Pediatric Collections: LGBTQ+: Support and Care Part 2: Health Concerns and Disparities

Pediatric Collections: LGBTQ+: Support and Care Part 2: Health Concerns and Disparities

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Although most lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youths are quite resilient and emerge from adolescence as healthy adults, the effects of stigma and heterosexism can contribute to health disparities. From a public health perspective, transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals, compared with their cisgender peers, experience substantially higher lifelong rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicidality, substance use, eating disorders, victimization, homelessness, and incarceration. Pediatric primary care providers (PPCPs) can help foster early access to mental health, family support, and ongoing gender-affirming care that, ultimately, reduces the risk of gender dysphoria, isolation, and shame that many TGD youth unfortunately face. Part 2 of this first-of-its-kind 3-part series can help PPCPs become stronger allies for TGD patients and their families in the clinic, community, and beyond, providing the promise of both a medical home and a future that celebrates people for being true to themselves.
 
  • Series Introduction
  • Part 2: Health Concerns and Disparities
  • Introduction: Part II: Health Concerns and Disparities For Gender and Sexual Minoritized Youths
  • Family Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults
  • Sexual Orientation and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents
  • LGBTQ Youth in Unstable Housing and Foster Care
  • Factors Associated With HIV Testing in Teenage Men Who Have Sex With Men
  • Considerations for Addressing Low HIV Testing Rates Among Adolescent Men Who Have Sex With Men
  • PrEP and Adolescents: The Role of Providers in Ending the AIDS Epidemic
  • Teen Pregnancy Risk Factors Among Young Women of Diverse Sexual Orientations
  • Disorders of Sex Development/Intersex: Gaps in Psychosocial Care for Children
  • Health and Care Utilizationof Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth: A Population-Based Study
  • Health Disparities Facing Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth Are Not Inevitable
  • Sexual Orientation and Suicide Attempt Disparities Among US Adolescents: 2009–2017
  • Suicidal Ideation and Behavior Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Youth: 1995–2017
  • Why Are We Not Closing the Gap in Suicide Disparities for Sexual Minority Youth?
  • Transgender Adolescent Suicide Behavior

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