Lesbian Health 101: A Clinician's Guide
- Lesbian health 101 : a clinician's guide - Suzanne L. Dibble, Patricia A. Robertson, editors.Call Number: RA564.87 .L624 2010
ISBN: 0943671256
Publication Date: 2010
Published by the UCSF School of Nursing, this guide offers clinical information on a very wide range of lesbian health issues including sexual health and relationships, pregnancy and parenting, physical activity, menopause, depression, diabetes and cancer, and elderly care.
Books on Lesbian Health at the UCSF Library
Lesbian women and sexual health : the social construction of risk and susceptibility by Call Number: RA564.87 .D654 2005ISBN: 0789024780Publication Date: 2005Using qualitative research, the author examines lesbian identity and social perceptions of health risk.
Lesbian and bisexual women's mental health by Call Number: RC451.4.G39 L46 2003ISBN: 0789026813Publication Date: 2003Covers diagnostic and treatment issues, the impact of religiosity on psychosexual development, the prevalence of depression and anxiety, and close relationships.
Gateways to improving lesbian health and health care : opening doors by Call Number: RA564.87 .G38 1998ISBN: 1560231033Publication Date: 1998This edited collection discusses improved access, communication, and professional awareness as means to improved health care for lesbians.
Lesbian health : current assessment and directions for the future by Call Number: RA564.87 .L46 1999ISBN: 0309060931Publication Date: 1999The first Institute of Medicine report to focus on a sexual minority population, discussing research methodology, needs assessment for lesbian communities, and more accurate ways to evaluate health care deliveries. Available as both an e-book and a print title through the UCSF Library.
The lesbian health book : caring for ourselves by Call Number: RA778.2 .W47 1997ISBN: 1878067311Publication Date: 1997This community-based anthology explores a wide range of approaches and issues, from practical matters of personal health to the social and political.
Lesbians and psychoanalysis : revolutions in theory and practice by Call Number: RC451.4 .G39 L47 1995ISBN: 0028740068Publication Date: 1995This edited collection includes therapeutically oriented articles, but is primarily concerned with interventions in psychoanalytic theory.
Lesbian Health Organizations and Resources
San Francisco Chronicle photo by Liz Mangelsdorf
The City of San Francisco defied California law to issue same-sex marriage licenses in February 2004. The first couple to marry were Phyllis Lyon (left) and Del Martin, who had been partners and lesbian activists for 51 years.
- UCSF Lesbian Health and Research CenterThe only lesbian-focused health and research organization housed within a major health sciences university, this center works to increase lesbian access to health care, conducts research on LGBTQ issues and populations, provides referrals, and answers health questions.
- Lyon-Martin Health ServicesNamed in honor of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, this San Francisco health center offers health care for women and transgender people regardless of ability to pay, including low income HIV treatment services.
- The Lesbian Health FundThe Gay & Lesbian Medical Association's Lesbian Health Fund sponsors medical research in many areas of lesbian health including cancer rates and risk factors, health care access, family issues, and health promotion among African American lesbians.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Lesbian and Bisexual WomenThe CDC provides highly useful information on a variety of health conditions affecting lesbians, including cancer, STDs and HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, obesity, and tobacco use.
- Ten Things Lesbians Should Discuss with Their Healthcare ProviderThis health information checklist from the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) covers ten health issues most frequently of concern for lesbians.
- National Longitudinal Lesbian Family StudyThe longest running and largest research project on LGBT families, this study has followed a cohort of planned lesbian families with children conceived through donor insemination since the 1980s. The research focuses on children's social, psychological and emotional development and the dynamics of planned lesbian families.