The evidence is clear: LGBTQA+ people are at greater risk of suicidal behaviours, as well as poor mental health outcomes, due to stigma, discrimination and marginalisation faced within the broader community. Ongoing research seeks to understand how new and existing data can be understood on the basis of location (e.g. at a state or territory level), within intersectional experiences and in relation to a range of social determinants. 

In this webinar, we will be joined by guests from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health, and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University - JORDAN HINTON, Research Officer and NATALIE AMOS, Research Fellow, to share recent findings including about a set of Mental Health and Suicidality: State- and Territory-based briefing papers, which have been developed in partnership with LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, with funding by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

These briefing papers document the rates and associations of mental health and suicidality for LGBTQA+ community members at the State and Territory level in Australia. Across eight individual reports, analyses focus on State- and Territory-level rates of suicidality, mental ill-health, healthcare service access and modalities, risk factors such as discrimination and harassment experiences, and protective factors such as community- and school-based belonging. Each report also documents the association between these factors and levels of suicidality within each State and Territory in Australia, with findings broken down to ensure information is accessible and actionable for our sectors. This set of briefing papers is based on data from three major surveys of LGBTQA+ health and wellbeing – Private Lives 3, Writing Themselves In 4, and Pride and Pandemic.

WEBINAR DETAILS:

WHEN? Tuesday, 11th February at 1-2 pm (AEDT - Sydney time)

WHERE? Via ZOOM

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