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Sexually transmitted diseases in homosexual and bisexual males from a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus negative volunteers (Project Horizonte), Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are very frequent in the whole world. Males who do not use a condom during their sexual relations are at great risk.
L Lignani Jr, EI Oliveira, M Carneiro, M Greco, J Andrade, CM Antunes, DB Greco   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Comparison and Its Association With Disordered Eating Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Social comparison has been widely implicated in the etiology and maintenance of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. At the same time, however, the magnitude of this relationship remains unclear, with existing studies varying widely in methodology, measurement, and sample characteristics.
Fidan Turk, Aysesu Bozdogan, Rachel Hughes, Phaedra Longhurst, Millie Chilvers, Ellen E. Fitzsimmons‐Craft   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Someone is always worse than you’: bisexual, asexual and/or gender diverse university students’ perspectives on mental health and LGBTQIA+ specific interventions

Kōtuitui
This study explored LGBTQIA+ university students’ navigation of mental health services in Aotearoa New Zealand. Seven LGBTQIA+ students were interviewed, and transcripts of discussions were analysed using a theory-driven approach to thematic analysis ...
Sam Fennessy, Claudia Garcia, Amanda E. Clifford, Gareth J. Treharne, Charlene Rapsey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving alcohol and mental health treatment for lesbian, bisexual and queer women: Identity matters

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018
Objective: Lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women experience substantial unmet alcohol and mental health treatment needs. This paper explores the way in which sexual identity shapes experience, and needs, in relation to alcohol and mental health ...
Amy Pennay, Ruth McNair, Tonda L. Hughes, William Leonard, Rhonda Brown, Dan I. Lubman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inclusive Health Conference: conference-based education as an intervention to address medical education deficits

University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2017
Introduction: Physicians are responsible for the health of all patients, but medical students receive inadequate training on the health- care needs of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) patients [1].
Jocelyn Andruko, Brandon Christensen, Melanie Lewis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolutionary Potential of Parthenogenesis—Bisexual Lineages within Triploid Apomictic Thelytoky in Cacopsylla ledi (Flor, 1861) (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) in Fennoscandia

Insects, 2022
A widely accepted hypothesis is that parthenogenesis is an evolutionary dead end since it is selectively advantageous in the short term only but results in lowered diversification rates. Triploid apomictic parthenogenesis might represent an exception, as
Seppo Nokkala, Valentina G. Kuznetsova, Peppi Pietarinen, Christina Nokkala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virtual Reality Externalization (VR‐E) for Patients With Eating Disorders: A Pilot Study

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Despite significant health and psychosocial impairments, many individuals with eating disorders (ED) view their disorder as an integral part of their identity. Because this “ego‐syntonicity” is associated with low treatment motivation and treatment dropouts, we investigated the acceptability, feasibility, and effects of a newly ...
Samuel P. E. Mehranfar, Georg Halbeisen, Karsten Braks, Thomas J. Huber, Georgios Paslakis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Narrative Acts: Telling Tales of Life and Love with the Wrong Gender

Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2008
This presentation provides an illustration of performative social science through the world's first project to focus on multi-media storytelling with a nationwide LGBT community for public representation and museum archiving.
James Valentine
doaj  

Attitudes toward gay and lesbian individuals in Russia: An exploration of the interpersonal contact hypothesis and personality factor

Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2017
Background. Negative attitudes toward Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual people in Russia are common, and may have become more prevalent due to recent policy changes. Objective.
Sharon G. Horne, Meredith R. Maroney, Elizaveta A. Zagryazhskaya, Julie Koven   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expanding Global Philanthropy to Support the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People [PDF]

, 2009
Summarizes discussions from a September 2008 meeting of donors, foundation leaders, and rights advocates on the global lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights movement, key obstacles, and ways to increase philanthropic resources to address ...
Sue Simon
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