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Understanding Sexual Minority Health Disparities in Rural Areas

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ID12912201
AutoresBrandi Woodell (0000-0003-0888-0308, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen12
Número2
Fecha de publicación2017-12-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soc4.12553
OpenAlexW2771220195
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas114

This article reviews research from several disciplines including sociology, psychology, and public health to examine recent inconsistencies in findings of rural/urban health disparities among sexual minority populations. Previous work has found that sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals) report worse health than their heterosexual counterparts on many physical and mental health measures. To understand this occurrence, scholars have situated these findings most often within either minority stress or fundamental cause frameworks. These theories attribute health differences to unique stressors and stigmatization experienced by sexual minorities within a heteronormative social climate. This review provides an overview of specific health disparities by gender and sexual orientation, critically examines research on rural/urban health differences among sexual minorities, and offers three avenues for future research to help remedy the inconsistent results of previous rural/urban sexual minority health disparities research. Discussions of the ‘rural effect,’ rural social support resources, and the importance of geographic region for health are included as opportunities to further social scientific research on sexual minority health disparities

Health equity · Lesbian · Mental health · Minority stress · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Reproductive health · Rural area · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Situated · Sociology · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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