Open AccessLeveraging Complex Systems Science to Advance Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Health Research and Equity
Author(s) -
Travis R. Moore,
Elizabeth N Foster,
Christina Mair,
Jessica G. Burke,
Robert W. S. Coulter
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lgbt health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.416
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2325-8306
pISSN - 2325-8292
DOI - 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0297
Subject(s) - health equity , psychological intervention , equity (law) , gender equity , sexual minority , reproductive health , psychology , public relations , political science , sociology , medicine , sexual orientation , social psychology , health care , environmental health , social science , population , psychiatry , law
Over the past two decades, sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth health inequities have remained the same or widened, highlighting the need for new approaches to foster health equity. Complex systems science (CSS) techniques must be added to our armamentarium because of the following: CSS techniques can model cyclical feedback loops inherent in the relationships between SGM youth health outcomes and their multilevel causes, thereby enhancing the integration of real-world complexity in scientific models; and CSS can simulate multiple hypothetical interventions, thereby identifying future interventions with great potential impact. We describe four promising CSS techniques for advancing SGM youth health equity.