Introduction Minority stress theories suggest that high rates of discrimination experienced by
transgender people are precipitants of substance use. This risk is likely exacerbated by an …

Executive summary Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other
dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects …

Gender-based violence (GBV) is an umbrella term for any harm that is perpetrated against a
person's will and that results from power inequalities based on gender roles. Most global …

Methods: A systematic review was conducted of the medical literature published between
January 1, 2012 and November 30, 2015. The data focused on HIV prevalence …

As originally theorised, three concepts underlie the notion of a syndemic: disease
concentration, disease interaction, and the large-scale social forces that give rise to them. 1 …

We conducted an analysis of the prevalence of substance and behavioral addictions across
different transgender and gender diverse (TGD) subgroups. We performed a scoping review …

People living with HIV (PLHIV) continue to endure stigma and discrimination in the context of
health care despite global improvements in health outcomes. HIV stigma persists within …

Individuals with diverse sexual orientation and gender identities have historically
experienced the major share of stigma, discrimination, and marginalization among all the …

Background: The period from 2009 to 2019 has seen a lot of conversation about issues of
LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, and …

Persons who are transgender (ie, individuals who are assigned one sex at birth, but who do
not identify with that sex) are at elevated risk for developing problematic substance use …