Sexual and gender minority health research in nursing

Kasey B Jackman; Jordon D Bosse; Michele J Eliason; Tonda L Hughes

doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2018.10.006

Sexual and gender minority health research in nursing

Nurs Outlook. 2019 Jan-Feb;67(1):21-38. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2018.10.006. Epub 2018 Nov 2.

Authors

Kasey B Jackman¹, Jordon D Bosse², Michele J Eliason³, Tonda L Hughes⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY. Electronic address: kej2105@cumc.columbia.edu.
² College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA. Electronic address: jbosse@nursing.umass.edu.
³ Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address: meliason@sfsu.edu.
⁴ School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY. Electronic address: th2696@cumc.columbia.edu.

PMID: 30527514
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2018.10.006

Abstract

Background: Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) experience substantial health disparities. Evidence suggests nurses may be unprepared to work with these populations. A previous literature review of top-ranked nursing journals found that 0.16% of published articles addressed SGM health.

Purpose: To evaluate changes in coverage of SGM health in the top-ranked nursing journals since the earlier review using a scoping approach.

Methods: Electronic search of articles published between December 2009 and December 2017 in 20 nursing journals with the highest 5-year impact factors.

Findings: Thirty-three articles (0.19%) in the top-ranked nursing journals focused on SGM health. There is increasing attention to SGM health recently, evidenced by the numbers of empirical and nonempirical research articles published, as well as nonresearch articles about SGM health.

Discussion: In light of well-documented health disparities affecting SGM people, it is essential that nurses continue to conduct and disseminate research related to the health of these populations.

Keywords: Health disparities; LGBT; Nursing literature; Review; Sexual and gender minorities; Transgender.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Nursing Research*
Sexual and Gender Minorities*