Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Other Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Youth

Elsevier, Pediatric Clinics of North America, Volume 63, 1 December 2016
Authors: 
Wood S.M., Salas-Humara C., Dowshen N.L.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and questioning youth represent a diverse population who are affected by many sexual health inequities, including increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). To provide comprehensive sexual health care for LGBT youth, providers should set the stage with a nonjudgmental, respectful tone. Providers should be competent in recognizing symptoms of STIs and HIV and aware of the most up-to-date screening guidelines for LGBT youth. Sexual health visits should also focus on prevention, including safer sex practices, HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis, family planning, and immunization for hepatitis and human papillomavirus.

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Aciclovir; Adolescent; Adolescent Medicine; Age Distribution; Amoxicillin; Anamnesis; Antiretrovirus Agent; Azithromycin; Bacterial Transmission; Benzathine Penicillin; Cefoxitin; Ceftriaxone; Chlamydiasis; Clindamycin; Clinical Trial (topic); Condyloma Acuminatum; Cryotherapy; Dichloroacetic Acid; Doctor Patient Relation; Doxycycline; Early Diagnosis; Emtricitabine Plus Tenofovir Disoproxil; Epididymitis; Erythromycin; Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate; Famciclovir; Family Planning; Female; Gender Identity; Gender Minority; Gender Nonconforming; Gonorrhea; Green Tea Extract; HIV; HIV Infections; HIV Test; Health Care Access; Health Care Delivery; Health Disparity; Health Promotion; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Herpes Simplex; High Risk Population; Honesty; Human; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine; Humans; Imiquimod; Infection Risk; LGBT; LGBT People; Laboratory Test; Levofloxacin; Male; Male To Female Transgender; Medical History Taking; Medicine; Men Who Have Sex With Men; Metronidazole; Neisseria Gonorrhoeae; Nonhuman; Nonspecific Urethritis; Nucleic Acid Analysis; Ofloxacin; Organization And Management; Papillomavirus Infection; Patient Counseling; Patient Safety; Pediatrician; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Physical Examination; Physician Attitude; Physician-Patient Relations; Podophyllotoxin; Post Exposure Prophylaxis; Pre-exposure Prophylaxis; Pregnancy; Probenecid; Procaine Penicillin; Proctitis; Professional Secrecy; Public Health; Reproductive Health; Review; STI; Sex Education; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Education; Sexual Health; Sexual Minorities; Sexual Minority; Sexual Orientation; Sexually Transmitted Disease; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Single Drug Dose; Statistics And Numerical Data; Stigma; Syphilis; Tinidazole; Trichloroacetic Acid; Trichomoniasis; Uterine Cervicitis; Uterine Cervix Cytology; Vaginitis; Valaciclovir; Wart Virus; Wart Virus Vaccine; Women Who Have Sex With Women; Young Adult; Global