Main description:

Pediatric Collections offers what you need to know - original, focused research in a snapshot approach.

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.

Contents:

PART 2: HEALTH CONCERNS AND DISPARITIES
Sexual Orientation and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents
Cigarette Smoking Disparities Between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Youth
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
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 Utilization of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth: A Population-Based Study
Health Disparities Facing Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth Are Not Inevitable
Subsection: Self-harm Behavior and Disparities
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?
Suicidality Disparities Between Transgender and Cisgender Adolescents
Pubertal Suppression for Transgender Youth and Risk of Suicidal Ideation