Health risks among discordant heterosexual high school students

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• Alternative Title:
  J LGBT Youth
• Personal Author:
  Harper, Christopher R. ; Clayton, Heather B. ; Andrzejewski, Jack ; Johns, Michelle M.
• Description:
  Limited information exists on heterosexual youth with sexual contact with same-sex partners in the United States (i.e., discordant heterosexual). We compared the prevalence of health risks between discordant heterosexual, heterosexual with only opposite-sex sexual contact, lesbian/gay, and bisexual students using the 2015 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Nationwide, 3.2% of students were identified as discordant heterosexuals. The prevalence of several risk behaviors was significantly higher among discordant heterosexual students than their heterosexual peers with only opposite-sex sexual contact. Clinicians should consider sexual identity and sex of sexual partners when conducting risk-assessments to ensure they appropriately target populations for intervention.
• Keywords:
  Heterosexuality Sexual Development Sexual Orientation Youth Lgbt
• Source:
  J LGBT Youth. 15(3):149-161
• Pubmed ID:
  38464593
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10921992
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:87c7340c96360f9c7e4fc4f4c48b04475aebf872c27bc8843c9bb1ad0eb5cd8a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/151617/cdc_151617_DS1.pdf
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