conceptualising the continuum of female genital fashioning practices
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2020
Parenting and Australian trans and gender diverse people: An exploratory survey
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-04-2016
Social connectedness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents living in metropolitan and regional and rural areas of Australia and New Zealand
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-08-2014
DOI: 10.1002/JCOP.21658
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