The health and well-being of LGBT+ military personnel and veterans

LGBT 军人和退伍军人的健康和福祉

• 批准号: 2888698
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2888698
• 关键词: health; well; being; LGBT+; military

Very little is known about the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) military personnel in the UK. A recent review of thirty papers looking at the health and well-being of serving and ex-serving (veteran)LGBT personnel (Mark, McNamara et al. 2019) found no UK studies on this population and noted that few studies had focused on mental health outcomes pertinent to the military community such as post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), depression, or alcohol misuse among this population. Studies also tended to differ by group, with studies of mental health more common among transgender personnel while only LGB personnel and veterans were included in studies of substance misuse. As such, there is an important need to understand the health and wellbeing of this population amid increasing diversity among the UK Armed Forces (Ministry of Defence 2018).This study, in partnership with the Royal British Legion(tRBL), aims to address this gap in the research by using survey data and interviews to understand the health and well-being of serving and ex-serving LGBT+ personnel in the UK Armed Forces. Data from a large survey of UK military personnel will be used to look at the mental health outcomes of serving and ex-serving LGB personnel compared to non-LGB personnel and interviews will be used to explore what influences the health and wellbeing of ex-serving LGBT+ personnel across their military service (e.g., deployment, stigma, discrimination, help-seeking). This study will be underpinned by minority stress theory (MST)(Meyer 2003), which proposes that chronic exposure to stressful social situations, and victimisation and stigma, leads to poorer well-being among minority groups, through surrounding stressors such as stigma and discrimination or closer stressors such as heightened vigilance to perceived stigma, concealment of identity and negative feelings about one's social identity.This findings from this PhD project will have important implications for supporting and directing research, policy, and services regarding LGBT+ personnel and veterans. Findings will be disseminated to key stakeholders within UK government and defence policy, military charities, and LGBT+ organisations, as well as national and international conferences. The student will benefit from the support and involvement of the Royal British Legion and opportunities for mentoring and internships, the experience of the supervisory team, particularly in CASE studentships.

关于英国女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别（LGBT+）军人的经历，人们知之甚少。最近对30篇关于服役和退役（退伍军人）LGBT人员的健康和福祉的论文进行了审查（Mark，McNamara等人2019），发现英国没有对这一人群进行研究，并指出很少有研究关注与军事社区相关的心理健康结果，如创伤后应激障碍（PTSD），抑郁症，或这一人群中的酒精滥用。研究也往往因群体而异，心理健康研究在变性人中更常见，而只有LGB人员和退伍军人被纳入药物滥用研究。因此，在英国武装部队日益多样化的情况下，了解这一人群的健康和福祉是非常必要的（国防部2018）。本研究与皇家英国军团（tRBL）合作，旨在通过使用调查数据和访谈来了解英国武装部队中服役和退役LGBT+人员的健康和福祉，以解决研究中的这一差距。来自英国军事人员的大规模调查的数据将被用来研究与非LGB人员相比，现役和退役LGB人员的心理健康结果，访谈将被用来探索是什么影响退役LGBT+人员的健康和福祉（例如，部署、污名化、歧视、寻求帮助）。这项研究将以少数应力理论（MST）为基础（Meyer 2003年），该报告提出，长期暴露于紧张的社会环境、歧视和羞辱，通过羞辱和歧视等周围的压力因素或更密切的压力因素，如对所感受到的羞辱提高警惕，导致少数群体的福祉较差，隐藏身份和对一个人的社会身份的负面情绪。这个博士项目的研究结果将对支持和指导LGBT+人员和退伍军人的研究，政策和服务产生重要影响。调查结果将分发给英国政府和国防政策，军事慈善机构和LGBT+组织以及国家和国际会议的主要利益相关者。学生将受益于皇家英国军团的支持和参与，以及指导和实习的机会，监督团队的经验，特别是在案例学生。