Antidiscrimination Laws as Essential Tools for Achieving LGBTQ+ Health Equity.

JAMA

Department of Health Policy and Management and Center for Law and the Public's Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Published: March 2023

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.0944DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

antidiscrimination laws
4
laws essential
4
essential tools
4
tools achieving
4
achieving lgbtq+
4
lgbtq+ health
4
health equity
4
antidiscrimination
1
essential
1
tools
1

Similar Publications

This sequential mixed-methods study examines how Americans ascribe meanings to the concepts , , and . We first conduct interviews ( = 40) using a symbolic boundaries elicitation approach, gathering examples of scenarios that do and do not "count" as racism, sexism, and classism. We then use these examples as vignettes in a nationally representative survey experiment ( = 2,000).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The present review explored the prevalence and factors of mental health conditions among lesbian, bisexual, and other sexual minority women (LBSW) in Southeast Asia. It found that the rates of significant depression and depressive symptoms range from 10% to 93.2%, with a median of 27.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Chronic Work Discrimination, Allostatic Load, and HbA1c in Older Workers.

Gerontologist

October 2024

Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.

Background And Objective: Work discrimination is an important public health problem with consequences for health. This study examined the effect of chronic work discrimination on 4-year changes in HbA1c, as a reflection of glucose control and type 2 diabetes risk in older workers and assessed whether allostatic load (AL) affected the strength of this association.

Research Design And Methods: We used Health and Retirement Study data (2010-2016, n = 3,246).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • In the 1960s, major laws like the Equal Pay and Civil Rights Acts aimed to combat employment discrimination against women, but early assessments found little change in the gender wage gap.
  • Researchers re-examined this narrative using data showing that federal legislation actually resulted in significant wage increases for women, particularly among those earning below the median wage.
  • While women's wages improved, companies responded by slowing down the hiring and promotion of women, indicating that the improvements came with complicated long-term consequences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!