Comparing the health information practices of sapphic people by age group and generation.

IF 1.1 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Journal of Lesbian Studies Pub Date : 2024-09-22 DOI:10.1080/10894160.2024.2403877
Vanessa Kitzie
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This qualitative research examines how sapphic people (i.e., umbrella term inclusive of lesbian, bisexual, and pansexual trans femmes, mascs, nonbinary people, and ciswomen) in South Carolina navigate informational barriers within healthcare systems. An information practices lens that examines how sapphic people create, seek, use, and share information to achieve desired healthcare outcomes describes such navigation. The research focuses on how intersectional identities, with a particular emphasis on age and considerations of race/ethnicity, geography, and gender, mediate these practices and their outcomes. The research uses participant data from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 34 sapphic people about their health information practices. Participants varied in age and generational representation from 18 through 64. Data analysis utilized qualitative coding to compare how participants experience and circumnavigate health information barriers across age and generation. Data analysis highlighted age-related and generational barriers and facilitators in health information practices within SC sapphic communities. These barriers, shaped by cultural and community dynamics, affected how participants sought and shared health information. Older participants faced barriers rooted in historical experiences, leading to mistrust of healthcare systems, while younger ones encountered challenges imposed by adults. Despite differences, both groups sought sources aligned with their identities and shared frustrations with changing LGBTQIA + language. Across generations, there was a consistent effort to support younger members through protective and defensive health information practices. Implications of these findings identify strategies for healthcare providers and information professionals to dismantle health and healthcare information barriers experienced by those under the LGBTQIA + umbrella who experience less visibility than white gay men from urban areas-additional implications center on strategies for sapphic communities to engender communal care spanning generations.

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比较不同年龄组和不同世代萨比克人的健康信息实践。
这项定性研究探讨了南卡罗来纳州的变性人(即包括女同性恋者、双性恋者、泛性变性女性、男性变性人、非二元人和顺性女性在内的总称)如何在医疗保健系统中克服信息障碍。该研究从信息实践的角度出发,探讨了变性人如何创造、寻找、使用和分享信息,以实现理想的医疗保健结果。研究的重点是交叉身份(特别强调年龄以及种族/民族、地域和性别因素)如何对这些实践及其结果起到中介作用。研究使用了 34 位萨福克人的半结构式访谈和焦点小组的参与者数据,了解他们的健康信息实践。参与者的年龄和代际代表性从 18 岁到 64 岁不等。数据分析利用定性编码来比较不同年龄和代际的参与者是如何体验和绕过健康信息障碍的。数据分析强调了南卡罗来纳州萨比克社区内与年龄和代际相关的健康信息实践障碍和促进因素。这些障碍是由文化和社区动态形成的,影响着参与者寻求和分享健康信息的方式。年长的参与者面临着源于历史经验的障碍,导致他们对医疗保健系统的不信任,而年轻的参与者则遇到了成年人强加的挑战。尽管存在差异,但这两个群体都在寻求与其身份相符的信息来源,并对不断变化的 LGBTQIA + 语言共同感到沮丧。各代人都一致努力通过保护性和防御性的健康信息做法来支持年轻成员。这些发现为医疗保健提供者和信息专业人员提供了策略,以消除 LGBTQIA + 保护伞下的人所经历的健康和医疗保健信息障碍,这些人比来自城市地区的白人男同性恋更少受到关注。
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Journal of Lesbian Studies
Journal of Lesbian Studies SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Lesbian Studies examines the cultural, historical, and interpersonal impact of the lesbian experience on society, keeping all readers—professional, academic, or general—informed and up to date on current findings, resources, and community concerns. Independent scholars, professors, students, and lay people will find this interdisciplinary journal essential on the topic of lesbian studies!
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