Dorri Armin A, Loza Oralia, Bond Mark A, Ciszek Erica, Elias-Curry Yona, Aguilar Sheridan, Fliedner Paul, Norwood Aliza, Stone Amy L, Cooper M Brett, Schick Vanessa, Wilkerson J Michael, Wermuth Paige P, Yockey Robert A, Schnarrs Phillip
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.
J Homosex. 2024 Aug 23;71(10):2424-2448. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2241597. Epub 2023 Aug 8.
Marginalized communities have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, including both racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority populations. To date, there has been little research examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at the intersections of marginalized identities. Furthermore, available national data on COVID-19 outcomes may obscure our understanding of region-specific outcomes, particularly in the U.S. South. Using an intersectional approach, we explore differences in worries over COVID-19, preventative behaviors, and COVID-19 outcomes in the early months of the pandemic in a diverse sample of LGBTQ people ( = 1076) living in Texas. Our findings indicated that LGBTQ Latinx people in Texas reported more COVID-19 related worries and adverse outcomes than non-Latinx LGBTQ people. These findings are in line with previous research that found that the increased risk to Latinx and LGBTQ populations in public health crises is often overlooked and can be attributed to many factors such as socioeconomic status, occupational propensity, disparities in physical health, and barriers to healthcare access. Furthermore, our findings suggest the necessity of utilizing an intersectional approach when examining the disproportionate burden marginalized communities face in public health crises.
边缘化社区受新冠疫情的影响尤为严重，其中包括少数族裔和性少数群体。迄今为止，很少有研究探讨新冠疫情对边缘化身份交叉群体的影响。此外，现有的全国新冠疫情数据可能会掩盖我们对特定地区疫情结果的理解，尤其是在美国南部地区。我们采用交叉性研究方法，对居住在得克萨斯州的1076名 LGBTQ 群体进行了多样化抽样，探究在疫情初期几个月里，他们对新冠疫情的担忧、预防行为以及感染新冠的结果方面存在的差异。我们的研究结果表明，得克萨斯州的 LGBTQ 拉丁裔群体比非拉丁裔 LGBTQ 群体报告了更多与新冠疫情相关的担忧和不良后果。这些发现与之前的研究一致，即拉丁裔和 LGBTQ 群体在公共卫生危机中面临的风险增加往往被忽视，这可能归因于许多因素，如社会经济地位、职业倾向、身体健康差异以及获得医疗保健的障碍。此外，我们的研究结果表明，在研究边缘化社区在公共卫生危机中面临的不成比例负担时，采用交叉性研究方法是必要的。
