性少数群体中的无家可归 青年
Cameron Deal1, Gilbert Gonzales1,2
1Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, and.
Pediatrics
|November 20, 2023
概括
性少数群体的年轻人比异性恋年轻人更频繁地经历无家可归. 国家一级接受性多样性与减少无家可归有关,这突显了公共卫生干预措施的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 青年研究 青年研究
背景情况:
- 无家可归是影响弱势群体的关键问题,包括性少数群体青年.
- 了解无家可归的性少数群体青年所面临的独特挑战,对于有针对性的干预是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 确定性少数群体和异性恋青年中无家可归的流行程度和类型.
- 调查国家级政策,公众态度和性少数群体青年无家可归之间的关联.
- 为了检查与同龄人相比,无家可归的性少数群体青年之间的健康风险行为.
主要方法:
- 来自21个州的2017年和2019年青年风险行为调查的二次数据分析.
- 包括来自大量性少数群体 (n=28,405) 和异性恋 (n=136,232) 高中学生的自我报告数据.
- 分层的双变量和多变量分析,以评估无家可归,环境因素和健康风险.
主要成果:
- 性少数群体的年轻人报告无家可归率明显高 (12%) 比异性恋年轻人 (4.1%).
- 越来越多的州级接受性多样性与两个群体的无家可归率下降相关.
- 无家可归的性少数群体年轻人表现出各种健康风险行为更为普遍.
结论:
- 性少数民族的高中生面临着不成比例地更高的无家可归风险.
- 支持性多样性的公众态度和政策与性少数群体无家可归率较低有关.
- 进一步的研究和公共卫生倡议对于解决和预防青年无家可归问题至关重要,特别是在性少数群体中.
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