Facts
- Contact person:
- Kiin Catrine Andersson
- Financer:
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- Forte
- Responsible at MaU:
- Kiin Catrine Andersson
- Project members at MaU:
- External project members:
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- Malin Lindroth – Oslo Metropolitan University
- Time frame:
- 01 December 2022 - 31 December 2027
- Faculty/department:
- Research subject:
About the project
Compared to their same-aged peers, young people in state care constitute a vulnerable group with poor somatic, mental, and sexual health and unmet health needs in all these areas. Young lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are overrepresented in various forms of state care, and LGBT youth, non-binary young people included, are vulnerable groups in relation to the fulfilment of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). This points to a need to explore SRHR-affirmative social work with LGBTQ+ people in state care in Sweden.
The aim is therefore to explore to what extent, and how, young LGBTQ+ people in state care get their sexual rights fulfilled in contact with social services and state care providers.
The results so far are presented in the following articles
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2025:
Contextual Non-Consent: Notes From a “Failed” Interview Study with LGBTQ+ Youth in State Care
Clinical Social Work Journal, 2025:
The British Journal of Social Work, 2023:
LGBTQ+ Affirmative State Care for Young People in Sweden: New Knowledge and Old Traditions