Prevalence of Five Health-Related Behaviors for Chronic Disease Prevention Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults — 25 U.S. States and Guam, 2016

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Cunningham, Timothy J. ; Xu, Fang ; Town, Machell
• Description:
  In recent decades, public health awareness of health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations has increased (1). Healthy People 2020 included objectives to improve health of LGBT persons.| Five key health-related behaviors were found to be likely associated with reduced all-cause Mortality: never smoking, performing regular physical activity, consuming no or moderate amounts of alcohol, having a normal body weight, and obtaining sufficient sleep daily (2). CDC estimated these five health-related behaviors among adults aged ≥21 years by sexual orientation and transgender status using data from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 25 U.S. states and Guam. Patterns of these five health-related behaviors varied by sexual orientation among men and women, and among transgender adults. Lesbian and bisexual women were less likely to engage in all five health-related behaviors than were heterosexual women (5.4% and 6.9%, respectively, versus 10.6%). Compared with cisgender| adults, male-to-female transgender adults were less likely to engage in any two of five health-related behaviors (12.3% versus 18.6%). Male-to-female transgender adults, however, were more likely to engage in any three of five health-related behaviors than were female-to-male transgender adults (47.2% versus 28.2%). The number of health-related behaviors did not differ between gay or bisexual men and heterosexual men. Continued efforts are needed to target LGBT populations for overall well-being, including strategies for health promotion and engagement in health-related behaviors.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Chronic Disease Female Full Report Health Behavior Humans Male Middle Aged Prevalence Sexual And Gender Minorities Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 67(32):888-893.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6732a4
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  30114006
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6095649
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Guam ; United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  32
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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