Open AccessSexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Diagnoses and Mental Health Disparities Among Women Who Have Sex With Women Screened at an Urban Community Health Center, Boston, MA, 2007
Author(s) -
Sari L. Reisner,
Matthew J. Mimiaga,
Patricia Case,
Chris Grasso,
Casey T O'Brien,
Padmini Harigopal,
Margie Skeer,
Kenneth H. Mayer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181b41314
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , mental health , sexually transmitted disease , depression (economics) , demography , psychiatry , sexual minority , reproductive health , gerontology , family medicine , syphilis , population , lesbian , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychology , sociology , psychoanalysis , economics , macroeconomics
A growing body of research documents mental health disparities among women who have sex with women (WSW) compared with women who have sex with men only (WSM). However, there remains a dearth of research exploring these indicators alongside sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and WSW sexual health.