Award
NIH Reporter #5F32MD017452-03
Sexual Minority Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Intersectional, Social Epidemiologic Investigation
Recipient
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
Award Amount
$78,784.00
Ceiling
$78,784.00
Awarded
November 10, 2024
Identifier
5F32MD017452-03
This award supports research investigating the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on sexual minorities using intersectional and social epidemiologic methods to inform mental health equity efforts.
Description
The project aims to examine how multiple dimensions of social identity/position and upstream pandemic-related stressors have jointly impacted population mental health for sexual minorities (SMs) over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. It leverages data from the COVID-19 Pandemic Sub-Study, a population-based longitudinal cohort study, and uses advanced epidemiologic methods to estimate the prevalence of mental health symptoms and their relation to COVID-19 morbidity, mortality, and policy environment.