Editing Sexual minority (section)

===Epidemiology===
Sexual minorities tend to use [[alternative and complementary medicine]] alternative methods of addressing their health needs more often than heterosexuals.<ref name = Blume2016>{{cite journal | title =Advances in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Interventions Among Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minority Populations | journal = Alcohol Research: Current Reviews | first1 = Arthur W. | last1 = Blume |date = 2016 | volume = 38 | issue =1 | pages = 47–54 | pmc = 4872612 | pmid = 27159811 }}</ref> Sexual minority women have a higher incidence of [[asthma]], [[obesity]], [[arthritis]] and [[cardiovascular disease]] than other groups.<ref name="SimoniSmith2016">{{cite journal|last1=Simoni|first1=Jane M.|last2=Smith|first2=Laramie|last3=Oost|first3=Kathryn M.|last4=Lehavot|first4=Keren|last5=Fredriksen-Goldsen|first5=Karen|title=Disparities in Physical Health Conditions Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women: A Systematic Review of Population-Based Studies|journal=Journal of Homosexuality|volume=64|issue=1|year=2016|pages=32–44|issn=0091-8369|doi=10.1080/00918369.2016.1174021|pmid=27074088|pmc=5063711}}</ref>

Adolescent sexual minorities report a higher incidence of the following when compared to heterosexual students:

* feelings of not being safe travelling to and from school or in school.
* not going to school because they did not feel safe.
* forced to do sexual things they did not want to do by someone they were dating or going out with one or more times during the 12 months (touching, kissing, or physically forced to have sexual intercourse)
* had sexual intercourse.
* first had sex before age 13.
* had sex with at least four other people.
* not using birth control.
* had experienced sexual violence.<ref name = CDC2016/>

When compared to the general population, sexual minorities have a higher risk for self-injury.<ref name="JackmanHonig2016">{{cite journal|last1=Jackman|first1=Kate|last2=Honig|first2=Judy|last3=Bockting|first3=Walter|title=Nonsuicidal self-injury among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations: an integrative review|journal=Journal of Clinical Nursing|volume=25|issue=23–24|year=2016|pages=3438–3453|issn=0962-1067|doi=10.1111/jocn.13236|pmid=27272643}}</ref> The treatment of aging sexual minorities seems to be influenced more by ageism. Support for aging sexual minorities appears to be common.<ref name="McParlandCamic2016">{{cite journal|last1=McParland|first1=James|last2=Camic|first2=Paul M|title=Psychosocial factors and ageing in older lesbian, gay and bisexual people: a systematic review of the literature|journal=Journal of Clinical Nursing|volume=25|issue=23–24|year=2016|pages=3415–3437|issn=0962-1067|doi=10.1111/jocn.13251|pmid=27167408|url=http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/14478/6/14478.pdf|access-date=2019-02-13|archive-date=2018-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720115847/http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/14478/6/14478.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>