Cultural care: sexual orientation as bias in health care practices | Zendy

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Cultural care: sexual orientation as bias in health care practices

Author(s) -

Grayce Alencar Albuquerque,

Cíntia de Lima Garcia,

Jameson Moreira Belém,

Francisco Winter dos Santos Figueiredo,

Laércio da Silva Paiva,

Glauberto da Silva Quirino,

Luíz Carlos de Abreu,

Vítor Engrácia Valenti,

Fernando Adami

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/1631

Subject(s) - sexual orientation , snowball sampling , lesbian , transgender , medicine , homosexuality , health care , qualitative research , attendance , perception , cultural diversity , nursing , psychology , gender studies , social psychology , sociology , social science , pathology , neuroscience , anthropology , economics , economic growth

Backgorund. The objective was to identify the perception of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people about the implications of non-heterosexual sexual orientation in health care practices. Methods. We adopted a qualitative research by conducting interviews with 30 gay and bisexual individuals recruited in the municipality of Juazeiro do Norte , Brazil, from the snowball technique in 2013. The data w as categorized and analyzed based on the Theory of Diversity and Universality of Cultural Care. Findings. It was found that sexual minorities have encountered prejudiced and discriminatory professional practices in health care as a result of heteronormative cultural representations, which reflect difficulties in accessibility to the services. The exclusionary cultural care results in poor self-care and linked to sexually transmitted diseases, low attendance and distance of health services for gay and bisexual men . Conclusion . It is believed that the influence of heteronormative cultural conceptions in services impl y deficit of self-care by the group.

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