Research summary
Marginalized communities often lack access to sexual health services that others take for granted. Climate change is also affecting sexual health in range of ways, such as by displacing people and disrupting education and health care access. As Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice for Marginalized Populations, Dr. Carmen Logie is trying to uncover ways to improve sexual health outcomes for marginalized adolescents and youth, including those affected by climate change.
Logie and her research team have been identifying both social ecological risks and protective factors associated with sexual health outcomes and access to sexual health care. They have already demonstrated how interventions such as access to care and testing for HIV and sexually transmitted illnesses can improve sexual health. Now, they are generating evidence of links between climate change, socio-environmental factors and sexual health, and developing and evaluating ways to improve outcomes for marginalized communities.