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Best practices to identify gay, lesbian, bisexual, or questioning youth in primary care.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kc, Chaplic Pj, Allen |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | 99 The Primary Care Approaches section focuses on physical and developmental assessment and other topics specific to children and their families. If you are interested in author guidelines and/or assistance, contact Patricia L. Jackson Allen at pat.jacksonallen@yale.edu Healthy People 2020 states that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) health “requires specific attention from health care and public health professionals to address a number of disparities,” including mental health and suicidal behavior (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012). In addition to the usual issues faced by all adolescents, GLBT and questioning (GLBTQ) adolescents must also face the persistent social stigma associated with sexual minorities in America. In a recent study, 3.4% of male and 9.5% of female adolescents 14 to 17 years of age self-identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or “other” (Herbenick et al., 2010). A 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Pre vention (CDC) report concluded that “compared to students who are not sexual minorities, a disproportionate number of sexual minority students engage in a wide range of health risk behaviors” (CDC, 2011b, p. 49). A number of previous studies have also shown that these youth are at significantly increased risk for victimization and violence, mental health problems and substance abuse, a variety of health risk behaviors, and suicide (Bontempo & D’Augelli, 2002; Faulkner & Cranston, 1998; Garofolo, Wolf, Kessel, Palfrey, & DuRant, 1998; King et al., 2008; Robin et al., 2002; Russell & Joyner, 2001). It is clear that GLBQ adolescents constitute a vulnerable subpopulation of adolescents in which particular vigilance in health promotion and disease prevention is required. However, these youth are often “invisible” to pediatric primary care providers (Frankowski & the American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP] Committee on Adolescents, 2004). To better meet the unique health care needs of this population, providers must be able to sensitively elicit a detailed and accurate social and sexual history from adolescents to identify these youth. This clinical article synthesizes pertinent recent research pertaining to social and sexual history taking in GLBQ adolescents to increase identification of these youth in primary care practice. Method |
| Starting Page | 99 |
| Ending Page | 99 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 39 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://hartwick.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=38973278 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
