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| Title |
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Sexually Transmitted Infections: Examining the Intersection Between Sexual Identity and Sexual Behavior
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| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-012-9902-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bethany G. Everett |
| Abstract |
The terms MSM (men who have sex with men) and WSW (women who have sex with women) have been used with increasing frequency in the public health literature to examine sexual orientation disparities in sexual health. These categories, however, do not allow researchers to examine potential differences in sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk by sexual orientation identity. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, this study investigated the relationship between self-reported STIs and both sexual orientation identity and sexual behaviors. Additionally, this study examined the mediating role of victimization and STI risk behaviors on the relationship between sexual orientation and self-reported STIs. STI risk was found to be elevated among heterosexual-WSW and bisexual women, whether they reported same-sex partners or not, whereas gay-identified WSW were less likely to report an STI compared to heterosexual women with opposite sex relationships only. Among males, heterosexual-identified MSM did not have a greater likelihood of reporting an STI diagnosis; rather, STI risk was concentrated among gay and bisexual identified men who reported both male and female sexual partners. STI risk behaviors mediated the STI disparities among both males and females, and victimization partially mediated STI disparities among female participants. These results suggest that relying solely on behavior-based categories, such as MSM and WSW, may mischaracterize STI disparities by sexual orientation. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 88 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 25% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 56 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 84 | 95% |
| Scientists | 2 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 1% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 164 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 4% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 156 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 23 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 12% |
| Researcher | 19 | 12% |
| Other | 32 | 20% |
| Unknown | 25 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 37 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 22% |
| Psychology | 22 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 9 | 5% |
| Unknown | 38 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 600. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 April 2024.
All research outputs
#38,950
of 25,800,372 outputs
Outputs from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#29
of 3,784 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#123
of 168,604 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#1
of 42 outputs
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