LGBTQ+ Research

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HIV and LGBTQ+ healthcare research leads AHP staff to recognize gaps and develop ideas for filling them. AHP researches new approaches to HIV prevention and LGBTQ+ mental health.

AHP research this year investigated the health of LGBTQ+ communities in partnership with nationwide studies like The PRIDE Study and intensive clinical studies done at AHP investigating new improvements to interventions to reduce LGBTQ+ minority stress impacts.

Publications by AHP Researcher Annesa Flentje:

• Minority Stress, Structural Stigma, and Physical Health Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: Examining the Relative Strength of the Relationships
• Integrating LGBTQ+ health into medical education
• Associations among romantic and sexual partner history and muscle dysmorphia symptoms, disordered eating, and appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs and supplement use among cisgender gay men
• Health Insurance Prevalence Among Gender Minority People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
• Psychometric validation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among U.S. transgender men