What factors affect the health and well-being of lesbian, gay and bisexual Asian youth?
Abstract
Key take-home messages
- Some studies have found a relationship between sexual minority status and substance use among Asian youth and adults. However, other studies have found evidence of resilience among sexual minority youth with no significant differences between ethnicities in terms of mental health.
- Effective interventions highlight the role of story-telling to reduce stigma within the Asian community, and the need to make HIV prevention messaging more accessible to Asian gay and bisexual males.
Authors
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network: Rapid Response Service
Year
2016
Topics
- Determinants of Health
- Stigma/discrimination
- Population(s)
- Men who have sex with men
- Women
- Children or Youth (less than 18 years old)
- Ethnoracial communities
- Prevention
- Sexual risk behaviour
- Education/media campaigns
- Substance Use
- Nonmedicinal drugs
