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2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Sexual Minority Results Released

8/12/2016

 
The Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12 – United States and Selected Sites, 2015.  This report can be found on the YRBS website at www.cdc.gov/yrbs.

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including:
  • Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence
  • Sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection
  • Alcohol and other drug use
  • Tobacco use
  • Unhealthy dietary behaviors
  • Inadequate physical activity

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CDC Releases First National Study on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Health Behaviors

8/12/2016

 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new study on lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth. The study, “Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12—United States and Selected Sites, 2015,” was published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Visit the CDC Web site to learn more about this national study and the 2015 YRBS results.
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Addressing Obesity within a Diverse population

9/17/2014

 
In her recent "Conversations in Equity" blog posting entitled "Water Wellness", Leandris C. Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA, Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Equity, CDC/ATSDR and the Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE), addresses the issue of obesity, specifically some cultural perspectives on obesity. She is "intrigued by the social and cultural meanings ascribed to body size and shape. These meanings vary by race and ethnicity, social class, religion, country of birth, whether you live in the North, South or on the West coast of the U.S., and a host of other factors." Dr. Libur also adds her own observations on the variety of exercise habits seen at her local gym; the types of exercise performed seems to vary by gender, age, and body form.

She notes that the prevalence of obesity has increased among men between 1999-2002 and 2007-2010 (CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report (2013)). She cites statistics illustrating the disparity in healthy weights among different racial groups "for obesity grade 3, 12.1% of non-Hispanic blacks aged 20 years and older were in this category compared to 5.6% of non-Hispanic whites, 0.9% of non-Hispanic Asians, and 5.8% of Hispanic persons in this age range." In concluding her post, she raises several questions concerning healthy weights for male individuals:
  • How much do we understand about the experience of being morbidly obese among men of color?
  • As a society, are we more accepting of obese men? 
  • How can we support men in pursuing healthy weights?

These comments serve to highlight the need for considering population diversity (culture, race and ethnicity, social class, etc.) in developing programs to address obesity.
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Conversations in Equity

9/10/2014

 
Leandris C. Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA, Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Equity in the Office of Minority Health & Health Equity at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), maintains a blog devoted to increasing awareness of health inequities and promoting national, state, and local efforts to reduce health disparities and achieve health equity.
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Celebrate National Men’s Health Week and Happy Father’s Day

6/12/2013

 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages men everywhere to celebrate National Men’s Health Week and to have a Happy Father’s Day. 

For more information on men's health visit, www.cdc.gov/men

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