a Department of Health Education , San Francisco State University , San Francisco , California , USA.
Soc Work Public Health. 2014;29(2):162-75. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2013.775887.
There is currently no consensus on the best ways to define and operationalize research concepts related to sexuality and gender. This article explores some of the ways that sex/gender and sexuality terms have been used in health-related research and in keyword searches in the health sciences. Reasons for the diversity of terms and measurement approaches are explored and arguments for and against standardizing the language are presented. The article ends with recommendations for beginning a productive dialogue among health researchers to create some consistency in the terminology used to assess sexuality and gender.
目前，对于如何定义和操作与性和性别相关的研究概念，尚无共识。本文探讨了性/性别和性相关术语在健康相关研究和健康科学中的关键词搜索中使用的一些方式。探讨了术语和测量方法多样性的原因，并提出了赞成和反对标准化语言的理由。文章最后建议健康研究人员之间开展富有成效的对话，以在评估性和性别时使用的术语方面达成一定的一致性。
