Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, South East Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC), Wilmington, NC 28401, USA.
J Homosex. 2011;58(2):164-88. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2011.540171.
Although there are currently at least 6 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the United States, there are no prior studies analyzing how this group is represented in the medical literature. An examination of published LGBT topics over a 57-year period was performed using OvidSP. A total of 21,728 publications was analyzed for topic using information from the title, keywords, subject headings, and abstracts. Several trends became apparent. The largest proportion of LGBT publications (31.78%) was devoted to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet there was an overall lack of emphasis on general health topics or common causes of mortality. Further analysis showed that if publications on HIV/AIDS or STIs addressed sexual orientation, they were more likely to be about LGBT persons than heterosexuals. Overall, the volume and range of medical publications on LGBT persons may not be reflective of the health care needs of this population.
尽管目前美国至少有 600 万同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者（LGBT），但尚无研究分析这一群体在医学文献中的代表性。本研究利用 OvidSP 对过去 57 年发表的 LGBT 主题文献进行了分析。共分析了 21728 篇文章，这些文章的主题信息来源于标题、关键词、主题词和摘要。研究发现了一些趋势。比例最大的 LGBT 出版物（31.78%）涉及艾滋病毒/艾滋病和其他性传播感染（STI），但总体缺乏对一般健康问题或常见死亡原因的关注。进一步分析表明，如果关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病或性传播感染的出版物涉及性取向，那么它们更有可能涉及同性恋、双性恋或跨性别者，而不是异性恋者。总体而言，医学出版物中关于 LGBT 人群的数量和范围可能并不能反映该人群的医疗保健需求。
