Bowen Deborah J, Powers Diane, Greenlee Heather
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA.
Health Care Women Int. 2006 Jan;27(1):59-74. doi: 10.1080/07399330500377119.
Sexual minority women (lesbian and bisexual) represent a vulnerable group regarding their breast health. The participants in this study were 150 women aged 18-74 recruited via public announcements in mainstream and sexual minority communities in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. Potential participants were recruited to participate in a randomized trial of a breast cancer risk counseling intervention for sexual minority women. The counseling intervention produced significant reductions in perceived risk of breast cancer, anxieties and fears about breast cancer at 6 and 24 months, and increases in breast screening rates at 24 months in the intervention arm, compared with the control arm participants. These data add to the growing body of knowledge on sexual minority women's health and point to areas of community action and future research.
性少数群体女性（女同性恋者和双性恋者）在乳腺健康方面属于弱势群体。本研究的参与者为150名年龄在18至74岁之间的女性，她们是通过在大西雅图都会区的主流社区和性少数群体社区发布公告招募而来的。潜在参与者被招募来参加一项针对性少数群体女性的乳腺癌风险咨询干预随机试验。与对照组参与者相比，咨询干预在6个月和24个月时显著降低了干预组女性对乳腺癌的感知风险、对乳腺癌的焦虑和恐惧，并在24个月时提高了乳腺筛查率。这些数据丰富了关于性少数群体女性健康的知识体系，并指出了社区行动和未来研究的方向。
