Open AccessSexual Orientation Disparities in Preventable Disease: A Fundamental Cause Perspective
Author(s) -
Richard Bränström,
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler,
John E. Pachankis,
Bruce G. Link
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303051
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , medicine , odds ratio , demography , lesbian , public health , health equity , population , gerontology , sexual minority , confidence interval , psychology , environmental health , social psychology , nursing , pathology , sociology , psychoanalysis
To determine whether fundamental cause theory (which posits that, in societal conditions of unequal power and resources, members of higher-status groups experience better health than members of lower-status groups because of their disproportionate access to health-protective factors) might be relevant in explaining health disparities related to sexual orientation.