Ulrike Boehmer
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 277964 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ulrike Boehmer |
| NOMBRES | Ulrike |
| APELLIDO | Boehmer |
| FIRMA | BOEHMER U |
| AFILIACIONES | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0097-5927 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 216 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Trends in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine response patterns to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) over time and to assess nonresponse and indeterminate responses by demographic characteristics. METHODS: This is a secondary data analysis of the SOGI module of the BRFSS. We used data from 46 states and Guam that implemented SOGI questions between 2014 and 2022. W…
Health Care Workers’ Perspectives on Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Adult Primary Care Setting
BACKGROUND: Despite numerous calls for standardized collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data in clinical settings, uptake of this practice still lags. OBJECTIVES: This study conducted a preimplementation assessment of staff attitudes toward SOGI data collection within an adult primary care practice in an urban academic medical center in the northeastern United States. RESEARCH DESIGN: We created a process map of the flow o…
Neighborhood Characteristics and Colorectal Cancer Survivors' Quality of Care
Purpose: Quality cancer care entails receipt of a Survivorship Care Plan (SCP). The purpose of this study was to determine differences in SCP delivery by patient-level and neighborhood characteristics. Methods: We obtained California cancer registry data on individuals who were diagnosed with stage I, II, or III colorectal cancer (CRC) between 2012 and 2015 and resided in predetermined geographic areas. We then mailed them a questionnaire, which …
Female Caregivers to Female Cancer Survivors (DRAFT)
In this chapter, the authors focus on adult female caregivers performing informal caregiving tasks to adult females diagnosed with cancer. The authors limit discussion to a binary definition of gender, whereas Chapter 11 addresses gender minorities, including transwomen caregivers and transgender care recipients. The authors present national data on adult caregivers and describe the characteristics of female-to-female caregivers. They present a t…
Dental Care in an Equal Access System Valuing Equity
BACKGROUND: Racial disparities in dental care have previously been shown in the Veterans Health Administration (VA)-a controlled access setting valuing equitable, high-quality care. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to examine current disparities in dental care by focusing on the receipt of root canal therapy (RCT) versus tooth extraction. RESEARCH DESIGN: This is a retrospective analysis of data contained in the VA's electronic health records…
Coping and Benefit Finding among Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors of Different Sexual Orientations
This study of long-term breast cancer survivors examined differences in coping by sexual orientation and determined the contribution of sexual orientation and coping on survivors' benefit finding. Sexual orientation was indirectly associated with benefit finding by interactions with clinical, social support, and demographic variables, and not by interactions between sexual orientation and coping styles. While survivors with a sexual minority orie…
Weight Status and Sexual Orientation
Objectives. We determined differences in weight at age 18 years and at current age and weight change by sexual orientation within different racial/ethnic populations, stratifying by gender. Methods. We used 2001–2007 data from the California Health Interview Survey, resulting in an unweighted sample of 120 274 individuals aged 18 to 74 years. Using regression models, we examined overweight status and change in weight by sexual orientation, strati…
Breast Cancer Mortality’s Association with Sexual Orientation
Girl Child Marriage and Its Association With National Rates of HIV, Maternal Health, and Infant Mortality Across 97 Countries
This study was designed to assess associations between national rates of girl child marriage and national rates of HIV and maternal and child health (MCH) concerns, using national indicator data from 2009 United Nations reports. Current analyses were limited to the N = 97 nations (of 188 nations) for which girl child marriage data were available. Regression analyses adjusted for development and world region demonstrate that nations with higher ra…
After Breast Cancer
Research on sexual difficulties after cancer has neglected sexual minority women (SMW); for example, lesbian and bisexual women. Clinicians treating these women are therefore at a disadvantage as they lack information about sexual problems in this population. This study tested the hypothesis that SMW with breast cancer have poorer sexual function than SMW without breast cancer, distinguishing partnered from unpartnered women. Using convenience sa…
Adult Health Behaviors Over the Life Course by Sexual Orientation
Objectives. We estimated differences in health behaviors among adults by sexual orientation. Methods. We pooled 4 years of data (2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007) from the California Health Interview Survey. We estimated the frequency of smoking, alcohol use, healthy dietary behaviors, physical activity, and health care utilization, and we used logistic regression modeling to determine the odds of each behavior with increasing age and for 2 age groups:…
