Journal article
Depression and Suicide Literacy among Canadian Sexual and Gender Minorities
O Ferlatte, T Salway, JL Oliffe, SM Rice, M Gilbert, I Young, L McDaid, JS Ogrodniczuk, R Knight
Archives of Suicide Research | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2021
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine and compare depression and suicide literacy among Canadian sexual and gender minorities (SGM). Online surveys comprised of the 22-item depression literacy scale (D-LIT) and the 12-item literacy of suicide scale (LOSS) were completed by 2,778 individuals identifying as SGM. Relationships between depression and suicide literacy and demographic characteristics were evaluated using multivariable linear regression. Overall, SGM correctly answered 71.3% of the questions from the D-LIT and 76.5% of the LOSS. D-LIT scores were significantly lower among cisgender men and D-LIT and LOSS scores were lower among transgender women when compared to cisgender women...
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research and article were made possible by an internal grant from the School of Nursing at the University of British-Columbia and financial support from the Men's Health Research program, also at the University of British Columbia. The postdoctoral funding for Olivier Ferlatte was provided by Movember Canada [Grant #11R18296], the Canadian Institutes for Health Research [Grant #11R06913], and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research [Grant #17945]. Lisa McDaid is funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (CSO) at the MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow [MC_UU_12017/11, SPHSU11].