GWSS 257 Chapter Notes - Chapter n/a: Health Equity, Anal Cancer, Psychoneuroimmunology
3 Sep 2018
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Lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender health disparities and president obama"s. The state of sexual minority health is fraught with individual and institutional health disparities. Health disparities can be defined as differences in incidence, prevalence, and mortality, and burden of disease and other health conditions among specific populations. One of the common sociocultural standards for acceptable sexual behavior in western culture today is the coital standard. If people are not heterosexual, there is a higher probability that they will be discriminated against, and this happens for many reasons. Quality of care and access is affected because people are less likely to disclose a sexual identity other than heterosexual. Clinicians and practitioners don"t know numbers of lgbt people they serve since data often not cycledperpetuates cycle of phobia and dont ask dont tell. Study in psychoneuroimmunology found direct association between psychological phenomena, lowered immunity, and growth of tumors.
