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Influence of gender, sexual orientation, and need on treatment utilization for substance use and mental disorders: Findings from the California Quality of Life Survey [PDF]

BMC Psychiatry, 2009
Background Prior research has shown a higher prevalence of substance use and mental disorders among sexual minorities, however, the influence of sexual orientation on treatment seeking has not been widely studied.
Mays Vickie M, Greenwell Lisa, Grella Christine E, Cochran Susan D   +3 more
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Using mobile technology to engage sexual and gender minorities in clinical research [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionHistorical and current stigmatizing and discriminatory experiences drive sexual and gender minority (SGM) people away from health care and clinical research.
Mitchell R. Lunn, Matthew R. Capriotti, Annesa Flentje, Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo, Mark J. Pletcher, Antony J. Triano, Chollada Sooksaman, Jeffrey Frazier, Juno Obedin‐Maliver   +8 more
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Experience of and factors associated with violence against sexual and gender minorities in nine African countries: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Objective The objective of this research was to assess physical and sexual violence experienced by sexual and gender minorities in nine African countries, and to examine factors associated with violence.
Alex Müller, Kristen Daskilewicz, Mc Lean Kabwe, Anna Mmolai-Chalmers, Chelsea Morroni, Nelson Muparamoto, Adamson S. Muula, Vincent Odira, Martin Zimba, the Southern and Eastern African Research Collective for Health (SEARCH)   +9 more
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Mental health among sexual and gender minorities: A Finnish population-based study of anxiety and depression discrepancies between individuals of diverse sexual orientations and gender minorities and the majority population.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Substantial empirical evidence suggests that individuals who belong to sexual and gender minorities experience more anxiety and depression than heterosexual and cisgender people.
Marianne Källström, Nicole Nousiainen, Patrick Jern, Sabina Nickull, Annika Gunst   +4 more
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Changing hearts and minds: Results from a multi-country gender and sexual diversity training. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Engaging key populations, including gender and sexual minorities, is essential to meeting global targets for reducing new HIV infections and improving the HIV continuum of care. Negative attitudes toward gender and sexual minorities serve as a barrier to
Tonia Poteat, Chulwoo Park, Diego Solares, John K Williams, R Cameron Wolf, Noah Metheny, Andrea Vazzano, Juan Dent, Ashley Gibbs, Bareng Aletta Sanny Nonyane, Nora Toiv   +10 more
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Sexual and Gender Minorities Inclusion and Uptake of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: A Scoping Review of Literature

American Journal of Men's Health, 2023
Despite the efforts to ensure that sexual and reproductive health services are integrated into global, regional, and national initiatives, a significant number of countries are overwhelmed by frames of exclusion and violations of fundamental human rights,
Methembe Yotamu Khozah, Wilfred Njabulo Nunu   +1 more
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Sociality and infectious disease prevention and control of sexual and gender minorities in China

Shanghai yufang yixue, 2023
Sexual and gender minorities have social behavioral characteristics such as aggregation， mobility， exclusivity， and concealment， which may be associated with the transmission of infectious diseases in this group.
ZHANG Yuxin, JIANG Chenyan, WANG Jiwei
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Conceptions of Justice System professionals on adoption by gay and lesbian couples [PDF]

Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas), 2022
: This exploratory and qualitative research aimed to understand how legal professionals and professionals working in the Public Ministry (psychologists, social workers, prosecutors, and judges) understand and notice adoption by gay and lesbian couples ...
Mariana Silva CECÍLIO, Fabio SCORSOLINI-COMIN   +1 more
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Psychosocial characteristics and HIV-related sexual behaviors among cisgender, transgender, and gender non-conforming MSM in China

BMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background While a growing number of studies focus on men who have sex with men (MSM), they typically ignore the heterogeneity of gender minorities within the MSM population.
Zhizhou Duan, Liyin Wang, Menglan Guo, Changmian Ding, Danqin Huang, Hong Yan, Amanda Wilson, Shiyue Li   +7 more
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Religious Affiliation’s Association with Suicidality across Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities

Religions, 2022
The objective was to replicate and extend earlier findings examining the intersection of sexual orientation and religious affiliation predicting suicidality.
W. Justin Dyer, Michael A. Goodman
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