Improving Policy and Treatment Interventions for Sexual and Gender Minority Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence to Reduce Adverse Health Outcomes

Clare E B Cannon

doi:10.1089/lgbt.2023.0011

Improving Policy and Treatment Interventions for Sexual and Gender Minority Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence to Reduce Adverse Health Outcomes

LGBT Health. 2023 Sep;10(S1):S6-S9. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0011.

Author

Clare E B Cannon^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
² Department of Social Work, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

PMID: 37754918
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0011

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV), understood as physical, sexual, and psychological aggression, is a pernicious health problem that is as or more prevalent in sexual and gender minority (SGM) relationships as in heterosexual and cisgender ones. IPV has many impacts, including physical and psychological health consequences. Effective treatment of abusers is needed to reduce IPV in SGM communities. Yet IPV in SGM relationships is understudied, making it difficult to determine whether current treatment, designed for people who identify as cisgender and heterosexual, is effective for SGM IPV abusers. This perspective identifies policy barriers to and recommendations for improving IPV perpetrator treatment for SGM individuals.

Keywords: LGBT health; intimate partner violence; perpetration; relationship violence; sexual and gender minority; treatment.

MeSH terms

Humans
Intimate Partner Violence* / prevention & control
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Policy
Sexual Behavior
Sexual and Gender Minorities*