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Leah Steele

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Verified email at utoronto.ca
Cited by 3640

Using administrative data to measure ambulatory mental health service provision in primary care

LS Steele, RH Glazier, E Lin, M Evans - Medical care, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We sought to determine the accuracy of administrative data for identifying mental
health service provision in primary care. Study Design: This was a chart abstraction study …

Men's sexual orientation and health in Canada

…, LE Ross, C Dobinson, S Veldhuizen, LS Steele - Canadian journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Objectives Previous large-scale population studies have reported that gay and bisexual
men may be at increased risk for health disparities. This study was conducted to determine …

Women's sexual orientation and health: Results from a Canadian population-based survey

LS Steele, LE Ross, C Dobinson, S Veldhuizen… - Women & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The current study sought to determine whether health status and health risk behaviors of
Canadian women varied based on sexual identity. This was a cross-sectional analysis of data …

LGBT identity, untreated depression, and unmet need for mental health services by sexual minority women and trans-identified people

LS Steele, A Daley, D Curling, MF Gibson… - Journal of Women's …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Background: Previous studies have found that transgender, lesbian, and bisexual people
report poorer mental health relative to heterosexuals. However, available research provides …

[HTML][HTML] Education level, income level and mental health services use in Canada: associations and policy implications

LS Steele, CS Dewa, E Lin, KLK Lee - Healthcare Policy, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Steele is supported as a research scholar by the Department of Family Medicine at St.
Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto. Drs. Dewa and Steele are supported as career …

Trans people's experiences with assisted reproduction services: a qualitative study

…, R Epstein, S Anderson, S Marvel, LS Steele… - Human …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION What are the experiences of trans persons (ie those whose gender
identity does not match the gender assigned to them at birth) who sought or accessed assisted …

Regular health care use by lesbians: a path analysis of predictive factors

LS Steele, JM Tinmouth, A Lu - Family Practice, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. Lesbians have more health risks than other women but access preventive
medical care less frequently. Objective. To test the influence of (i) provider inquiry about sexual …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health service use by recent immigrants from different world regions and by non-immigrants in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study

A Durbin, R Moineddin, E Lin, LS Steele… - BMC health services …, 2015 - Springer
Background Given that immigration has been linked to a variety of mental health stressors,
understanding use of mental health services by immigrant groups is particularly important. …

Inequity in mental health care under Canadian universal health coverage

LS Steele, RH Glazier, E Lin - Psychiatric services, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: Previous research has produced conflicting evidence about socioeconomic
disparities in mental health care under universal health coverage in Canada. This study sought …

“I don't want to turn totally invisible”: Mental health, stressors, and supports among bisexual women during the perinatal period

…, C Dobinson, R Epstein, LS Steele - Journal of GLBT …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Almost no research has examined the parenting experiences of bisexual people. In this
mixed-methods study, sexual minority women (N = 64) who were currently trying to conceive, …