LGBTQ+ Farmer Health in COVID-19
| Autor: | Jaclyn Wypler, M Hoffelmeyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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media_common.quotation_subject Population Stigma (botany) Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences Sexual and Gender Minorities 0302 clinical medicine Health care Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Socioeconomics education Pandemics 050107 human factors media_common education.field_of_study Farmers business.industry 05 social sciences Heterosexism Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 030210 environmental & occupational health Mental health Mental Health Agriculture Workforce Female Psychological resilience business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Agromedicine |
| ISSN: | 1545-0813 |
| Popis: | The limited data on LGBTQ+ farmers demonstrate that this population lacks adequate healthcare access and faces stigma in agricultural communities. Given that COVID-19 disproportionately impacts LGBTQ+ populations, we investigate how working conditions and healthcare bias may expose LGBTQ+ farmers - essential employees - to high risk of transmitting the virus. During COVID-19, LGBTQ+ farmers may experience worse mental health outcomes as they face occupational and identity-based stressors. Conversely, LGBTQ+ farmers may also demonstrate mental health resilience during COVID-19 due to pre-existing socially distant networks they created in light of agricultural heterosexism. What is unique about COVID-19 is that healthcare inequities of a relatively small percentage of the agriculture workforce has amplifying implications for the entire agrifood system. We call for research on LGBTQ+ farmers to understand how sexuality impacts agricultural health, to uncover health risks and protective factors that may increase the health of farming communities, and to support essential food production during a pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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