Sexual Health and Health Care Access Among Diverse Sexual Minority Women

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca S. Gitlin ◽  
Hilary Sluis ◽  
Kimberly Balsam
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Care Access

scholarly journals Sexual Health Care Services Among Young Adult Sexual Minority Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily J. Youatt ◽  
Lisa H. Harris ◽  
Gary W. Harper ◽  
Nancy K. Janz ◽  
José A. Bauermeister
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Health Care ◽  
Care Services

Sexually Transmitted Infections in the U.S. Military: A Sexual Health Paradigm to Address Risk Behaviors, Unintended Pregnancy, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Trauma

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherrie B Boyer ◽  
Charlotte A Gaydos ◽  
Amy B Geller ◽  
Eric C Garges ◽  
Sten H Vermund
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Universal Health Care ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
The Military ◽  
Universal Health

ABSTRACT To address the ongoing epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) conducted a consensus study on STI control and prevention in the United States to provide recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of County and City Health Officials. The culminating report identified military personnel as one of the priority groups that require special consideration given the high prevalence of STIs and their associated behaviors (e.g., concurrent sexual partners and infrequent condom use) that occur during active duty service. Universal health care access, the relative ease and frequency of STI screening, and the educational opportunities within the military are all assets in STI control and prevention. The report offers a comprehensive framework on multiple and interrelated influences on STI risk, prevention, health care access, delivery, and treatment. It also provides an overview of the multilevel risk and protective factors associated with STIs that could be applied using a sexual health paradigm. The military context must integrate the multilevel domains of influences to guide the effort to fill current gaps and research needs. The Department of Defense, with its large clinical and preventive medicine workforce and its well-established universal health care system, is well positioned to enact changes to shift its current approach to STI prevention, treatment, and control. STI control based on highlighting behavioral, social, cultural, and environmental influences on service members’ sexual health and wellness may well drive better STI care and prevention outcomes.

scholarly journals ‘Clinics aren't meant for men’: Sexual health care access and seeking behaviours among men in Gauteng province, South Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jami S Leichliter ◽  
Gabriela Paz-Bailey ◽  
Allison L Friedman ◽  
Melissa A Habel ◽  
Alex Vezi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
Sexual Health Care ◽  
Care Access

scholarly journals Sexual Identity Differences in Health Care Access and Satisfaction: Findings from Nationally Representative Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica N Fish ◽  
Rodman E Turpin ◽  
Natasha D Williams ◽  
Bradley O Boekeloo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
And Bisexual

Abstract Identification of barriers to adequate health care for sexual minority populations remains elusive as they are complex and variable across sexual orientation subgroups (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual). To address these complexities, we use a U.S. nationally representative sample of health care consumers to assess sexual identity differences in health care access and satisfaction. We conducted a secondary data analysis of 12 waves (2012-2018) of the biannual Consumer Survey of Health Care Access (n=30,548) to assess sexual identity differences in 6 health care access and 3 health care satisfaction indicators. Despite parity in health insurance coverage, sexual minorities – with some variation across sexual minority subgroups and sex – reported more chronic health conditions alongside restricted health care access and unmet health care needs. Gay/lesbian females had the lowest prevalence of health care utilization and higher prevalence rates of delaying needed health care and medical tests relative to heterosexual females. Gay/lesbian females and bisexual males were less likely than their heterosexual counterparts to be able to pay for needed health care services. Sexual minorities also reported less satisfactory experiences with medical providers. Examining barriers to health care among sexual minorities is critical to eliminating health disparities that disproportionately burden this population.

scholarly journals The Predictive Syndemic Effect of Multiple Psychosocial Problems on Health Care Costs and Utilization among Sexual Minority Women

2015 ◽  
Vol 92 (6) ◽  
pp. 1092-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Valentine ◽  
Steven Elsesser ◽  
Chris Grasso ◽  
Steven A. Safren ◽  
Judith B. Bradford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Care Costs
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