Journal article
Most Nursing Home Social Service Directors Lack Training in Working With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Residents
Social Work in Health Care, Vol.49(9), pp.814-831
10/13/2010
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2010.494561
PMID: 20938877
Abstract
The purpose of this descriptive study is to report findings from a nationally representative mail-in survey of nursing home social service directors (n = 1,071) who were asked if they had received at least one hour of training in six different areas of cultural competency in the past five years. Of the six areas, the lowest percentage of directors reported having training in homophobia. Three-fourths of the sample had not received even one hour of homophobia training over the past five years. Directors who were more recently educated were more likely to report having received homophobia training, as were directors with a college degree, and those who worked in nursing homes located in the West and South regions of the United States. Directors with the most experience were less likely to report having received training. Findings call for immediate development and dissemination of heterosexism and homophobia training of social service staff, policy changes within the nursing home, and policy advocacy priorities for social workers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Most Nursing Home Social Service Directors Lack Training in Working With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Residents
- Creators
- Stephanie A Bell - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , University of IowaMercedes Bern-Klug - School of Social Work , University of IowaKatherine W. O Kramer - College of Public Health , University of IowaJennifer B Saunders
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social Work in Health Care, Vol.49(9), pp.814-831
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/00981389.2010.494561
- PMID
- 20938877
- ISSN
- 0098-1389
- eISSN
- 1541-034X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/13/2010
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9983984544802771
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