Lewis Nathaniel M
Geography & Environment, University of Southampton, 2508 Shackleton Building, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
J Public Health Policy. 2017 Feb;38(1):80-87. doi: 10.1057/s41271-016-0039-7.
Researchers interested in sexual minority health are beginning to examine contextual and environmental determinants of health such as neighbourhoods, health services, and social policies. Efforts to catalogue and systematise policies relating to the health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are therefore central in uncovering more comprehensive determinants of LGB health. This commentary identifies the links between social policy and LGB health, some methodological concerns of spatial analyses in this research area, and some future research directions. In particular, there is a need to integrate both migration and life course into understandings of the relationships between LGB health and jurisdictional policies.
关注性少数群体健康的研究人员开始审视邻里环境、医疗服务和社会政策等健康的背景及环境决定因素。因此，对与女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋（LGB）个体健康相关政策进行编目和系统化的努力，对于揭示LGB健康更全面的决定因素至关重要。本评论确定了社会政策与LGB健康之间的联系、该研究领域空间分析的一些方法学问题以及一些未来的研究方向。特别是，有必要将移民和生命历程纳入对LGB健康与管辖政策之间关系的理解之中。
