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Investigating Disparities by Sex and LGBTQ Identity: A Content Analysis of Sexual Health Information on College Student Health Center Websites.
- Source :
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Journal of health communication [J Health Commun] 2020 Jul 02; Vol. 25 (7), pp. 584-593. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 19. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Student Health Centers (SHCs) are important resources on U.S. college campuses. In light of recent calls for creating more opportunities for health care services to young men and sexual/gender minorities, this content analytic study evaluated how sexual health information and resources are communicated on SHC websites. Utilizing a stratified random sample of 400 U.S. colleges/universities, we assessed how often sexual health is explicitly labeled for particular groups, the types of sexual health topics on SHC websites, the depth of sexual health information, and the sexual health resources offered on SHC websites. Our findings revealed that women's health webpages far outnumbered men's health webpages, sexual health topics were more common on women's health webpages, and sexual health topics were covered at greater depth on women's health webpages compared to men's health webpages. Similar disparities were found for sexual/gender minorities. General sexual health webpages on SHC websites addressed significantly more sexual health topics in greater depth and offered more sexual health resources than LGBTQ health webpages. The practical implications for college student health and potential health disparities are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Sex Factors
Sexual and Gender Minorities statistics & numerical data
United States
Universities
Young Adult
Consumer Health Information statistics & numerical data
Health Status Disparities
Sexual Health
Student Health Services
Students statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1087-0415
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of health communication
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33074790
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2020.1825567