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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Violence against lesbian/ bisexual women and vulnerability in health: a literature review

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Author(s):
Carolina de Souza [1] ; Érika Oliveira-Cardoso [2] ; Wanderlei de Oliveira [3] ; Lucila Nascimento [4] ; Jeferson Araújo [5] ; Ana Carolina Leite [6] ; Rhyquelle Neris [7] ; Eduardo Risk [8] ; Iara Braga [9] ; Manoel dos Santos [10]
Total Authors: 10
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
[2] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
[3] Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas - Brasil
[4] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
[5] Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - Brasil
[6] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
[7] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
[8] Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Brasil
[9] Universidade Federal da Paraíba - Brasil
[10] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 10
Document type: Journal article
Source: Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças; v. 22, n. 2, p. 437-453, 2021-08-31.
Abstract

Abstract Violence and psychosocial stressors related to experiences of discrimination based on sexual orientation are associated with negative health outcomes and decreased life expectancy of lesbian and bisexual women across the lifespan. This study aimed to analyze the scientific production regardind violence perpetrated against homosexual and bisexual women. The integrative review included articles published in the period 2006 to 2019, indexed in the PubMed, LILACS and PsycINFO databases, based on the descriptors in health sciences: violence against women, female homosexuality, bisexuality, battered women, health. Eleven articles were selected, most of them show cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative design. The results show that the LGBT population as a whole is recurrently subjected to various types of violence, especially women who are part of this social segment, which are doubly victimized, since violent manifestations due to sexual orientation overlap with gender violence. Violence against lesbian and bisexual women represents a serious public health problem, aggravated by the fact that it remains hidden by a veil of invisibility. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 16/26212-2 - Meanings attributed by homosexual women and their partnerships to breast cancer and it treatment
Grantee:Carolina de Souza
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master