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April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A study exploring the relationship between health risk behaviors of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth and the religious environment of their communities found that the religious climate in which LGB youths live can determine their health risk behaviors.
March 28, 2012 | Journal Article
A study exploring the relationship between health risk behaviors of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth and the religious environment of their communities found that the religious climate in which LGB youths live can determine their health risk behaviors.
June 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This may well be true, but social science research indicates that policies banning same-sex marriage do, in fact, hurt people. In a series of studies that my colleagues and I have conducted, we have shown that same-sex marriage policies affect the m ...
April 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Characteristics of the social environment increase the risk of suicide attempts for lesbian, gay and bisexual youth.
September 29, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, PhD, last week participated in a Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) panel on bullying and suicide among youth. His topic: how these issues affect lesbian, gay ...
April 18, 2011 | Story
LGB youth are 20 percent more likely to attempt suicide in a negative social environment than in a positive one, regardless of their individual risk factors, concludes study by RWJF Health & Society Scholar.
August 23, 2010 | Story
2010 Community Health Leader winner created "one-stop model of care" that provides free HIV testing, counseling, support and job training for LGBT homeless youth.
May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, clinical psychologist Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, PhD, studied the effect of (1) social environments on suicide attempts by lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens, and (2) same-sex marriage laws on health care use and costs.
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study examined associations between racial discrimination and actualization, defined as the degree of positive integration between self-identity and racial group identity, and self-rated health and physical pain and impairment.
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examines rates of colorectal and prostate cancer testing among heterosexual and gay/bisexual men.