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Services for LGBQIA+ Youth

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

October is LGBTQ History Month. Today we have a bonus post in honour of National Coming Out Day. Social science studies can help organisations implement meaningful change to improve services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) youth.

  • “Implement a social and emotional well-being approach... frequently adopted in Aboriginal research and health practice.”
  • Collage showing young people wearing the pride and trans flags on their clothing and painted on their faces, while standing at a march. Key points from research by Dingle and Anderson, as well as this quote: “...[S]chool-based sexuality education in Australia is profoundly non-inclusive, heteronormative, and cisnormative, failing to represent or meet the needs of LGBTQIA+ students.”
  • Collage of polaroids and photos of queer Aboriginal people marching at Mardi Gras in Sydney, as well as hugging and laughing. Aboriginal artwork depicts a meeting place with people represented by dots, circles, and u-shapes, as well as joining song lines, depicted by concentric circles and wavery lines. Recommendations from Liddelow-Hunt and colleagues, as well as this quote: “Implement a social and emotional well-being approach... frequently adopted in Aboriginal research and health practice.”
  • Collage showing a polaroid and another cutout photo of diverse queer people, and a drawing of the globe. Recs from the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network, plus this quote: “Implementing an action plan to ensure organisations hold themselves accountable to LGBTQIA+ refugee and asylum seeker inclusion policies, recruitment strategies and service delivery.”
  • Polaroid of a young white boy in a wheelchair with people playing in a park in the background, plus a cutout of a young white boy wearing the pride flag, and a graphic of a house. Recs from Lim and colleagues, plus this quote: “Experiences of homelessness appear to be particularly pervasive among youth who are: (i) trans and gender-diverse, (ii) disabled and (iii) who reside outside of urban centres.”
  • Polaroid of a Black woman's hands holding small pins with pride flags and slogans, as well as a cutout of six queer people from behind wearing long coats, each dressed in one colour of the pride flag. Another cutout shows two women of colour hugging, and holding a sign saying FREE [watermelon drawing] AND HUGS. Text says: Learn more: SocialScienceInsights.com. At the bottom is a list of references
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Social Policy
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How to Encourage Community Change

Social Science Insights

How can you use social science to encourage communities to change collective behaviours? We cover how to identify a behaviour that needs to change, how to target the key audience, how to encourage change, and the best mode of communication to reach the intended community. The provided check list will help you communicate effectively with local communities.

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Business

How to Improve Record-Keeping

Social Science Insights

Organisations can improve their record-keeping by adopting a systematic approach, and using techniques developed through social science research. Discover tips for small businesses and not-for-profit organisations on how to document important decisions, understanding legal obligations, and keeping records safe.

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Social Policy

Encouraging Referrals

Social Science Insights

This post provides tips for improving public health communications. I show examples from studies that encouraged doctors to comply with health guidelines. I discuss a case study of a health organisation that sought to increase patient referrals to a free treatment program.

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Business
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Reaching Your Audience

Social Science Insights

I reflect on how to tell a good story that takes into consideration different social groups, inequity, and power relations. I also provide tips about how to measure the impact of a good story.

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Business
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Safety Planning

Social Science Insights

Social science can encourage businesses to comply with safety regulations. This is a case study showing how to encourage community organisations to submit event safety planning information in a timely manner. We cover how to encourage early planning, showing the benefits of complying with safety information requests, targeting messages, and using trusted messengers.

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Social Policy

How to Improve Services for Vulnerable Clients

Social Science Insights

Governments and companies provide a range of free services to improve the lives of vulnerable clients, yet few people take these up. Below is an overview of why this happens and how to improve take-up of life-saving services.  

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News and Events, Social Policy

Race, Welfare, and COVID-19

Social Science Insights

The new book chapter, ‘Critical Race Studies and Intersectionality Responses to COVID-19,’ presents a case study of how the welfare state exercises multiple domains of power to maintain racial inequality, even during the public health crisis of COVID-19. Read the abstract and an excerpt below.

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Business

Messages to Change Behaviour

Social Science Insights

Here are some tips on how to send effective SMS campaigns.

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Social Policy

Improving Diversity and Inclusion

Social Science Insights

A project exploring the recruitment experiences of people with disability led to a trial that significantly increased disability awareness training. Here are the lessons that might help other organisations seeking to enhance diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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