Using Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to Monitor Disparities in HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Viral Hepatitis.

CONCLUSIONS: Stratifying by SOGI highlighted disparities that are obscured when stratifying by birth sex. Public Health Implications. To monitor and reduce disparities, health jurisdictions should include SOGI data with infectious disease reporting.
PMID: 30383431 [PubMed - in process]

Source: American Journal of Public Health - November 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shover CL, DeVost MA, Beymer MR, Gorbach PM, Flynn RP, Bolan RK Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: research