Sexual orientation and gender identity as determinants of health and illness

An Intersectional Analysis of Gender-Specific Barriers to Adolescent Health Literacy in South Africa

“…Cultural norms intersect with gender and race, influencing health beliefs and practices (Müller, 2016). Young people from different racial backgrounds might approach health differently due to cultural factors, affecting their health literacy needs (Kolundzija & Marcus, 2019).…”

Health care access by transgender persons in South Africa: gender-based discrimination, human rights violations, and the role of the African human rights system

“…Taking that into account, the objective is to help expand the literature on LGBT health and LGBT rights by contextualizing the challenges that transgender persons have when trying to access health care in South Africa, framing the issue in the language of human rights. The issue of access to health care by LGBTQIA persons in South Africa has been thoroughly discussed before by Müller (2016; and Meer and Müller (2017) (amongst others) in terms of health policy and "queer health needs".…”

“…Previous works on the transgender population and health care in South Africa have discussed the issue of accessibility before, as well as service mapping and the quality of care (e.g., LUVUNO et al, 2019;SPENCER et al, 2017;WILSON et al, 2014), but did not necessarily incorporate a human rights-based approach, except from the comprehensive works of Müller (2016; and some other sparse contributions. Therefore, this article is an effort to contribute to the literature on transgender persons' access to health care in South Africa, from a human rights viewpoint.…”

Queer and using substances, a ‘double whammy’: results from a needs assessment of substance use treatment professionals in South Africa

“…South African surveillance data do not account for sexual orientations, but the small amount of data on queer gendered people suggest very low enrolment in treatment . Low enrolment can imply the presence of access barriers and although the reasons for low enrolment can vary (Myers et al, 2010;Pretorius et al, 2009), healthcare practitioners are cited as a particular point of friction for queer healthcare users (Jacobs, 2019;Müller, 2016;Scandurra et al, 2019), due to a combination of discrimination and inadequate training.…”