Parents' Supportive Reactions to Sexual Orientation Disclosure Associated With Better Health
This study investigated associations between coming out to parents, experiences of parental support, and self-reported health behaviors and conditions among a population-based sample of LGB individuals using data collected via the 2002 Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS; N = 177). We explored the following two hypotheses: 1) Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals who had never disclosed their sexual orientation …
Comparing Sexual Minority Cancer Survivors Recruited Through a Cancer Registry to Convenience Methods of Recruitment
Health-related quality of life in breast cancer survivors of different sexual orientations
Advance Care Planning by Unmarried Women of Different Sexual Orientations
We examined social support as a facilitator of advance care planning in unmarried women of different sexual orientations. Survey participants consisted of 215 women, 90 who reported a preference for partnering with women (WPW) and 125 for partnering with men (WPM). Our findings indicate that the association between social support and advance care planning was mixed. Specifically, social support had no significant impact on executing a will for ei…
County-Level Association of Sexual Minority Density with Breast Cancer Incidence
Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women
Objective. We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other sexual orientations. Methods. We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups, using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth. Results. Adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses showed lesbians have more than twice the odds of overweight (odds ratio [OR]=2.69; 95% confide…
Tooth Retention as an Indicator of Quality Dental Care
BACKGROUND: Retaining teeth improves oral health and quality of life. Thus, receipt of a root canal (vs. a tooth extraction) is a useful indicator of the quality of dental care. However, use of this quality measure without adjusting for the severity of oral disease could lead to spurious conclusions. OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the development of a dental severity adjustment methodology. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective study. SUBJECTS: 54,423…
Twenty Years of Public Health Research
Objectives. This study determined to what extent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations have been studied over the past 20 years of public health research. Methods. From MEDLINE English-language articles on human subjects published between 1980 and 1999, I identified articles that included LGBT individuals. The abstracts were analyzed with a coding procedure that categorized the content by topic, sexual orientation, and race/e…
Self-Reported vs Administrative Race/Ethnicity Data and Study Results
Concerns about administrative data on race/ethnicity have led some researchers to consider self-reported race/ethnicity as superior.1–5 However, few studies have examined the differential impact of the source of race/ethnicity data, that is, observed or selfreported, on study outcomes. We investigated whether differences in reporting of race/ethnicity led to different results with regard to the use of one therapeutic dental procedure, root canal …
Female life expectancy, gender stratification, health status, and level of economic development
The impact of women's status on infant mortality rate
Parents' Supportive Reactions to Sexual Orientation Disclosure Associated With Better Health
This study investigated associations between coming out to parents, experiences of parental support, and self-reported health behaviors and conditions among a population-based sample of LGB individuals using data collected via the 2002 Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS; N = 177). We explored the following two hypotheses: 1) Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals who had never disclosed their sexual orientation …
The impact of women's status on infant mortality rate
Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women
Objective. We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other sexual orientations. Methods. We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups, using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth. Results. Adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses showed lesbians have more than twice the odds of overweight (odds ratio [OR]=2.69; 95% confide…
Twenty Years of Public Health Research
Objectives. This study determined to what extent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations have been studied over the past 20 years of public health research. Methods. From MEDLINE English-language articles on human subjects published between 1980 and 1999, I identified articles that included LGBT individuals. The abstracts were analyzed with a coding procedure that categorized the content by topic, sexual orientation, and race/e…
Girl Child Marriage and Its Association With National Rates of HIV, Maternal Health, and Infant Mortality Across 97 Countries
This study was designed to assess associations between national rates of girl child marriage and national rates of HIV and maternal and child health (MCH) concerns, using national indicator data from 2009 United Nations reports. Current analyses were limited to the N = 97 nations (of 188 nations) for which girl child marriage data were available. Regression analyses adjusted for development and world region demonstrate that nations with higher ra…
