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Education Level and Cigarette Smoking: Diminished Returns of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Individuals

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2019
Background: Education level is one of the strongest protective factors against high-risk behaviors such as cigarette smoking. Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs), however, suggest that the protective effects of education level tend to be weaker ...
Shervin Assari, Mohsen Bazargan
doaj   +1 more source

A limited global perspective on what makes anatomical public engagement good or bad

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anatomical public engagement has the potential to enhance anatomical literacy and patient–provider communication. However, the lack of consensus on effective practices, ethical considerations, and cultural sensitivities poses challenges for anatomists conducting outreach events.
Victoria Gomez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can I Write About It Yet?: The Influence of Politics on Literary Representations of Lesbians in Irish Women’s Writing

open access: yesStudi Irlandesi, 2020
The paper explores how lesbian representation evolves in a specifically Irish context. It examines selected texts of Mary Dorcey and Emma Donoghue, who were the leading lesbian authors of the last decade of the twentieth century, and whose writing ...
Anna Charczun
doaj  

A diversity-sensitive long-term care for gay and lesbian elders in need of care – Results of the research project GLESA / Eine diversitätssensible Pflege für schwule und lesbische Pflegebedürftige – Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojekts GLESA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Professions, 2018
This paper presents results of the research project „Gleichgeschlechtliche Lebensweisen und Selbstbestimmung im Alter“ (GLESA) by the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, and the Berlin School of Economics and Law concerning the needs of
Lottmann Ralf, Kollak Ingrid
doaj   +1 more source

The perception of your body by homosexual people. Eating disorders

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018
Introduction Problems related to eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and obesity turns out to be very common in the LGBT group. The paper presents a review of research in this field showing the relationship between the influence of the ...
Kosma Kołodziej   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enriching gender in PER: A binary past and a complex future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this article, we draw on previous reports from physics, science education, and women's studies to propose a more nuanced treatment of gender in physics education research (PER). A growing body of PER examines gender differences in participation, performance, and attitudes toward physics. We have three critiques of this work: (1) it does not question
arxiv   +1 more source

Minority Stress Experienced by LGBTQ Online Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the lives of minorities, such as members of the LGBTQ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) due to pre-existing social disadvantages and health disparities. Although extensive research has been carried out on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different aspects of the ...
arxiv  

A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are 'protected' from sociocultural pressure to be thin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Heterosexual women in Western cultures are known to experience body image concerns, dieting and disordered eating as a result of intense social pressures to be thin. However, it is theorised that lesbian and bisexual women belong to a subculture that is ‘
Brown LS   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Spiritual and religious information experiences: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A tutorial for using propensity score weighting for moderation analysis: an application to smoking disparities among sexual minority adults [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Objective. To provide step-by-step guidance and STATA and R code for using propensity score (PS) weighting to estimate moderation effects. Research Design. Tutorial illustrating the key steps for estimating and testing moderation using observational data.
arxiv  

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