Cancer and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) populations

GP Quinn, JA Sanchez, SK Sutton… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides an overview of the current literature on seven cancer sites that may
disproportionately affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and …

[HTML][HTML] Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals across the lifespan

MC Parent, AS Arriaga, T Gobble, L Wille - Neurobiology of Stress, 2019 - Elsevier
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals face marked disparities in substance use.
The present narrative review explores research on substance use in SGM communities …

Sexual minority substance use disparities: Bisexual women at elevated risk relative to other sexual minority groups

MS Schuler, RL Collins - Drug and Alcohol dependence, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Prior studies characterizing sexual minority substance use disparities have
primarily compared lesbian/gay and bisexual individuals, respectively or in combination, to …

Transgender use of cigarettes, cigars, and e-cigarettes in a national study

FO Buchting, KT Emory, Y Kim, P Fagan… - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Tobacco use among transgender adults continues to be an area of research
with few reported findings. The limited literature indicates higher cigarette use among …

Sexual and gender minority cigarette smoking disparities: An analysis of 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data

L Hoffman, J Delahanty, SE Johnson, X Zhao - Preventive medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
We examined the association between lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
identity, cigarette and e-cigarette use, and potential risk factors in the United States. Using …

A literature review on prevalence of gender differences and intersections with other vulnerabilities to tobacco use in the United States, 2004–2014

ST Higgins, AN Kurti, R Redner, TJ White… - Preventive …, 2015 - Elsevier
This report describes results from a systematic literature review examining gender
differences in US prevalence rates of current use of tobacco and nicotine delivery products …

Tobacco use at the intersection of sex and sexual identity in the US, 2007–2020: a meta-analysis

J Li, CJ Berg, AA Weber, M Vu, J Nguyen… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Context A 2009 systematic review synthesized data between 1987 and 2007 and revealed a
higher prevalence of smoking among sexual minority populations than among …

Tobacco product use among sexual minority adults: findings from the 2012− 2013 national adult tobacco survey

SE Johnson, E Holder-Hayes, GK Tessman… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction A growing body of evidence reveals higher rates of tobacco use among sexual
minority populations relative to non-minority (“straight”) populations. This study seeks to …

Education attainment and obesity: differential returns based on sexual orientation

S Assari - Behavioral Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Although high educational attainment is linked to better health and lower
health risk behaviors, this effect may be systemically smaller for racial and ethnic minority …

How can we meet the support needs of LGBT cancer patients in oncology? A systematic review

R Webster, H Drury-Smith - Radiography, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Approximately 3.6 million people in the UK identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT). Fear of discrimination and lack of sexual orientation and gender …