Sickness, “sin” and discrimination: Examining a challenge for UK mental health nursing practice with lesbian, gay and bisexual people

Pedagogical principles and methods underpinning education of health and social care practitioners on experiences and needs of older LGBT+ people: Findings from a systematic review

“…Although some of the care needs may be similar for all ageing populations, there is a growing awareness in many societies of the specific issues faced by older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse (LGBT+) people. Some of the identified issues include: social isolation (Fokkema & Kuyper, 2009;Fredriksen-Goldsen et al 2013), stigma and discrimination (Adelman, 1991) and higher risk of negative mental health outcomes (Carr & Pezzella, 2017).…”

LGBT+ Training Needs for Health and Social Care Professionals: A Cross-cultural Comparison Among Seven European Countries

“…Moreover, there are numerous challenges that health and social care professionals must address and overcome in order to achieve more inclusive and supportive environments, such as overcoming ignorance and fear, lack of confidence; negative religious beliefs, cultural and personal views; the lack of a learning culture that values diversity, and so on (Carr & Pezzella, 2017;Davy et al, 2015;Davy & Siriwardena, 2012;Hässler et al, 2020).…”

“…Evidence shows there is a need to ensure that health and social care professionals (i.e. teachers/trainers/workers, for theory and practice, in health and social care settings) are capable to deliver care and support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, and those who otherwise identify as a minority in terms of sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBT+; Carr & Pezzella, 2017;Higgins et al, 2019;Youatt et al, 2017). However, issues with professional conduct and discrimination against LGBT+ people in health and social care continue to exist in most European countries (ILGA, 2020;Sherriff et al, 2019).…”

“…Moreover, there are numerous challenges that health and social care professionals must address and overcome in order to achieve more inclusive and supportive environments, such as overcoming ignorance and fear, lack of confidence; negative religious beliefs, cultural and personal views; the lack of a learning culture that values diversity, and so on (Carr & Pezzella, 2017;Davy et al, 2015;Davy & Siriwardena, 2012;Hässler et al, 2020). Research suggests that specific training on LGBT+ issues may result in better knowledge and skills of the health and social care workforce, which reduces the heteronormative and cisgendered (when a person's sense of personal identity and gender corresponds with their birth sex) communication between providers and LGBT+ people, as well as diminishing the feelings of stigma and homophobic and/or transphobic discrimination experienced by LGBT+ people (Higgins et al, 2019;Sekoni et al, 2017).…”

Religious‐based negative attitudes towards LGBTQ people among healthcare, social care and social work students and professionals: A review of the international literature

“…In 2019/20, the ‘top ten’ non‐UK nationalities of the UK care workforce were from Romania, Poland, Nigeria, the Philippines, India, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Portugal, Italy and Jamaica (Skills for Care, 2020). Migrant workers from these countries can experience a profound culture clash when working in more liberal UK health, care and social work contexts (Carr, 2008; Carr & Pezzella, 2017; Hafford‐Letchfield et al., 2018; Westwood, 2022; Willis et al., 2018), while at the same time also experiencing racialised prejudice and discrimination themselves (Allan, 2021; Allan & Westwood, 2016; Ranci et al., 2021; Stevens et al., 2012).…”