Health Care Services for Lesbian and Bisexual Women: some Canadian Data

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Title:	Health Care Services for Lesbian and Bisexual Women: some Canadian Data
Source:	Health Care for Women International , 23:185-196, 2002
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Year:	2002
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Keywords:	Canada, economic, social, and cultural rights, human rights, woman, health care, HIV/AIDS, homosexual marriage/homosexual relationship, gay/lesbian rights, minority rights
Abstract:	Specific health needs and health services for lesbian and bisexual women are relatively invisible in existing research, with little Canadian data on these topics. To redress such gaps, data were selectively analyzed from a larger study with 98 lesbian/bisexual women living in a Maritime Province in Canada. As part of a semi structured interview, women were asked to indicate whether a particular health care service was important to them. General physical examination, Pap smear, breast examination, and holistic medicine were the four services chosen with the highest frequency. HIV/AIDS information/ screening and safer sex information were judged important by over half of the participants. When asked to rank their top three services, however, participants chose the physical examination, holistic medicine, and psychological counselling. Our results are discussed in terms of barriers to basic health care, accessibility of services, and the importance of accurate information about AIDS and safer sex.
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