Data collection tool for Hispanic gay population in Jackson Heights

Data Collection Tool

Part Four Design a data collection tool aggregate population. Make tool elements: Demographics --, birth date, ethnicity, sex, education level, the questions created Part One feel apply Two additional questions consistent goals Healthy People 2020 Data reliable sources answer questions asked (MY aggregate population Hispanic Gay population Jackson Heights, NY.

Data collection tool: Structured interview

Demographics

What is your name?

When you were born? Were you born in the U.S.

How do you define your ethnicity? What were the ethnic and religious origins of your parents?

With what gender do you identify with?

What is your educational background and how would you describe your profession?

Q6. How do you identify your sexual orientation?

Q7. When did you know that your sexual orientation was not heterosexual?

Additional questions

Q8. Do you feel that the political interests of gay men are represented?

While the recent decision in favor of allowing gay people to marry and the prominence of many 'out' politicians in New York City politics indicates that a great deal of progress has been made, I do not feel that the unique interests of the gay population of Jackson Heights are necessarily well-represented. Gays in Jackson Heights, a community which is fifty percent Hispanic, also have interests related to their status as immigrants, Hispanics, and being poor that transcends the civil rights focus of many mainstream gay rights groups (Neudorf 2009).

Q9. How is the gay community in Jackson Heights different from the rest of gay community in New York?

The gay community is much more obviously ethnically diverse than that of the rest of New York. For example, a popular gay bar is often located near taquerias and sari vendors. This is in stark contrast to the more middle-class, upscale, white and older crowd that tends to frequent bars in the West Village (Neudorf 2009).

Q10. What are the health care concerns of the Hispanic immigrant gay men community?

Because of the homophobia that is still rampant in the Hispanic community, many Hispanic men are still reluctant to talk about health concerns pertaining to HIV and AIDS. There are also basic health concerns that affect the Hispanic gay community that affect all immigrants, such as an inability to obtain health insurance and a lack of basic, preventative care.

Healthy People 2020 Goals

Q11. Goal: "Prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and its related illness and death." What needs to be done?

Greater education amongst the Hispanic gay community is required regarding the fact that AIDS is still a real and viable threat. Although the development of antiviral drugs has been beneficial, it has also caused a sense of complacency that AIDS is not that bad. Poorer nonwhites without access to regular medical care are less likely to get tested for AIDS and are less likely to be able to comply with the difficult and expensive drug treatment regime.