Journal article
Attitudes to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents seeking health care for their children in two early parenting services in Australia
Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol.26(7-8), pp.1021-1030
2017
Abstract
Aim: to examine the attitudes to and knowledge and beliefs about homosexuality, of nurses and allied professionals in two early parenting services in Australia. Background: Early parenting services employ nurses and allied professionals. Access and inclusion policies are important in community health and early childhood service settings. However, little is known about the perceptions of professionals who work within early parenting services in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families. Design: This is the final in a series of studies and was undertaken in two early parenting services in two states in Australia using a cross-sectional design with quantitative and qualitative approaches. Methods: Validated questionnaires were completed by 51 nurses and allied professionals and tested with Chi-squared test of independence (or Fisher's exact test), Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance, or Spearman's rank correlation. Thematic analysis examined qualitative data collected in a box for free comments. Results: Of the constructs measured by the questionnaires, no significant relationships were found in knowledge, attitude and gay affirmative practice scores by sociodemographic variables or professional group. However, attitude to lesbians and to gay men scores were significantly negatively affected by conservative political affiliation (p=0.038), held religious beliefs (p=0.011), and frequency of praying (p=0.018). Six overall themes were found: respect, parenting role, implications for the child, management, disclosure, resources and training. Conclusions: The study provided an in-depth analysis of the attitudes, knowledge and beliefs of professionals in two early parenting services, showing that work is needed to promote acceptance of diversity and the inclusion of LGBT families in planning, developing, evaluating and accessing early parenting services.
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- Title
- Attitudes to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents seeking health care for their children in two early parenting services in Australia
- Authors
- Elaine Bennett (Author) - University of Notre DameKaren Berry (Author) - Children's Health QueenslandTheophilus I Emeto (Author) - James Cook UniversityOliver K Burmeister (Author) - Charles Sturt UniversityJeanine Young (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringLinda Shields (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol.26(7-8), pp.1021-1030
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1111/jocn.13595
- ISSN
- 0962-1067
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following article: Bennett, Elaine; Berry, Karen; Emeto, Theophilus I; Burmeister, Oliver K; Young, J; Shields, Linda (2017) Attitudes to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents seeking health care for their children in two early parenting services in Australia. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26, 1021-1030, doi: 10.1111/jocn.13595, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13595
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450419102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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