ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2017
Sexual Orientation Differences in Adolescent Health Care Access and Health-Promoting Physician Advice.
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- Sexual Orientation-Based Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Disparities: The Protective Role of School-Based Health Centers.Youth & society · 2020Article
- Misinformation, Gendered Perceptions, and Low Healthcare Provider Communication Around HPV and the HPV Vaccine Among Young Sexual Minority Men in New York City: The P18 Cohort Study.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Children in Immigrant Families: Advocacy Within and Beyond the Pediatric Emergency Department.Clinical pediatric emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Acne and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender Teenager.Dermatologic clinics · 2020Review
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- Utilization and avoidance of sexual health services and providers by YMSM and transgender youth assigned male at birth in Chicago.AIDS care · 2019Article
- Engaging Young Men in the HIV Prevention and Care Continua: Experiences From Young Men of Color Who Have Sex With Men.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2019Article
- A Systematic Review of Sexual Orientation Disparities in Disordered Eating and Weight-Related Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults: Toward a Developmental Model.Adolescent research review · 2019Article
- Cyber Behaviors Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth: Subgroup Differences and Associations with Health Indicators.Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 2019Article
- Sexual Orientation and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents.Pediatrics · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposePhysician screening and advice on health-related behaviors are an integral part of adolescent health care. Sexual minority adolescents encounter more barriers to health services; yet, no prior research has examined whether they also experience disparity in physician screening and advice. We examined possible sexual orientation disparities in health care access, physician screening, and advice on six health-related behaviors.
methodsData were from a national sample of U.S. adolescents who participated in wave 2 of the NEXT Generation Health Study (n = 2023). Poisson regressions were conducted separately for males and females to estimate sexual orientation differences in health care access and health-related screening and advice.
resultsCompared with heterosexual males, sexual minority males were more likely to report unmet medical needs in the past year (adjusted relative risk [ARR] = 2.23) but did not differ with respect to receiving physician advice concerning health-related behaviors. Compared with heterosexual females, sexual minority females were more likely to report no routine physical checkup in the past year (ARR = 1.67) but were more likely to receive physician advice to reduce or stop drinking, smoking, drug use, increase physical activity, and improve diet (ARRs = 1.56-1.99), even after controlling for corresponding health-related behaviors. Sexual minority females were also more likely to receive advice about risk associated with sexual behavior (ARR = 1.35) and advice to avoid sexually transmitted diseases (ARR = 1.49).
conclusionsBoth sexual minority males and females experienced disparities in some aspects of health care access. Improved health-promoting advice would better serve sexual minority males.
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