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Association between Homophobia and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Health Workers in Southern Chile
Homophobic attitude in health workers is a social determinant in the health of the homosexual population because it affects healthcare and its access and equity. The objective was to determine the relationship between the level of homophobia and sociodemographic characteristics of primary health wor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9654434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36360632 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113749 |
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author | Oyarce-Vildósola, Oscar Rodríguez-Fernández, Alejandra Maury-Sintjago, Eduard |
author_facet | Oyarce-Vildósola, Oscar Rodríguez-Fernández, Alejandra Maury-Sintjago, Eduard |
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description | Homophobic attitude in health workers is a social determinant in the health of the homosexual population because it affects healthcare and its access and equity. The objective was to determine the relationship between the level of homophobia and sociodemographic characteristics of primary health workers in southern Chile. This was an analytical cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 491 public servants from health centers in southern Chile. The attitudes toward lesbians and gay men (ATLG) scale was applied, and a binary logistic regression model was performed to evaluate the association. The study participants were predominantly women (76.0%), under 40 years of age (63.5%), heterosexuals (93.5%), and unpartnered (68.2%) but with children (61.7%), and they also had an educational attainment ≥ 12 years (66.6%). About 87.6% of the participants held healthcare positions, and the majority were religious believers (74.3%) and had a centrist political affiliation (51.0%). Results indicated that 34% of the participants exhibited homophobic attitudes; there were statistically significant differences with respect to age, number of children, educational attainment, religion, and political affiliation (p < 0.01). These were higher in individuals ≥40 years of age, with ≥3 children, with educational attainment ≥ 12 years, holding a healthcare position, who were religious believers, and who had right-wing political affiliation. |
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spelling | pubmed-96544342022-11-15 Association between Homophobia and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Health Workers in Southern Chile Oyarce-Vildósola, Oscar Rodríguez-Fernández, Alejandra Maury-Sintjago, Eduard Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Homophobic attitude in health workers is a social determinant in the health of the homosexual population because it affects healthcare and its access and equity. The objective was to determine the relationship between the level of homophobia and sociodemographic characteristics of primary health workers in southern Chile. This was an analytical cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 491 public servants from health centers in southern Chile. The attitudes toward lesbians and gay men (ATLG) scale was applied, and a binary logistic regression model was performed to evaluate the association. The study participants were predominantly women (76.0%), under 40 years of age (63.5%), heterosexuals (93.5%), and unpartnered (68.2%) but with children (61.7%), and they also had an educational attainment ≥ 12 years (66.6%). About 87.6% of the participants held healthcare positions, and the majority were religious believers (74.3%) and had a centrist political affiliation (51.0%). Results indicated that 34% of the participants exhibited homophobic attitudes; there were statistically significant differences with respect to age, number of children, educational attainment, religion, and political affiliation (p < 0.01). These were higher in individuals ≥40 years of age, with ≥3 children, with educational attainment ≥ 12 years, holding a healthcare position, who were religious believers, and who had right-wing political affiliation. MDPI 2022-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9654434/ /pubmed/36360632 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113749 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Oyarce-Vildósola, Oscar Rodríguez-Fernández, Alejandra Maury-Sintjago, Eduard Association between Homophobia and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Health Workers in Southern Chile |
title | Association between Homophobia and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Health Workers in Southern Chile |
title_full | Association between Homophobia and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Health Workers in Southern Chile |
title_fullStr | Association between Homophobia and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Health Workers in Southern Chile |
title_full_unstemmed | Association between Homophobia and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Health Workers in Southern Chile |
title_short | Association between Homophobia and Sociodemographic Characteristics in Health Workers in Southern Chile |
title_sort | association between homophobia and sociodemographic characteristics in health workers in southern chile |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9654434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36360632 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113749 |
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