@article{929fedcd9a3a455e8a7a037ac6dbc30f,
title = "Mental Health Disparities Among Sexual and Gender Minority Frontline Health Care Workers During the Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic",
abstract = "Purpose: This study measured mental health disparities in a Bronx, New York sample of frontline health care workers collected May-July, 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Using survey data (N = 741), we compared demographics, COVID-19 stressors, and adverse mental health outcomes between sexual and gender minority (SGM, n = 102) and non-SGM (n = 639) health care workers through chi-square/Kruskal-Wallis tests, crude/adjusted odds, and prevalence ratios. Results: SGM frontline health care workers had significantly higher depression, anxiety, impact of COVID-19, and psychological distress. Income (lower), age (younger), and COVID-19 stressors accelerated differences. Conclusion: Health care systems should support SGM frontline health care workers through affirming trauma-informed programming.",
keywords = "gender identity, health disparities, mental health, sexual orientation",
author = "Hailey Wojcik and Breslow, {Aaron S.} and Fisher, {Marla R.} and Rodgers, {Caryn R.R.} and Patryk Kubiszewski and Vilma Gabbay",
note = "Funding Information: A.S.B.{\textquoteright}s contributions to the research reported in this publication were supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under award number K23MH128582 for which A.S.B. is principal investigator. V.G.{\textquoteright}s contributions to the research reported in this publication were supported in part by the National Institutes of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers R01MH120601, R21MH121920, R21MH126501, and R01MH126821 for which V.G. is principal investigator, as well as by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Copyright 2022, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022.",
year = "2022",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1089/lgbt.2021.0276",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "359--367",
journal = "LGBT Health",
issn = "2325-8292",
publisher = "Mary Ann Liebert Inc.",
number = "5",
}