Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs

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Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Henrique
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Banerjee, Debanjan
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12379
Resumo: The world is facing rapid population aging. This is associated with an increase in the number of older people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA+) community. This population faces unique challenges, including ageism, sexual identity stigma, and self-stigma. The older LGBTQIA+ population are neglected by, and invisible to, healthcare interventions, research, and policy changes. In light of the paradigm shift in healthcare towards a rights-based approach, healthy aging has become an important construct. Healthy aging, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is a “continuous process of optimizing opportunities to maintain and improve physical and mental health, autonomy, and quality of life throughout the life course”. This commentary highlights the unique vulnerabilities of the aging LGBTQIA+ population, advocates the inclusion of their voices at all levels of the healthcare system, and discusses the way forward to enable their ‘healthy aging’.
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spelling Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their NeedsЗдоровое долголетие представителей сообщества ЛГБТКИА+: от игнорирования к удовлетворению потребностейLongevityHealthy ageingLGBTQIA+Sexual minoritiesHuman rightsThe world is facing rapid population aging. This is associated with an increase in the number of older people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA+) community. This population faces unique challenges, including ageism, sexual identity stigma, and self-stigma. The older LGBTQIA+ population are neglected by, and invisible to, healthcare interventions, research, and policy changes. In light of the paradigm shift in healthcare towards a rights-based approach, healthy aging has become an important construct. Healthy aging, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is a “continuous process of optimizing opportunities to maintain and improve physical and mental health, autonomy, and quality of life throughout the life course”. This commentary highlights the unique vulnerabilities of the aging LGBTQIA+ population, advocates the inclusion of their voices at all levels of the healthcare system, and discusses the way forward to enable their ‘healthy aging’.Население мира стремительно стареет. В связи с этим увеличивается число пожилых представителей сообщества ЛГБТКИА+ (лесбиянки, геи, бисексуалы, трансгендеры, квиры, интерсексуалы, асексуалы). Они сталкиваются с уникальными проблемами, в числе которых дискриминация по возрастному признаку, стигматизация сексуальной идентичности и самостигматизация. Общество игнорирует пожилых представителей ЛГБТКИА+, их интересы не учитываются при внедрении и модернизации программ здравоохранения, при проведении исследований. В свете повышения внимания к вопросам защиты прав человека важной концепцией стало здоровое старение. Согласно определению Всемирной организации здравоохранения, здоровое старение — это непрерывный процесс расширения возможностей для поддержания и улучшения физического и психического здоровья, независимости и качества жизни людей на протяжении всей жизни. В этом документе подчеркивается уязвимость пожилых представителей сообщества ЛГБТКИА+, делается акцент на важности учета их мнения на всех уровнях принятия решений в системе здравоохранения и обсуждается дальнейший путь обеспечения здорового старения этой популяции.uBibliorumPereira, HenriqueBanerjee, Debanjan2022-11-07T10:17:36Z2022-03-312022-03-31T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12379eng10.17816/CP146info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T09:55:32Zoai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/12379Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:52:00.070545Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs
Здоровое долголетие представителей сообщества ЛГБТКИА+: от игнорирования к удовлетворению потребностей
title Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs
spellingShingle Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs
Pereira, Henrique
Longevity
Healthy ageing
LGBTQIA+
Sexual minorities
Human rights
title_short Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs
title_full Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs
title_fullStr Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs
title_full_unstemmed Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs
title_sort Healthy Longevity Among the LGBTQIA+ Population: From Neglect to Meeting Their Needs
author Pereira, Henrique
author_facet Pereira, Henrique
Banerjee, Debanjan
author_role author
author2 Banerjee, Debanjan
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv uBibliorum
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pereira, Henrique
Banerjee, Debanjan
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Longevity
Healthy ageing
LGBTQIA+
Sexual minorities
Human rights
topic Longevity
Healthy ageing
LGBTQIA+
Sexual minorities
Human rights
description The world is facing rapid population aging. This is associated with an increase in the number of older people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA+) community. This population faces unique challenges, including ageism, sexual identity stigma, and self-stigma. The older LGBTQIA+ population are neglected by, and invisible to, healthcare interventions, research, and policy changes. In light of the paradigm shift in healthcare towards a rights-based approach, healthy aging has become an important construct. Healthy aging, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is a “continuous process of optimizing opportunities to maintain and improve physical and mental health, autonomy, and quality of life throughout the life course”. This commentary highlights the unique vulnerabilities of the aging LGBTQIA+ population, advocates the inclusion of their voices at all levels of the healthcare system, and discusses the way forward to enable their ‘healthy aging’.
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