articleMMWR Surveillance SummariesAug 11, 2016BRONZE OA

Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015

LKLaura KannEOEmily O’Malley OlsenTMTim McManusWAWilliam A. HarrisSLShari L. Shanklin

National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention · ICF International (United States) · +1 more institution

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PROBLEM: Sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts can both be used to identify sexual minority youth. Significant health disparities exist between sexual minority and nonsexual minority youth. However, not enough is known about health-related behaviors that contribute to negative health outcomes among sexual minority youth and how the prevalence of these health-related behaviors compare with the prevalence of health-related behaviors among nonsexual minorities. REPORTING PERIOD: September 2014-December 2015. DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM: The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health-related behaviors among youth and young adults: 1) behaviors that contribute to…

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  • Youth Risk Behavior Survey
  • Medicine
  • Reproductive health
  • Sexual identity
  • Sexual minority
  • Environmental health
  • Demography
  • Poison control
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