Comparison of Health and Health Risk Factors Between Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults and Heterosexual Adults in the United States | Zendy

Gilbert Gonzales | Zendy; Julia Przedworski | Zendy; Carrie HenningSmith | Zendy

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Comparison of Health and Health Risk Factors Between Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults and Heterosexual Adults in the United States

Author(s) -

Gilbert Gonzales,

Julia Przedworski,

Carrie HenningSmith

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3432

Subject(s) - medicine , lesbian , sexual orientation , national health interview survey , demography , population , sexual minority , homosexuality , heterosexuality , health equity , logistic regression , odds ratio , distress , young adult , reproductive health , gerontology , public health , clinical psychology , environmental health , psychology , social psychology , nursing , pathology , sociology , psychoanalysis

Previous studies identified disparities in health and health risk factors among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults, but prior investigations have been confined to samples not representative of the US adult population or have been limited in size or geographic scope. For the first time in its long history, the 2013 and 2014 National Health Interview Survey included a question on sexual orientation, providing health information on sexual minorities from one of the nation's leading health surveys.

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