Highlights
- •Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) receive growing attention in nursing literature.
- •Most studies reviewed used qualitative methods and cross-sectional designs.
- •Lack of research evidence impedes improvement of SGM-related care and policies.
- •SGM research is needed to develop a strong evidence base to guide nursing practice.
Abstract
Background
Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) experience substantial health disparities. Evidence
suggests nurses may be unprepared to work with these populations. A previous literature
review of top-ranked nursing journals found that 0.16% of published articles addressed
SGM health.
Purpose
To evaluate changes in coverage of SGM health in the top-ranked nursing journals since
the earlier review using a scoping approach.
Methods
Electronic search of articles published between December 2009 and December 2017 in
20 nursing journals with the highest 5-year impact factors.
Findings
Thirty-three articles (0.19%) in the top-ranked nursing journals focused on SGM health.
There is increasing attention to SGM health recently, evidenced by the numbers of
empirical and nonempirical research articles published, as well as nonresearch articles
about SGM health.
Discussion
In light of well-documented health disparities affecting SGM people, it is essential
that nurses continue to conduct and disseminate research related to the health of
these populations.
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Publication history
Published online: November 01, 2018
Accepted:
October 27,
2018
Received in revised form:
October 24,
2018
Received:
June 15,
2018
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