Assessing the Prevalence of Suicidality and Protective Factors Among Sexually and Gender Diverse Youth—Washington, 2021
Many Washington 8th, 10th, and 12th graders identified as SGD, and these youth experienced a substantial, disproportionate prevalence of suicidality Multiple family, school, and community protective factors were associated with lower suicidality among SGD youth and could be helpful points of intervention for statewide youth suicidality programs.
Authors
- Cathy R. Wasserman
- Maayan Simckes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7441-9996)
- Jessica Marcinkevage
- Genya Shimkin
- Randy M. Stalter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-7721)
- Kirstin McFarland
- Hannah Gorman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7853-1803)
- Juliana Grant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-5803)
- Anar Shah
- Sara Jaye Sanford
Institutions
- Washington State Department of Health (US)
- Public Health – Seattle & King County (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of School Health
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.70001
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00