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ArticleAcademia mental health & well-being2025

Mental and behavioral health care access and satisfaction among older sexual minority women.

Jillian R Scheer, Gabriella Epshteyn, Rachel Girard, Michelle A Stage, Elizabeth M Chadbourne, Billy A Caceres, Melanie M Wall, Tonda L Hughes

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Article in Academia mental health & well-being, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Jillian R ScheerDepartment of Psychology, College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
Gabriella EpshteynDepartment of Psychology, College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
Rachel GirardDepartment of Psychology, College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
Michelle A StageDepartment of Psychology, College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
Elizabeth M ChadbourneCenter for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Billy A CaceresColumbia University School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Melanie M WallDepartment of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Tonda L HughesCenter for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Impact of supportive policies on minority stress, drinking and health among womenR01AA013328 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI HUGHES, TONDA L, MATTHEWS, ALICIA K · 2002 to 2021
$8.0M
Testing a Biopsychosocial Model of Violence Exposure, Minority Stressors, and Hazardous Drinking among Sexual Minority WomenK01AA028239 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI SCHEER, JILLIAN R · 2021 to 2025
$1.0M
Examining associations of sexual identity, life experiences, and cardiovascular disease risk in sistersK01HL146965 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CACERES, BILLY A · 2019 to 2023
$855k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL146965NIAAA NIH HHS K01 AA028239NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA013328
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study expands upon syndemics, structural vulnerability, and health care utilization frameworks by examining individual and social factors influencing help-seeking, care barriers, and treatment satisfaction among sexual minority women (SMW; e.g., bisexual, lesbian) aged 50+ from Wave 3 of a community-based longitudinal study, the Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women Study. Wave 3 data were collected in 2010-2012 (May 2010 to August 2012). Bivariate analyses were conducted to examine associations among help-seeking behaviors, self-rated physical and mental health, relationship status, and social support. We used multivariate logistic regression models to examine (1) associations between sociodemographic characteristics and help-seeking, (2) associations between help-seeking and treatment satisfaction variables and sociodemographic characteristics, (3) self-rated physical health and self-rated mental health as predictors of help-seeking and treatment satisfaction, and (4) interpersonal factors as predictors of help-seeking and treatment satisfaction. Participants (

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behavioral healthhelp-seekingmental healtholder womensexual minority womentreatment satisfaction

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PMID40989775
PMCPMC12453061

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