Self-Reported vs Administrative Race/Ethnicity Data and Study Results
Concerns about administrative data on race/ethnicity have led some researchers to consider self-reported race/ethnicity as superior.1–5 However, few studies have examined the differential impact of the source of race/ethnicity data, that is, observed or selfreported, on study outcomes. We investigated whether differences in reporting of race/ethnicity led to different results with regard to the use of one therapeutic dental procedure, root canal …
Female life expectancy, gender stratification, health status, and level of economic development
Adult Health Behaviors Over the Life Course by Sexual Orientation
Objectives. We estimated differences in health behaviors among adults by sexual orientation. Methods. We pooled 4 years of data (2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007) from the California Health Interview Survey. We estimated the frequency of smoking, alcohol use, healthy dietary behaviors, physical activity, and health care utilization, and we used logistic regression modeling to determine the odds of each behavior with increasing age and for 2 age groups:…
Weight Status and Sexual Orientation
Objectives. We determined differences in weight at age 18 years and at current age and weight change by sexual orientation within different racial/ethnic populations, stratifying by gender. Methods. We used 2001–2007 data from the California Health Interview Survey, resulting in an unweighted sample of 120 274 individuals aged 18 to 74 years. Using regression models, we examined overweight status and change in weight by sexual orientation, strati…
After Breast Cancer
Research on sexual difficulties after cancer has neglected sexual minority women (SMW); for example, lesbian and bisexual women. Clinicians treating these women are therefore at a disadvantage as they lack information about sexual problems in this population. This study tested the hypothesis that SMW with breast cancer have poorer sexual function than SMW without breast cancer, distinguishing partnered from unpartnered women. Using convenience sa…
County-Level Association of Sexual Minority Density with Breast Cancer Incidence
The impact of women's status on infant mortality rate
Female life expectancy, gender stratification, health status, and level of economic development
Twenty Years of Public Health Research
Objectives. This study determined to what extent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations have been studied over the past 20 years of public health research. Methods. From MEDLINE English-language articles on human subjects published between 1980 and 1999, I identified articles that included LGBT individuals. The abstracts were analyzed with a coding procedure that categorized the content by topic, sexual orientation, and race/e…
Self-Reported vs Administrative Race/Ethnicity Data and Study Results
Concerns about administrative data on race/ethnicity have led some researchers to consider self-reported race/ethnicity as superior.1–5 However, few studies have examined the differential impact of the source of race/ethnicity data, that is, observed or selfreported, on study outcomes. We investigated whether differences in reporting of race/ethnicity led to different results with regard to the use of one therapeutic dental procedure, root canal …
Tooth Retention as an Indicator of Quality Dental Care
BACKGROUND: Retaining teeth improves oral health and quality of life. Thus, receipt of a root canal (vs. a tooth extraction) is a useful indicator of the quality of dental care. However, use of this quality measure without adjusting for the severity of oral disease could lead to spurious conclusions. OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the development of a dental severity adjustment methodology. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective study. SUBJECTS: 54,423…
Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women
Objective. We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other sexual orientations. Methods. We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups, using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth. Results. Adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses showed lesbians have more than twice the odds of overweight (odds ratio [OR]=2.69; 95% confide…
Advance Care Planning by Unmarried Women of Different Sexual Orientations
We examined social support as a facilitator of advance care planning in unmarried women of different sexual orientations. Survey participants consisted of 215 women, 90 who reported a preference for partnering with women (WPW) and 125 for partnering with men (WPM). Our findings indicate that the association between social support and advance care planning was mixed. Specifically, social support had no significant impact on executing a will for ei…
County-Level Association of Sexual Minority Density with Breast Cancer Incidence
Comparing Sexual Minority Cancer Survivors Recruited Through a Cancer Registry to Convenience Methods of Recruitment
Health-related quality of life in breast cancer survivors of different sexual orientations
Adult Health Behaviors Over the Life Course by Sexual Orientation
