LGBT Health

K. Bryant Smalley, PhD, PsyD, MBA, is a licensed clinical psychologist and health equity researcher. He serves as the Associate Vice President for Research, the Wyoming Excellence Chair in Rural Health, and the Co-Executive Director of the Wyoming Rural Health Institute at the University of Wyoming, where he is also a Professor of Public Health.Jacob C. Warren, PhD, MBA, CRA, is a behavioral epidemiologist specializing in health equity research. He serves as the Co-Executive Director of the Wyoming Rural Health Institute and Professor of Public Health at the University of Wyoming.K. Nikki Barefoot, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant director of the Rural Health Research Institute at Georgia Southern University.

• ContributorsPrefaceSECTION I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW1. Gender and Sexual Minority Health: History, Current State, and TerminologyK. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, and K. Nikki Barefoot2. Sociocultural and Systemic Barriers to Health for Gender and Sexual Minority PopulationsZachary McClain, Rosemary Thomas, and Baligh R. Yehia3. Health Risk Behaviors in the Gender and Sexual Minority PopulationNathaniel Kralik and Daniel SkinnerSECTION II. OUTCOMES AND CONDITIONS4. Obesity in Gender and Sexual Minority GroupsTyler B. Mason, Robin J. Lewis, and Kristin E. Heron5. Cancer in Gender and Sexual Minority GroupsGwendolyn P. Quinn, Janella N. Hudson, Michelle T. Aihe, Lauren E. Wilson, and Matthew B. Schabath6. Chronic Illnesses and Conditions in Gender and Sexual Minority IndividualsJane A. McElroy and Maria T. Brown7. Reproductive Health and Parenting in Gender and Sexual Minority PopulationsK. Nikki Barefoot, K. Bryant Smalley, and Jacob C. Warren8. Intimate Partner Violence Among Gender and Sexual Minority GroupsRita M. Melendez and Jillian Crystal Salazar9. The Needs of Gender and Sexual Minority Persons Living With DisabilitiesFranco Dispenza, Tameeka L. Hunter, and Asha Kumar10. The Mental Health of Gender and Sexual Minority Groups in ContextTracy J. Cohn, Stephen P. Casazza, and Elizabeth M. Cottrell11. Suicide and Self-Injury in Gender and Sexual Minority PopulationsKimberly H. McManama O’Brien, Richard T. Liu, Jennifer M. Putney, Taylor A. Burke, and Laika D. Aguinaldo12. Substance Use Among Gender and Sexual Minority Youth and AdultsGenevieve Weber and Ashby Dodge13. HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Within the Gender and Sexual Minority CommunityKeith J. Horvath, Nicholas Yared, Sara Lammert, Alan Lifson, and Shalini KulasingamSECTION III. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIFIC GROUPS14. Gender Minority Health: Affirmative Care for the Communitylore m. dickey and Colt Keo-Meier15. The Health of Racial and Ethnic Minority Gender and Sexual Minority PopulationsJacob C. Warren, K. Bryant Smalley, and K. Nikki Barefoot16. Bisexual HealthJacob C. Warren, K. Bryant Smalley, and K. Nikki Barefoot17. Advances in Research With Gender and Sexual Minority Youth in the 21st CenturyNicholas C. Heck, Lucas A. Mirabito, and Juan P. Zapata18. Rural Gender and Sexual Minority HealthK. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, Amanda Rickard, and K. Nikki Barefoot19. Gender and Sexual Minority Military Personnel and VeteransNicholas Grant and Jeri Muse20. Aging, Resilience, and Health in Gender and Sexual Minority PopulationsLake Dziengel and K. Abel KnochelSECTION IV. RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS21. Evidence-Based Approaches for Improving Gender and Sexual Minority Health by Reducing Minority StressMelvin C. Hampton and John E. Pachankis22. Recommendations for Practitioners for Providing Competent Care to Gender and Sexual Minority IndividualsMatthew R. Capriotti and Annesa Flentje23. Future Directions in Gender and Sexual Minority Health ResearchK. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, and K. Nikki BarefootIndex