Applying a Structural-Competency Framework to the Implementation of Strategies to Reduce Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

Autor/inn/en	Shattuck, Daniel G.; Willging, Cathleen E.; Green, Amy E.
Titel	Applying a Structural-Competency Framework to the Implementation of Strategies to Reduce Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 90 (2020) 12, S.1030-1037 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shattuck, Daniel G.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12964
Schlagwörter	LGBTQ People; School Safety; High Schools; School Personnel; Program Implementation; Influences; New Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Schulpersonal; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor
Abstract	Background: Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) are at high risk for adverse health outcomes. Safer schools decrease this risk. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 6 practices that can make schools safer for SGMY, yet few US schools implement them all. We apply a structural competency framework to elucidate factors contributing to this implementation gap. Methods: We conducted 75 interviews and 32 focus groups with school professionals in 18 New Mexico high schools to assess factors impacting implementation of the practices over 2 years. We analyzed data using iterative coding, thematic identification techniques, and the sensitizing concept of structural competency. Results: Themes included--rendering an invisible population visible; critical thinking about LGBTQ inequalities; building school personnel capacity; intersecting cultural, religious, and political conflicts; and tackling community-based sources of stigma and discrimination. Conclusions: Underlying cultural and structural forces render SGMY invisible and constrain what schools can accomplish. Professional development encouraging critical thinking about structural inequities is foundational, but efforts to close the implementation gap must attend to structural forces producing disparities for SGMY. Structural competency can strengthen the ability of the Whole School, Whole Community, and Whole Child model's cross-sector coordination of policy and process to meet the needs of every student. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01