170. Reducing Health Disparities and Risks for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: A Coaching Model for Successful Implementation of School-Based Interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. S86-S87
Author(s):  
Daniel Shattuck ◽  
Sonnie Williams ◽  
Janie Lee Hall ◽  
Mary Ramos ◽  
Amy Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Coaching Model ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
School Based ◽  
School Based Interventions ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Recruitment of Schools for Intervention Research to Reduce Health Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Shattuck ◽  
Janie Lee Hall ◽  
Amy Green ◽  
Cynthia Greenberg ◽  
Linda Peñaloza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Intervention Research ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
School Based ◽  
Facilitating Factors ◽  
School Based Interventions ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
Community Environments ◽  
And Gender

Recruiting schools for intervention research can be daunting. This study examined the experiences of researchers recruiting public high schools for a randomized controlled trial to reduce suicide disparities for sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth by implementing evidence-based strategies to enhance school environments. We enrolled 42 schools throughout New Mexico between August 2016 and April 2017. Based on qualitative analysis of recruitment efforts, three groups of factors affected enrollment: (1) non-SGM-specific factors, (2) SGM-specific factors, and (3) facilitating factors. Non-SGM-specific factors negatively impacted the willingness or ability to participate (e.g., demanding staff workloads and beliefs that “outsiders” should not assist with school-based interventions). Notable SGM-specific factors centered on influences in socially conservative community environments and beliefs that schools lacked SGM students. Advocacy, leveraging relationships, and persistence were facilitating factors for overcoming recruitment obstacles. Our findings have implications for researchers and school nurses interested in school-based interventions, especially those focused on SGM youth.

“Words Aren’t Supposed to Hurt, But They Do”: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth’s Bullying Experiences

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052097819
Author(s):  
Emmett R. Henderson ◽  
Jordan M. Sang ◽  
William Louth-Marquez ◽  
James E. Egan ◽  
Dorothy Espelage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Violence ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) are more likely to experience bullying and violence compared to the youth who do not identify as SGMY, leading to increased risk of poor mental and physical health outcomes, and poor academic performance. Few studies explore the entire range of bullying experienced by sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY). The purpose of this study was to qualitatively describe the ways in which SGMY experience bullying victimization. We conducted semi-structured interviews with a diverse sample of 20 SGMY aged 14–18 years (median age 16 years) recruited from online social media. The sample included 10 participants who identified as cisgender girls, 4 who identified as cisgender boys, 2 who identified as transgender, and 4 who identified as another gender identity. Ten participants identified as bisexual, six identified as lesbian, and four identified as gay. Findings indicated six common experiences of bullying among the participants: (a) verbal harassment; (b) gender policing; (c) physical violence; (d) sexual harassment; (e) treated as sexual perpetrators and deviants; and (f) and social exclusion. SGMY described how bullying victimization ranged from overt to concealed attitudes and behaviors, and they articulated how several forms of bullying are likely not experienced by heterosexual and cisgender youth. These results support findings from prior qualitative studies and suggest that efforts to address school-based bullying may benefit from a more complete awareness of the range of bullying victimization experienced by SGMY. Development of multi-item scales of bullying that reflect the six common experiences of bullying presented in this study would allow researchers to quantitatively explore the range of bullying behaviors experienced by SGMY, and would aid in the conceptualization and successful implementation of anti-bullying interventions.

scholarly journals Prevalence and clinical indices of risk for sexual and gender minority youth in an adolescent inpatient sample

2020 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra H. Bettis ◽  
Elizabeth C. Thompson ◽  
Taylor A. Burke ◽  
Jacqueline Nesi ◽  
Anastacia Y. Kudinova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minority Youth ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Adolescent Inpatient ◽  
Clinical Indices ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

Promoting the Sexual Self-efficacy of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth through a Group Intervention

Groupwork ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-57
Author(s):  
Shelley L Craig ◽  
Wook Yang ◽  
Ashley Austin
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

The current study examined the efficacy of an affirmative group cognitive behavioral intervention on the sexual self-efficacy level of sexual and gender minority youths (SGMY). SGMY (n=30) between the age of 15 and 18 participated in a series of eight cognitive behavioral-focused groups. They also completed measures on sexual self-efficacy before and after the intervention. Paired sample t-test was chosen as method of analysis. The results indicated a statistically significant increase in protection sexual self-efficacy but not in abstinence sexual self-efficacy post intervention.The current study concluded that affirmative groups that utilize cognitive behavioral therapy show promise for SGMY. Group content and process is detailed, and key components of groups designed to improve the sexual health of SGMY are discussed.

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