Human Growth and Development / Unit 11 HGD 1516 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Discrimination, Gender and LGBTQ+ Health
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The idea
In more than eighteen hundred people followed for a decade from eighteen, more frequent racial discrimination predicted mental-health and substance-use problems, cumulatively.
In practice
LGBTQ+ emerging adults experiencing more homelessness and food insecurity, with more depression, anxiety and drug use.
Where people slip
Women live longer on average but face more violence and poverty, and in one French study younger women received the fewest heart screenings.
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