Caring for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults with Cardiovascular Disease

Danny Doan; Yashika Sharma; David López Veneros; Billy A Caceres

doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2023.05.010

Caring for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults with Cardiovascular Disease

Nurs Clin North Am. 2023 Sep;58(3):461-473. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2023.05.010. Epub 2023 Jun 7.

Authors

Danny Doan¹, Yashika Sharma¹, David López Veneros¹, Billy A Caceres²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research, Columbia University School of Nursing, 560 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
² Center for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research, Columbia University School of Nursing, 560 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37536792
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2023.05.010

Abstract

This article summarizes existing evidence on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and CVD diagnoses among sexual and gender minority adults and provides recommendations for providing nursing care to sexual and gender minority adults with CVD. More research is needed to develop evidence-based strategies to care for sexual and gender minority adults with CVD.

Keywords: Cardiovascular disease; Health promotion; Nursing; Sexual and gender minority.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiovascular Diseases*
Humans
Nursing Care*
Sexual Behavior
Sexual and Gender Minorities*

Grants and funding

K01 HL146965/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States