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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: LGBT Health. 2017 Dec 22;5(1):6–32. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2017.0053

Table 2.

Search Strategy

Category Search terms
Adolescence adolescent or students or teen* or youth* or adolescen* or young or ymsm or ywsw or student* or high school* or middle school* or junior high or tween* or preteen* or pre-teen*
Sexual orientation LGB* or lesbian* or gay or homosexual* or same-sex or MSM or men who have sex with men or women who have sex with women or WSW or sexual orientation or bisexual* or sexual minorit*
Sexual health outcomes sex* health or reproductive health or sex* behav* or sex* risk* or same-sex behav* or sex* intercourse or anal sex or oral sex or safe sex or unsafe sex or pregnan* or sexual* transmit* or hiv or std* or sti* or human immunodeficiency virus or sexual* active* or sex* debut or sexual initiation or contracep* or condom* or birth control or partner violence or rape or sex* violen* or sex* abuse* or sex* assault
Relationship types interpersonal relation* or famil* or parent* or filial or sibling* or sex* partner* or intimate partner* or romantic* or boyfriend* or girlfriend* or same-sex couple* or friend* or mentor* or school counselor* or teacher* or social network* or relational self or peer group* or peer* or brother* or sister* or father* or paternal or mother* or maternal or significant other* or school nurse* or health* provider* or social worker* or role model or doctor* or nurse* or counselo* or trusted adult* or patient-provider* or caregiver*
Databases used MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, PsycARTICLES, Educational Journals