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Prevalence of self-harm among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adolescents: a comparison of personal and social adversity with a heterosexual sample in Ghana.
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- The prevalence of self-injury in adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
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- Awareness and acceptability of assisted reproductive technology among non-medical tertiary students in a low-resource setting.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2024Article
- Cultural competence must not leave anyone behind.Nature human behaviour · 2023Article
- Neglected gaps in improving the health, wellbeing, and care for sexual and gender minority young people living in low- and lower-middle- income countries: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- A scoping review of survey research with gender minority adolescents and youth in low and middle-income countries.PloS one · 2023Article
- Family rejection of non-hetero sexuality-Sexual orientation and behavior anonymity among sexual minority men in slum communities-BSGH 001.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Associations between mental health and HIV status among sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents in Nigeria.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Amphetamine-type stimulant use and self-harm: protocol for a systematic review of observational studies.BMJ open · 2022Article
- The Body I Live in. Perceptions and Meanings of Body Dissatisfaction in Young Transgender Adults: A Qualitative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe sought to estimate the prevalence of self-reported self-harm among adolescents identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) in Ghana, and compare self-reported personal and social adversities related to self-harm in this group to those in a random sample of heterosexual adolescents from the same locality.
resultsA total of 444 adolescents aged 13-21 years, comprising 74 LGBT adolescents and 370 heterosexual adolescents, provided data. The lifetime prevalence estimate of self-harm was higher in the LGBT group (47%) than the heterosexual group (23%). The LGBT group reported a higher rate of self-harm during the previous 12 months (45%), compared to the heterosexual group (18%). LGBT adolescents reported more alcohol and substance use and more personal social adversities, including various forms of victimisation, than heterosexual adolescents. They were no more likely to report difficulty in making and keeping friends or schoolwork problems than were heterosexual adolescents.
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