Multi-Theoretical Perspective Applicable to Immigrant and Sexual Minority Populations

2017 ◽  
pp. 140-156
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Minority Populations

The Health of Racial and Ethnic Minority Gender and Sexual Minority Populations

LGBT Health ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob C. Warren ◽  
K. Bryant Smalley ◽  
K. Nikki Barefoot
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Populations ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minority

scholarly journals Discrimination, Mental Health, and Substance Use Disorders Among Sexual Minority Populations

LGBT Health ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Hyun Lee ◽  
Kristi E. Gamarel ◽  
Kendall J. Bryant ◽  
Nickolas D. Zaller ◽  
Don Operario
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Populations

scholarly journals Toward Global Comparability of Sexual Orientation Data in Official Statistics: A Conceptual Framework of Sexual Orientation for Health Data Collection in New Zealand’s Official Statistics System

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Pega ◽  
Alistair Gray ◽  
Jaimie F. Veale ◽  
Diane Binson ◽  
Randell L. Sell
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Minority Populations ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
Orientation Data ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Official Data

Objective.Effectively addressing health disparities experienced by sexual minority populations requires high-quality official data on sexual orientation. We developed a conceptual framework of sexual orientation to improve the quality of sexual orientation data in New Zealand’s Official Statistics System.Methods.We reviewed conceptual and methodological literature, culminating in a draft framework. To improve the framework, we held focus groups and key-informant interviews with sexual minority stakeholders and producers and consumers of official statistics. An advisory board of experts provided additional guidance.Results.The framework proposes working definitions of the sexual orientation topic and measurement concepts, describes dimensions of the measurement concepts, discusses variables framing the measurement concepts, and outlines conceptual grey areas.Conclusion.The framework proposes standard definitions and concepts for the collection of official sexual orientation data in New Zealand. It presents a model for producers of official statistics in other countries, who wish to improve the quality of health data on their citizens.

Autonomy as a Source of Conflict: Caucasian Conflicts in Theoretical Perspective

2002 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svante E. Cornell
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
External Support ◽  
Minority Populations ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
Central State ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Separate Identity

The granting of autonomous status to minority populations has gained support among academics and practitioners alike as a way to solve, manage, and even preempt ethnic conflict. In spite of the enthusiasm for ethnofederalism, however, the provision of autonomy to minorities may actually increase rather than decrease the likelihood of conflict. Under certain political conditions, autonomy promotes the separate identity of the minority and increases its motivation and capacity to seek separation from the central state. This article presents a rudimentary theoretical framework identifying which qualities of autonomy solutions increase the likelihood of conflict. It discusses how autonomy relates to other factors conducive to conflict by studying minorities in the South Caucasus and examines the case of Georgia. In Georgia, there were five ethnic minority populations, two of whom—the Abkhaz and the South Ossetians—enjoyed autonomous status and were the only minorities to engage in armed conflict with the Georgian government. This article shows how autonomy, by empowering ethnic elites with control of statelike institutions and by enhancing factors such as leadership, economic viability, and external support, played a crucial role in the escalation of the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Conversely, the absence of autonomy mitigated separatist and secessionist sentiments among two of Georgia's other minority groups—Javakheti's Armenian and Kvemo Kartli's Azeri populations.

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