Sexual health services are relatively rare in Nepal. Female sex workers (FSWs) do not use health services as often as would be desirable. A study was conducted to identify the barriers of access to sexual health services by FSWs in Nepal. A mixed-method approach consisting of a 425 questionnaire-based survey and 15 in-depth interviews was conducted in 2007. One fifth of the FSWs had never visit...

Discrimination against minorities in the work place is a complex phenomenon that has several labor market effects as well as a rich variety of causes. One such cause of discriminatory practices against minority workers is customer-based discrimination. This occurs when prejudice leads individuals to prefer commercial interactions with certain groups of workers over others. Under customer-based ...

Abstract Date Presented 04/21/2023 Sexual and gender minorities with a disability have significantly higher rates of health care discrimination than those without. Understanding such disparities can help OT practitioners promote occupational justice equity. Primary Author Speaker: Kelsey A. Gately Contributing Authors: Allyson Baker, Monique Dawes, Jennifer Swanberg, Samantha Rosenthal

The primary aim of this study was to examine the relationships between depression and anxiety, and ethnic and sexual identity development, and discrimination and harassment (DH) among Black sexual minority men. Additional aims were to determine whether an interaction effect existed between ethnic and sexual identity and whether coping skills level moderated these relationships. Using an observa...

Although biases against homosexuals (and bisexuals) are well established, potential biases against a largely unrecognized sexual minority group, asexuals, has remained uninvestigated. In two studies (university student and community samples) we examined the extent to which those not desiring sexual activity are viewed negatively by heterosexuals. We provide the first empirical evidence of inter...

For decades, men have sexually harassed and sexually assaulted women on college campuses with impunity. Although Title IX was passed in 1972 to provide sex equality in education, that equality still does not exist. In recent years, campus sexual assault has been recognized as a national epidemic and a manifestation of sex inequality. The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR...

Research on HIV among men who have sex with men has focused on individual behavioral and biomedical factors driving transmission risks, but these cannot be fully understood without also understanding the social context within which sexual minorities live. Using data from 703 gay and bisexual men in Atlanta, this study explores the factors associated with homosexual identity formation and disclo...

The present study provides a comparative analysis of sexual-minority and heterosexual emerging adult women's experiences seeking support for sexual issues from parents and friends. Participants included 229 college women (88 sexual-minority women; 141 heterosexual women), ranging from 18 to 25 years of age, who provided written responses to an inquiry about a time they went to friends and paren...

IND Pub * Ithac WA. cally. Mont Oppo and comm Using data from 84 hospitals linked to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination-charge data, we consider how four human resource (HR) structures affect hospitals’ receipt of discrimination charges. HR structures that establish accountability (affirmative action plans, EEO units) are marginally related to charges. Structures that modera...

Abstract Minority stress remains pervasive in various aspects of life among sexual minorities. Driven by the awareness social injustice, some minority individuals may undertake collective action to counteract discrimination, but this does not apply all members The present study used a prospective, longitudinal research design examine how different dimensions (i.e., perceived discrimination and ...