Open AccessState-Level Structural Stigma and Smoking Among Sexual Minority Adults in the USA, 2012–2014
Author(s) -
Andrea R Titus,
Kristi E. Gamarel,
James F. Thrasher,
Rafael Meza,
Nancy L. Fleischer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of behavioral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.701
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1532-4796
pISSN - 0883-6612
DOI - 10.1093/abm/kaaa086
Subject(s) - stigma (botany) , sexual minority , poisson regression , demography , psychology , medicine , social psychology , sexual orientation , psychiatry , population , environmental health , sociology
Exposure to structural stigma (i.e., societal norms and policies that constrain access to resources) may help explain poor health outcomes among sexual minority (SM) individuals in the USA.