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Structural Correlates of Mental Health Support Access Among Sexual Minority Youth of Color During COVID-19 — Europe PMC PPR:PPR320895

Source: Europe PMC
Original: https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR320895
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/n8tm7
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Structural Correlates of Mental Health Support Access Among Sexual Minority Youth of Color During COVID-19 — Europe PMC PPR:PPR320895 — Europe PMC, https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR320895 (CC0-1.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_198060bc0b1a (Metraipolis archive dc_198060bc0b1a, sha256 1706d0cf3fdeb930d7693b2a0337ffb6ed7cddf8dfab1352f5bca7ffb4fcd415)

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@misc{dc198060bc0b1a,
  title = {Structural Correlates of Mental Health Support Access Among Sexual Minority Youth of Color During COVID-19 — Europe PMC PPR:PPR320895},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR320895},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_198060bc0b1a; sha256 1706d0cf3fdeb930d7693b2a0337ffb6ed7cddf8dfab1352f5bca7ffb4fcd415},
  year = {2026}
}

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Objective: Many youth with mental health needs cannot access treatment, with multiply-marginalized youth, such as sexual minority youth of Color (SMYoC), experiencing both structural and identity-related barriers to care. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to exacerbate multi-level treatment access barriers facing SMYoC youth nationwide. However, little large-scale research has examined access to mental health care among SMYoC across the United States, either during or prior to the pandemic. Such work is critical to understanding and ameliorating barriers in this domain. Methods:: Using data from adolescents who self-identified as SMYoC and who endorsed a desire for mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic (N=470, ages 13-16, from 43 U.S. states), we examined associations between state-level, structural factors (income inequality; mental healthcare provider shortage; anti-Black racism; homophobia; and the interaction between anti-Black racism and homophobia) and SMYoC mental health treatment access. Results:: Multinomial logistic regressions revealed state-level mental healthcare provider shortage as the only significant predictor of SMYoC reporting they never (versus always) accessed mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic. SMYoC living in areas with both lower homophobia and lower anti-Black racism were more likely to report always (versus sometimes) accessing mental health treatment. Conclusions:: Results highlight the critical importance of considering diverse structural factors and applying an intersectional lens when exploring barriers to mental health treatment among multiply-marginalized youth. In locations where provider shortages are less severe, cultural stigma—including anti-Black racism and homophobia—may still pose challenges for SMYoC in need of mental health care.

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Pubblicazione: PsyArXiv, 2021 (prima pubblicazione 2021-04-16).
Identificativi: DOI 10.31234/osf.io/n8tm7.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR320895 — https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/n8tm7. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
Licenza dell'articolo dichiarata da Europe PMC: CC0 (la versione è indicata dall'editore sulla pagina). Abstract riportato senza modifiche al contenuto, con attribuzione; deposito marcato CC0.
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