Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Indicators of a Mexican LGBT Sample During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic created mental health challenges for LGBTQ + communities worldwide, however there is a paucity of research on Mexican populations. Existing data show that LGBTQ + people in Mexico experience acute forms of violence and discrimination that impact their mental health. This article explores the relationship between social support, discrimination, and mental health for LGBTQ + populations in Mexico (N = 1525) during the COVID-19 lockdown. Utilizing social media recruitment strategies, participants answered an online survey exploring five mental health indicators: depression, anxiety, stress, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt during lockdown. Mediating, and multiple regression analyses revealed that neuroticism is the most important variable in predicting poor mental health, and that perceived social support plays a mediating role in the case of depression. Discomfort with one's own family holds positive correlations with mental health indicators, showing that the greater the discomfort, higher levels of depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidal ideation. Results also showed that discrimination, and drug use hold significant relationships to suicidal attempt. Practice recommendations for Mexican LGBTQ + communities are offered.

Emotions, Agency, and Materiality: Embodiment of Homophobic Discrimination Amongst Mexican LGBTQ+ Youth.

Embodiment refers to understanding the body as the object and subject of culture, a process that allows an understanding of political, cultural, social, and emotional processes in the assemblage of a particular identity. We describe a qualitative-narrative study utilizing focus groups and interviews in three Mexican cities with 75 LGBTQ+ youth to understand the effects of discrimination and how this impacts subjectivity through embodied affection. Through axial and line-by-line analysis, we describe the process of embodiment through four dimensions: violence, emotions, agency, and materiality. Violence operates as the sediment for LGBTQ+ youth's subjective, social, and political life, and paves the way for particular emotions, such as guilt, shame, fear, sadness, and pain, that directly relates to material aspects such as gender expression and body presentation, beauty standards and a discourse around perversion and promiscuity. Finally, the combination of emotions and materiality prove relevant for certain expressions of agency and resilience.

Violence as Mediating Variable in Mental Health Disparities Associated to Sexual Orientation Among Mexican Youths.

In this study, we explored the role of sex as an effect-modifying variable in the association between sexual orientation and mental health in Mexican youth. In addition, we tested if violent experiences in the family and the school and attitudes toward homosexuality could act as mediating variables in such association. Data from three representative surveys performed in 2007, 2009, and 2013 among Mexican high school students were analyzed. Two dimensions of sexual orientation were evaluated: romantic partnership and sexual behavior. The outcomes were negative and positive mood, suicidal ideation and intent, self-concept, and self-esteem. There were differences by gender because in males, there were more disparities in mental health associated with sexual orientation (suicidal ideation and attempt, negative and positive mood, negative self-concept, and family-related self-esteem) than in females (suicidal ideation and negative mood). Experiences of school violence were mediators in the relationship between sexual orientation and most health outcomes in males.

[Model to estimate epidemic patterns of influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico]. / Modelo para estimación del comportamiento epidémico de la influenza A (H1N1) en México.

OBJECTIVE: Apply a mathematical model to estimate the epidemic patterns of influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico during the stages of application and suspension of measures to mitigate the epidemic. METHODS: The effective reproductive number (R) for each state of Mexico during and after the application of social distancing measures was estimated by the SIR model (susceptible, infected, and recovered individuals) based on data published by the Ministry of Health of Mexico. RESULTS: From the beginning of the outbreak until suspension of school activities (28 April-13 May 2009), the national median of R was 1.13. In the following period (14 May-17 July 2009) the national median of R decreased to 1.01. CONCLUSIONS: It was demonstrated that several epidemic scenarios occurred at the national level. It is suggested that heterogeneous patterns at the state level be taken into account in decision-making on the adoption of measures to mitigate influenza epidemics.

Modelo para estimación del comportamiento epidémico de la influenza A (H1N1) en México / Model to estimate epidemic patterns of influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico

Objective. Apply a mathematical model to estimate the epidemic patterns of influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico during the stages of application and suspension of measuresto mitigate the epidemic.Methods. The effective reproductive number (R) for each state of Mexico during and after the application of social distancing measures was estimated by the SIR model (susceptible, infected, and recovered individuals) based on data published by the Ministry of Health of Mexico. Results. From the beginning of the outbreak until suspension of school activities (28 April–13 May 2009), the national median of R was 1.13. In the following period (14 May–17 July 2009) the national median of R decreased to 1.01. Conclusions. It was demonstrated that several epidemic scenarios occurred at thenational level. It is suggested that heterogeneous patterns at the state level be taken into account in decision-making on the adoption of measures to mitigate influenza epidemics.

Objetivo. Aplicar un modelo matemático para estimar el comportamiento epidémico de la influenza A (H1N1) en México durante las etapas de aplicación y suspensión de medidas para mitigar la epidemia. Métodos. Se estimó el número reproductivo efectivo (R) para cada estado de México mediante el modelo SIR (individuos susceptibles, infectados y removidos) durante y después dela aplicación de las medidas de distanciamiento social a partir de los datos publicados por la Secretaría de Salud de México. Resultados. Desde el inicio del brote hasta la suspensión de actividades escolares (28 de abril al 13 de mayo del 2009), la mediana nacional de R fue de 1,13. En el período posterior (14 de mayo al 17 de julio del 2009) la mediana nacional de R disminuyó a 1,01.Conclusiones. Se demostró que se presentaron diversos escenarios de la epidemia a nivel nacional. Se sugiere tener en cuenta el comportamiento heterogéneo a nivel estatal para la tomade decisiones sobre la adopción de medidas para mitigar epidemias de influenza.