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ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2014

Health inequalities among sexual minority adults: evidence from ten U.S. states, 2010.

John R Blosnich, Grant W Farmer, Joseph G L Lee, Vincent M B Silenzio, Deborah J Bowen

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Article in American journal of preventive medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 139 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

John R BlosnichDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: john.blosnich@va.gov.
Grant W FarmerDepartment of Epidemiology, College for Public Health & Social Justice, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Joseph G L LeeDepartment of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Vincent M B SilenzioDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
Deborah J BowenDepartment of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Funding

Postdoctoral Training in Suicide Prevention Research (supplement 2)T32MH020061 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI VAN ORDEN, KIMBERLY ALLISON · 2001 to 2025
$5.9M
Tobacco Use and Cardiovascular Disease in Sexual Minority MenF31DA032220 · NIDA · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI FARMER, GRANT WESLEY · 2011 to 2013
$54k
NIDA NIH HHS F31 DA032220NIDA NIH HHS F31DA032220NIMH NIH HHS 5T32MH020061NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH020061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImproving the health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals is a Healthy People 2020 goal; however, the IOM highlighted the paucity of information currently available about LGB populations. PURPOSE: To compare health indicators by gender and sexual orientation statuses.

methodsData are from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys conducted January-December of 2010 with population-based samples of non-institutionalized U.S. adults aged over 18 years (N=93,414) in ten states that asked about respondents' sexual orientation (response rates=41.1%-65.6%). Analyses were stratified by gender and sexual orientation to compare indicators of mental health, physical health, risk behaviors, preventive health behaviors, screening tests, health care utilization, and medical diagnoses. Analyses were conducted in March 2013.

resultsOverall, 2.4% (95% CI=2.2, 2.7) of the sample identified as LGB. All sexual minority groups were more likely to be current smokers than their heterosexual peers. Compared with heterosexual women, lesbian women had more than 30% decreased odds of having an annual routine physical exam, and bisexual women had more than 2.5 times the odds of not seeking medical care owing to cost. Compared with heterosexual men, gay men were less likely to be overweight or obese, and bisexual men were twice as likely to report a lifetime asthma diagnosis.

conclusionsThis study represents one of the largest samples of LGB adults and finds important health inequalities, including that bisexual women bear particularly high burdens of health disparities. Further work is needed to identify causes of and intervention for these disparities.

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Health BehaviorHealth Status DisparitiesMental HealthAdultBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHealth ServicesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsRisk-TakingSex FactorsSexuality

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