Full Description
LGBT Health: Meeting the Needs of Gender and Sexual Minorities offers a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive view of mental, medical, and public health conditions within the LGBT community. This book examines the health outcomes and risk factors that gender and sexual minority groups face while simultaneously providing evidence-based clinical recommendations and resources for meeting their health needs. Drawing from leading scholars and practitioners of LGBT health, this holistic, centralized text synthesizes epidemiologic, medical, psychological, sociological, and public health research related to the origins of, current state of, and ways to improve LGBT health.
The award-winning editors have assembled LGBT health experts who have conducted extensive research into diverse areas of LGBT health. Sections guide the reader through the entire spectrum of LGBT health, from the historical roots of LGBT health research all the way to modern, emerging lines of inquiry to improve health among diverse gender and sexual minority groups. Specific groundbreaking coverage includes such populations as LGBT veterans; reproductive health and parenting; sexual minority persons living with chronic illness and disability, and more. This encompassing volume serves as a go-to reference, a call to action, and a guide for anyone involved in researching and improving the health of LGBT populations.
KEY FEATURES
Synthesizes research from the psychological, sociological, medical, and public health fields into a comprehensive discussion of LGBT health
Covers the continuum of health from antecedents and sociocultural determinants through specific evidence-based approaches for improving outcomes
Includes specific focus on a wide range of health outcomes, including topics often neglected in the field such as reproductive health and parenting, intimate partner violence, cancer, and other chronic diseases
Specifically investigates a variety of LGBT subgroups and their unique health needs including for LGBT veterans, transgender men and women, and racial and ethnic minorities who are LGBT
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Contents
Contributors
Preface
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
1. Gender and Sexual Minority Health: History, Current State, and Terminology
K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, and K. Nikki Barefoot
2. Sociocultural and Systemic Barriers to Health for Gender and Sexual Minority Populations
Zachary McClain, Rosemary Thomas, and Baligh R. Yehia
3. Health Risk Behaviors in the Gender and Sexual Minority Population
Nathaniel Kralik and Daniel Skinner
SECTION II. OUTCOMES AND CONDITIONS
4. Obesity in Gender and Sexual Minority Groups
Tyler B. Mason, Robin J. Lewis, and Kristin E. Heron
5. Cancer in Gender and Sexual Minority Groups
Gwendolyn P. Quinn, Janella N. Hudson, Michelle T. Aihe, Lauren E. Wilson, and Matthew B. Schabath
6. Chronic Illnesses and Conditions in Gender and Sexual Minority Individuals
Jane A. McElroy and Maria T. Brown
7. Reproductive Health and Parenting in Gender and Sexual Minority Populations
K. Nikki Barefoot, K. Bryant Smalley, and Jacob C. Warren
8. Intimate Partner Violence Among Gender and Sexual Minority Groups
Rita M. Melendez and Jillian Crystal Salazar
9. The Needs of Gender and Sexual Minority Persons Living With Disabilities
Franco Dispenza, Tameeka L. Hunter, and Asha Kumar
10. The Mental Health of Gender and Sexual Minority Groups in Context
Tracy J. Cohn, Stephen P. Casazza, and Elizabeth M. Cottrell
11. Suicide and Self-Injury in Gender and Sexual Minority Populations
Kimberly H. McManama O'Brien, Richard T. Liu, Jennifer M. Putney, Taylor A. Burke, and Laika D. Aguinaldo
12. Substance Use Among Gender and Sexual Minority Youth and Adults
Genevieve Weber and Ashby Dodge
13. HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Within the Gender and Sexual Minority Community
Keith J. Horvath, Nicholas Yared, Sara Lammert, Alan Lifson, and Shalini Kulasingam
SECTION III. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIFIC GROUPS
14. Gender Minority Health: Affirmative Care for the Community
lore m. dickey and Colt Keo-Meier
15. The Health of Racial and Ethnic Minority Gender and Sexual Minority Populations
Jacob C. Warren, K. Bryant Smalley, and K. Nikki Barefoot
16. Bisexual Health
Jacob C. Warren, K. Bryant Smalley, and K. Nikki Barefoot
17. Advances in Research With Gender and Sexual Minority Youth in the 21st Century
Nicholas C. Heck, Lucas A. Mirabito, and Juan P. Zapata
18. Rural Gender and Sexual Minority Health
K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, Amanda Rickard, and K. Nikki Barefoot
19. Gender and Sexual Minority Military Personnel and Veterans
Nicholas Grant and Jeri Muse
20. Aging, Resilience, and Health in Gender and Sexual Minority Populations
Lake Dziengel and K. Abel Knochel
SECTION IV. RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
21. Evidence-Based Approaches for Improving Gender and Sexual Minority Health by Reducing Minority Stress
Melvin C. Hampton and John E. Pachankis
22. Recommendations for Practitioners for Providing Competent Care to Gender and Sexual Minority Individuals
Matthew R. Capriotti and Annesa Flentje
23. Future Directions in Gender and Sexual Minority Health Research
K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, and K. Nikki Barefoot
Index
