LGBT health: meeting the health needs of gender and sexual minority populations

Abstract

Gender and sexual minority health : history, current state, and terminology / K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, and K. Nikki Barefoot -- Sociocultural and systemic barriers to health for gender and sexual minority populations / Zachary McClain, Rosemary Thomas, and Baligh Yehia -- Health risk behaviors in the gender and sexual minority population / Nathaniel Kralik and Daniel Skinner -- Obesity in gender and sexual minority groups / Tyler B. Mason, Robin J. Lewis, and Kristin Heron -- Cancer in gender and sexual minority groups / Gwendolyn P. Quinn, Janella N. Hudson, Michelle T. Aihe, Lauren E. Wilson, and Matthew B. Schabath -- Chronic illnesses and conditions in gender and sexual minority individuals / Jane A. McElroy and Maria T Brown -- Reproductive health and parenting in gender and sexual minority populations / K. Nikki Barefoot, K. Bryant Smalley, and Jacob C. Warren -- Intimate partner violence among gender and sexual minority groups / Rita M. Melendez and Jillian Salazar -- The needs of gender and sexual minority persons living with disabilities / Franco Dispenza, Tameeka Hunter, and Asha Kumar -- The mental health of gender and sexual minority groups in context / Tracy J. Cohn, Stephen P. Casazza, and Elizabeth M. Cottrell -- Suicide and self-injury in gender and sexual minority populations / Kimberly H.M. O'Brien, Richard T. Liu, Jennifer M. Putney, Taylor A. Burke, and Laika D. Aguinaldo