APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Health Disparities in Young Adult Sexual Minority Women: Impact of Perceived Discrimination
- Cherrelle L. Jones
University of Chicago - Jillianne Fowle
University of Chicago - Rimma Ilyumzhinova
The University of Chicago - Kimberley Mbayiwa
University of Chicago - Johnny Berona
University of Chicago - Kathryn Keenan
The University of Chicago - Allison Hipwell
University of Pittsburgh - Stephanie D. Stepp
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract
Existing literature links discrimination stress with poor cardiometabolic health outcomes, appearing as early as adolescence, and suggests that sexual minority women experience higher levels of discrimination and higher rates of cardiometabolic health problems. This research examines discrimination as a mechanism that affects cardiometabolic health outcomes in sexual minority women.
Stress
