BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among youth aged 12 to 24 years have doubled in the last 13 years, accounting for 50% of STIs nationally. We need to identify predictors of STI among youth in urban HIV epicenters.
BACKGROUND: Shortly after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an outbreak of mpox introduced another critical public health emergency. Like the COVID-19 pandemic, the mpox outbreak was characterized by a rising prevalence of public health misinformat...
BACKGROUND: Widespread fear surrounding COVID-19, coupled with physical and social distancing orders, has caused severe adverse mental health outcomes. Little is known, however, about how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted LGBTQ+ youth, who disproporti...
BACKGROUND: Family violence (including intimate partner violence/domestic violence, child abuse, and elder abuse) is a hidden pandemic happening alongside COVID-19. The rates of family violence are rising fast, and women and children are disproportio...
UNLABELLED: Gut microbiome of men who have sex with men (MSM) exhibits distinctive characteristics compared with general populations. The dysbiosis of the gut microbiome in MSM is also associated with the onset and evolution of HIV infection. Enterot...
BACKGROUND: A major challenge in sentiment analysis on social media is the increasing prevalence of image-based content, which integrates text and visuals to convey nuanced messages. Traditional text-based approaches have been widely used to assess p...
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
Jan 14, 2025
OBJECTIVE: Sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations experience health disparities compared to heterosexual and cisgender populations. The development of accurate, comprehensive sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures is fundamental...
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Jul 1, 2020
OBJECTIVE: The study sought to create an integrated vocabulary system that addresses the lack of standardized health terminology in gender and sexual orientation.
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