Health Risk Factors and Outcomes Among Gender Minority High School Students in 15 US States

Gilbert Gonzales; Cameron Deal

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.3087

Health Risk Factors and Outcomes Among Gender Minority High School Students in 15 US States

JAMA. 2022 Apr 19;327(15):1498-1500. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.3087.

Authors

Gilbert Gonzales¹, Cameron Deal²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Program for Public Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Abstract

This study uses state data sets from the 2017 and 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey to assess health risk factors and health outcomes by gender identity among a large, population-based sample of gender minority adolescents.

MeSH terms

Health Status
Humans
Minority Groups / statistics & numerical data
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Risk Factors
Sexual and Gender Minorities* / statistics & numerical data
Students* / statistics & numerical data
United States / epidemiology