Objectives. We estimated differences in health behaviors among adults by sexual orientation. Methods. We pooled 4 years of data (2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007) from the California Health Interview Survey. We estimated the frequency of smoking, alcohol use, healthy dietary behaviors, physical activity, and health care utilization, and we used logistic regression modeling to determine the odds of each behavior with increasing age and for 2 age groups:…
Parents' Supportive Reactions to Sexual Orientation Disclosure Associated With Better Health
This study investigated associations between coming out to parents, experiences of parental support, and self-reported health behaviors and conditions among a population-based sample of LGB individuals using data collected via the 2002 Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS; N = 177). We explored the following two hypotheses: 1) Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals who had never disclosed their sexual orientation …
Breast Cancer Mortality’s Association with Sexual Orientation
Girl Child Marriage and Its Association With National Rates of HIV, Maternal Health, and Infant Mortality Across 97 Countries
This study was designed to assess associations between national rates of girl child marriage and national rates of HIV and maternal and child health (MCH) concerns, using national indicator data from 2009 United Nations reports. Current analyses were limited to the N = 97 nations (of 188 nations) for which girl child marriage data were available. Regression analyses adjusted for development and world region demonstrate that nations with higher ra…
After Breast Cancer
Research on sexual difficulties after cancer has neglected sexual minority women (SMW); for example, lesbian and bisexual women. Clinicians treating these women are therefore at a disadvantage as they lack information about sexual problems in this population. This study tested the hypothesis that SMW with breast cancer have poorer sexual function than SMW without breast cancer, distinguishing partnered from unpartnered women. Using convenience sa…
Coping and Benefit Finding among Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors of Different Sexual Orientations
This study of long-term breast cancer survivors examined differences in coping by sexual orientation and determined the contribution of sexual orientation and coping on survivors' benefit finding. Sexual orientation was indirectly associated with benefit finding by interactions with clinical, social support, and demographic variables, and not by interactions between sexual orientation and coping styles. While survivors with a sexual minority orie…
Weight Status and Sexual Orientation
Objectives. We determined differences in weight at age 18 years and at current age and weight change by sexual orientation within different racial/ethnic populations, stratifying by gender. Methods. We used 2001–2007 data from the California Health Interview Survey, resulting in an unweighted sample of 120 274 individuals aged 18 to 74 years. Using regression models, we examined overweight status and change in weight by sexual orientation, strati…
Dental Care in an Equal Access System Valuing Equity
BACKGROUND: Racial disparities in dental care have previously been shown in the Veterans Health Administration (VA)-a controlled access setting valuing equitable, high-quality care. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to examine current disparities in dental care by focusing on the receipt of root canal therapy (RCT) versus tooth extraction. RESEARCH DESIGN: This is a retrospective analysis of data contained in the VA's electronic health records…
Female Caregivers to Female Cancer Survivors (DRAFT)
In this chapter, the authors focus on adult female caregivers performing informal caregiving tasks to adult females diagnosed with cancer. The authors limit discussion to a binary definition of gender, whereas Chapter 11 addresses gender minorities, including transwomen caregivers and transgender care recipients. The authors present national data on adult caregivers and describe the characteristics of female-to-female caregivers. They present a t…
Neighborhood Characteristics and Colorectal Cancer Survivors' Quality of Care
Purpose: Quality cancer care entails receipt of a Survivorship Care Plan (SCP). The purpose of this study was to determine differences in SCP delivery by patient-level and neighborhood characteristics. Methods: We obtained California cancer registry data on individuals who were diagnosed with stage I, II, or III colorectal cancer (CRC) between 2012 and 2015 and resided in predetermined geographic areas. We then mailed them a questionnaire, which …
Trends in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine response patterns to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) over time and to assess nonresponse and indeterminate responses by demographic characteristics. METHODS: This is a secondary data analysis of the SOGI module of the BRFSS. We used data from 46 states and Guam that implemented SOGI questions between 2014 and 2022. W…
Health Care Workers’ Perspectives on Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Adult Primary Care Setting
BACKGROUND: Despite numerous calls for standardized collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data in clinical settings, uptake of this practice still lags. OBJECTIVES: This study conducted a preimplementation assessment of staff attitudes toward SOGI data collection within an adult primary care practice in an urban academic medical center in the northeastern United States. RESEARCH DESIGN: We created a process map of the flow o…
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