Health care disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth: A literature review
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About 3.5% Americans identify themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual while 0.3% identify themselves as transgender. The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community belongs to almost every race, ethnicity, religion, age, and socioeconomic group. The LGBT youth are at a higher risk for substance use, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), cancers, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, bullying, isolation, rejection, anxiety, depression, and suicide as compared to the general population. LGBT youth receive poor quality of care due to stigma, lack of healthcare providers' awareness, and insensitivity to the unique needs of this community. The main objective of this literature review is to highlight the challenges faced by the LGBT youth and to enhance the awareness among physicians about the existing disparities in order to provide a more comprehensive, evidence-based, and humane medical care to this community.
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In the short term, LGBT youth are more prone to substance abuse, intimidation, isolation, rejection, anxiety, and depression compared to the general population.
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- Authors
- Hafeez, H., Zeshan, M., Tahir, M. A., Jahan, N., & Naveed, S.
- Affiliations
- Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Naveed, Sadiq
- Venue
- Cureus
- Published
- 2017-04-20
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- e1184-e1184
- ISSN
- 2168-8184 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5478215
- OpenAlex
- W2606192631
- Cited by
- 451
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 77 · 2023: 81 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 72 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 4.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Cureus (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Sexuality, and Education
- Keywords
- health care disparities, LGBTQ youth, LGBTQ health, health stigma, substance use, sexually transmitted infections, mental health, suicide, bullying, physician awareness, quality of care
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