Perceptions of Sexual and Gender Minority Content in Graduate Nursing Curricula.

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate how faculty and nursing students perceive the importance of including sexual and gender minority (SGM) content in graduate curricula.

Background: Nurses in education and practice must be culturally sensitive to the unique populations we serve and to the diversity represented in all health care environments.

Method: Online secure web-based surveys were distributed to graduate nursing faculty and students in 2015 and 2017 employing a triangulated methodology.

Program Design for Healthy Weight in Lesbian and Bisexual Women: A Ten-City Prevention Initiative.

Purpose: Adult lesbian and bisexual (LB) women are more likely to be obese than adult heterosexual women. To address weight- and fitness-related health disparities among older LB women using culturally appropriate interventions, the Office on Women's Health (OWH) provided funding for the program, Healthy Weight in Lesbian and Bisexual Women (HWLB): Striving for a Healthy Community. This paper provides a description of the interventions that were implemented.

Aging, Weight, and Health Among Adult Lesbian and Bisexual Women: A Metasynthesis of the Multisite "Healthy Weight Initiative" Focus Groups.

Purpose: Adult lesbian and bisexual (LB) women are more likely to be obese than adult heterosexual women. Achieving a healthy weight reduces health risks and improves quality of life, but the evidence based on successful weight interventions is limited. To inform a national initiative, a metasynthesis (a form of qualitative meta-analysis) of focus group data was conducted to gather lesbian and bisexual womens' perspectives.

Transforming a Curriculum to Progress the Associate Degree Nurse to Advanced Practice.

The educational preparation of associate degree nurses to the master's level requires attainment of baccalaureate-level content. This preparation involves specialized curriculum and varied teaching techniques. Using adult learning theory and aspects of competency-based learning, students and faculty may participate in a gratifying and successful educational experience.

A systematic review of the literature on weight in sexual minority women.

Background: Over the past 20 years, a growing literature has demonstrated that sexual minority women have greater weight than heterosexual women, prompting concern that they may be at high risk for disparities in physical disorders. In 2008, Bowen et al. published a review of the existing research on sexual minority women and obesity, finding no methodologically strong studies with representative sampling procedures.

An ecological framework for sexual minority women's health: factors associated with greater body mass.

In recent years, many studies have focused on the body of sexual minority women, particularly emphasizing their larger size. These studies rarely offer theoretically based explanations for the increased weight, nor study the potential consequences (or lack thereof) of being heavier. This article provides a brief overview of the multitude of factors that might cause or contribute to larger size of sexual minority women, using an ecological framework that elucidates upstream social determinants of health as well as individual risk factors.

Lesbians' and bisexual women's definition of health.

Health is an abstract term used to describe the state of the human body, a mental state or the likelihood of longevity. Throughout history, many definitions have been provided by agencies and healthcare professionals. Although the meaning of health has a long and well-examined history, there remains a gap in the literature surrounding the meaning of health to specific populations of people.

Weight loss and related behavior changes among lesbians.

Overweight and obesity are known risk factors for several modifiable, if not preventable diseases. Growing evidence suggests that lesbians may have higher rates of obesity than other women. This study was designed to describe weight loss and behavior changes related to food choices and exercise habits among lesbians who participated in a predominantly lesbian, mainstream, commercial weight loss program.

Complete 1H, 13C and 15N NMR assignments for donor-strand complemented AafA, the major pilin of aggregative adherence fimbriae (AAF/II) from enteroaggregative E. coli.

Aggregative adherence fimbriae (AAF) are the primary adhesive factors of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) and are required for intestinal colonization. They mediate binding to extracellular matrix proteins of the enteric mucosa and display proinflammatory effects on epithelial cells in vitro. Among the simplest of bacterial fimbriae, these passive hairlike appendages are composed primarily of a single 16-kDa structural and adhesive subunit, AafA.

The experience of group weight loss efforts among lesbians.

Objective: To describe experiences of group weight loss efforts among lesbians participating in a predominantly lesbian weight loss group.

Methods: A qualitative study (N = 14 self-identified overweight lesbians) was conducted, incorporating phenomenology and grounded theory in methodology. Focus groups were analyzed using a Template Analysis style.