Sexual and gender minority health care disparities: barriers to care and strategies to bridge the gap

EM Lund, CM Burgess - Primary Care: Clinics in Office …, 2021 - primarycare.theclinics.com
Gender and sexual minority individuals (ie, people who identify as nonheterosexual and/or
noncisgender; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other [LGBTQ+] is used as a …

Medical mistrust among women with intersecting marginalized identities: a scoping review

IK Ho, TA Sheldon, E Botelho - Ethnicity & Health, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this scoping review is to synthesize knowledge about medical mistrust and
health among women who occupy other marginalized identities; namely women who also …

[HTML][HTML] Disparities in food insecurity at the intersection of race and sexual orientation: A population-based study of adult women in the United States

JG Patterson, J Russomanno, AA Teferra… - SSM-population health, 2020 - Elsevier
Food insecurity affects 1 in 8 American adults annually, and is more prevalent in Black and
sexual minority women. We applied an intersectional approach to investigate food insecurity …

Sexual orientation disparities in food insecurity and food assistance use in US adult women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–2014

JG Patterson, J Russomanno, JM Jabson Tree - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Nearly 40 million American adults report past year food insecurity. This
is concerning, as food insecurity is associated with chronic disease morbidity and premature …

A population-based study of the intersection of sexual identity and race/ethnicity on physiological risk factors for CVD among US adults (ages 18–59)

BA Caceres, AJ Ancheta, C Dorsen… - Ethnicity & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Sexual minorities face significant psychosocial stressors (such as discrimination
and violence) that impact their health. Several studies indicate that sexual minority women …

A call to reconceptualize obesity treatment in service of health equity: review of evidence and future directions

S Herbozo, KL Brown, NL Burke, JG LaRose - Current obesity reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Rates of obesity and associated comorbidities are higher
among Black and Latino adults compared to white adults. We sought to provide an overview …

Experiences of stigma, psychological distress, and facilitative coping among pregnant people with gestational diabetes mellitus

S Sun, J Pellowski, C Pisani, D Pandey, M Go… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been rising in the United States, and it
poses significant health risks to pregnant individuals and their infants. Prior research has …

Weight stigma among sexual minority adults: Findings from a matched sample of adults engaged in weight management

RM Puhl, MS Himmelstein, RL Pearl, AC Wojtanowski… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Despite elevated rates of obesity among some groups of sexual minority (SM)
adults, research examining weight stigma in this population is scarce. Methods Weight …

Sexual orientation identity disparities in mammography among White, Black, and Latina US women

M Agénor, AE Pérez, AR Tabaac, KT Bond… - LGBT health, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: Our goal was to examine sexual orientation identity disparities in mammography in
relationship to race/ethnicity among US women. Methods: Using nationally representative …

[HTML][HTML] Mindfulness-Based Mobile Health to Address Unhealthy Eating Among Middle-Aged Sexual Minority Women With Early Life Adversity: Mixed Methods …

S Sun, W Nardi, M Murphy, T Scott, F Saadeh… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Sexual minority women (lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer, and other
nonheterosexual women) remain considerably underrepresented in health research despite …