智利的基于性取向的健康差异
Laura Nettuno1, Samuel Mann2, Gilbert Gonzales3
1Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America.
PloS one
|January 25, 2024
概括
智利的性少数群体报告说,他们的健康状况较差,医疗保健使用率更高. 性少数民族男性也显示私人医疗保险获得的机会增加,突显了拉丁美洲的差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 性取向研究性取向研究
背景情况:
- 关于发展中国家性少数群体健康的数据有限.
- 以前的研究主要来自欧洲和北美,突出了健康差异.
- 了解这些差异对于全球健康公平至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查智利性少数群体的健康差异.
- 分析自我评估健康,保险覆盖和医疗保健利用的差异.
- 提供关于拉丁美洲基于性取向的健康不平等的数据.
主要方法:
- 使用智利社会经济特征调查 (CASEN) 数据.
- 分析了自我评估健康,保险和医疗保健使用的全国代表性数据.
- 性少数群体和异性恋个体之间的健康结果比较.
主要成果:
- 性少数群体的个人报告说,自我评估的健康状况更差.
- 在性少数群体中观察到更高的医疗保健利用率.
- 与异性恋男性相比,性少数群体男性更容易获得私人医疗保险.
结论:
- 智利存在基于性取向的重大健康差异.
- 调查结果强调在拉丁美洲需要有针对性的干预措施.
- 这项研究为减少性少数群体的健康不平等提供了重要的数据.
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