Investigating the impacts of COVID-19 among LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness

LGBTQ2S youth are overrepresented among youth experiencing homelessness and experience significantly higher rates of mental health issues compared to heterosexual and cisgender youth. COVID-19 related challenges for LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness remain unknown. To address this gap, this st...

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Vydáno v:	PloS one Ročník 16; číslo 9; s. e0257693
Hlavní autoři:	Abramovich, Alex, Pang, Nelson, Moss, Amanda, Logie, Carmen H., Chaiton, Michael, Kidd, Sean A., Hamilton, Hayley A.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	United States Public Library of Science 21.09.2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Témata:	Addictions Adolescent Adolescents Alcohol use Anxiety At risk populations Biology and Life Sciences Cisgender Clinical outcomes Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - psychology Data collection Demography Drug use Earth Sciences Epidemics Families & family life Female Gay teenagers Gay youth Grammatical aspect Health aspects Health services Health services utilization Health status Heterosexuality Homeless people Homeless youth Homeless Youth - psychology Homelessness Humans Ill-Housed Persons - psychology Ill-Housed Persons - statistics & numerical data Interviews LGBTQ people Male Medicine and Health Sciences Mental depression Mental disorders Mental Health Mental health services Ontario Ontario - epidemiology Pandemics Peer tutoring Polls & surveys Public health Qualitative analysis Questionnaires SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification Self destructive behavior Sexual and Gender Minorities - psychology Sexual minorities Social aspects Social interactions Social Sciences Social support Statistical analysis Statistical tests Statistics Substance abuse Substance use Suicidal behavior Suicide Support services Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult Youth Ontario Toronto Ontario Canada Canada United States > US
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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Shrnutí:	LGBTQ2S youth are overrepresented among youth experiencing homelessness and experience significantly higher rates of mental health issues compared to heterosexual and cisgender youth. COVID-19 related challenges for LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness remain unknown. To address this gap, this study aimed to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBTQ2S youth at risk of, and experiencing, homelessness in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada and surrounding areas. Utilizing a mixed-methods convergent parallel design, LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness were recruited to participate in virtual surveys and in-depth one-on-one interviews. Surveys included standardized measures and were administered to measure mental health outcomes and collect information on demographic characteristics, and health service use. Survey data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and statistical tests for difference of proportions. Interviews were analyzed using an iterative thematic content approach. Sixty-one youth completed surveys and 20 youth participated in one-on-one interviews. Quantitative and qualitative data showed that youth have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in various ways, including experiencing poor mental health, such as suicidality, depression, anxiety, and increased substance use, and lack of access to health and social support services. Our study highlights the need for LGBTQ2S inclusive and affirming health care and support services for precariously housed adolescents to address the pre-existing social and health issues that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Bibliografie:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. These authors also contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0257693