ArticleSexually transmitted infections2017
HPV infection among a population-based sample of sexual minority women from USA.
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- The intersection of sexual orientation with race and ethnicity in cervical cancer screening.Cancer · 2022Article
- Partner-Level and Sexual Networking Factors Are Associated With Vaccine-Type and Nonvaccine-Type Human Papillomavirus Infection After Vaccine Introduction in Young Women.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2022Article
- Human Papillomavirus Infection: Knowledge, Risk Perceptions and Behaviors among SMW and AFAB.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Facilitators and Barriers of HPV Vaccine Acceptance, Initiation, and Completion among LGBTQ Community in the U.S.: A Systematic Review.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2022Article
- Cervical cancer screening among sexual minority women: findings from a national survey.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2021Article
- Sexual Minority Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2020Article
- Brazilian Immigrant Parents' Awareness of HPV and the HPV Vaccine and Interest in Participating in Future HPV-Related Cancer Prevention Study: an Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in the USA.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- HPV vaccine coverage and acceptability among a national sample of sexual minority women ages 18-45.Vaccine · 2020Article
- Epidemiological investigation on the cervical health of lesbians in Beijing, China.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Observational
- Recent Penile Sexual Contact Is Associated With an Increased Odds of High-Risk Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection in Transgender Men.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2020Article
- Multisite HPV infections in the United States (NHANES 2003-2014): An overview and synthesis.Preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Among a National Sample of Women in the United States.BioResearch open access · 2019Article
- Three-dose HPV vaccine completion among sexual and gender minority young adults at a Boston community health center.Vaccine · 2018Article
- Facilitators of and barriers to HPV vaccination among sexual and gender minority patients at a Boston community health center.Vaccine · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesSexual minority women are at risk for infection with human papillomavirus (HPV); yet, relatively little is known about the prevalence of HPV infection among this population.
methodsWe analysed data from the 2003-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey among women aged 20-59 (n=7132). We examined two dimensions of sexual orientation (sexual identity and sexual behaviour) and used weighted logistic regression to determine how HPV infection outcomes (any HPV type, high-risk HPV type and vaccine HPV type) vary by dimension.
resultsSimilar patterns emerged for sexual identity and sexual behaviour. In bivariate analyses, HPV infection outcomes were more common among non-heterosexual women compared with heterosexual women (any type: 49.7% vs 41.1%; high-risk type: 37.0% vs 27.9%), as well as among women who reported any same-sex partners compared with women who reported only opposite-sex partners (any type: 55.9% vs 41.0%; high-risk type: 37.7% vs 28.2%; vaccine type: 19.1% vs 14.0%) (p<0.05). When we disaggregated measures of sexual orientation into subgroups, bisexual women and women who reported partners of both sexes had greater odds of HPV infection outcomes (p<0.05 in bivariate analyses). Multivariate models attenuated several of these differences, though lesbian women and women who reported only same-sex partners had lower odds of most HPV infection outcomes in multivariate analyses (p<0.05).
conclusionsHPV infection is common among sexual minority women, though estimates vary depending on how sexual orientation is operationalised. Results can help inform targeted HPV and cervical cancer prevention efforts for sexual minority women.
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