Health-related Quality of Life Among Black Sexual Minority Women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It is well established that socially marginalized groups experience worse health than dominant groups. However, many questions remain about the health of members of multiple marginalized groups, such as black sexual minority women. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL), race, and sexual orientation identity among a general population sample of black and white women and to assess additive interaction between sexual orientation identity and race.

Methods

This study used cross-sectional 2014 and 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 154,995 women residing in 20 U.S. states. G-computation was used to estimate age-adjusted prevalence differences for nine dichotomized measures of HR

SUBMITTER: Yette EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6192701 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature