Promoting the Successful Development of Sexual and Gender Minority Youths

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ID11034072
AuthorsKenneth H Mayer (0000-0001-7460-733X, Kenneth H. Mayer and Harvey J. Makadon are with The Fenway Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Robert Garofalo is with the Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, Lurie Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.), Reebee Garofalo (0000-0001-9513-9416, Kenneth H. Mayer and Harvey J. Makadon are with The Fenway Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Robert Garofalo is with the Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, Lurie Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.), Robert Garofalo, Harvey J Makadon (Kenneth H. Mayer and Harvey J. Makadon are with The Fenway Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Robert Garofalo is with the Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, Lurie Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.)
Year2014
Volume104
Issue6
Pages976-981
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.301876
PMID24825194
OpenAlexW2126852123
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited42

Because of societal discomfort with atypical expressions of sexual orientation and gender identity, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youths have experienced enhanced developmental challenges compared with their heterosexual peers. A recent special issue of the American Journal of Public Health delineated how social stigma affecting LGBT youths has resulted in a wide range of health disparities, ranging from increased prevalence of depression and substance use to downstream effects, such as an increased risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease when older. We review the clinical significance of these findings for health care professionals, who need to become informed about these associations to provide better care for their sexual and gender minority youth patients, and to be able to educate their parents and other caregivers

Family medicine · Health care · Health equity · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Political science · Psychiatry · Public health · Sexual identity · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Social stigma · Sociology · Stigma (botany) · Transgender · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Clinical Psychology · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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