PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (*Corresponding author)
Published articles
32. Lee, H., Park, J., Chun W., Kim, J., Yi, H., & Jeong, S.-J.* (2024). Trends and Implications of Sexual and Gender Minority Research in South Korea: Systematic Review and Text Analysis. Economy and Society. [in Korean] (In Press)
31. Choo, S., Kim, R., Lee, H., Eom, Y., Yi, H., Kim, R., Williams D.R., & Kim, S. S.* (2024). Heightened vigilance and its associations with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among 285 Korean transgender and nonbinary adults: effect modification by connectedness to the LGBTQ+ community. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Doi: 10.1111/sltb.13104
30. Mereish, E. H.*, Abramson, J. R., Lee, H., & Watson R. J. (2024). Intersectional Oppression-Based Stress, Drinking to Cope Motives, and Alcohol Use and Hazardous Drinking among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents of Color. LGBT Health. Doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2024.0023
29. Choo, S., Kim, R., Lee, H., Eom, Y., Yi, H., Kim, R., & Kim, S. S.* (2023). Associations between discrimination experiences and symptoms of depression and anxiety among transgender adults: a nationwide cohort study of 269 transgender adults in South Korea. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59(5), 859-869.
28. Eom, Y., Lee, H., Choo, S., Kim, R., Yi, H., Kim, R., & Kim, S. S.* (2023). Situational avoidance and its association with mental health among transgender adults in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study. LGBT Health, 11(2), 122-130.
27. Kim, R., Choo, S., Lee, H., Eom, Y., Yi, H., Kim, R., & Kim, S. S.* (2023). Does discrimination prevent transgender and gender diverse people from seeking healthcare?: A nationwide cohort study in South Korea. International Journal of Transgender Health, 25(2), 283-294.
26. Rider, G. N.*, Gower, A. L., Lee, H., Thomas, D., McCurdy, A. L., Russell, S. T., & Eisenberg, M. E. (2023). Bias-Based Bullying and Elevated Depressive Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender–Diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Adolescents. JAMA Pediatrics, 177(9), 975-977.
25. Choo, S., Kim, R., Lee, H., Yi, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2022). Association between discrimination and poor sleep health outcomes among 2,192 South Korean gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults: a nationwide cross-sectional survey. Sleep Health, 8(6), 587-592.
24. Eom, Y., Lee, H., Kim, R., Choo, S., Yi, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2022). Discrimination Keeps Transgender People Awake at Night: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey of 583 Transgender Adults in South Korea. Sleep Health, 8(6), 580-586.
23. Lee, H., Operario, D., Agénor, M., Yi, H., Choo, S., & Kim, S. S.* (2022). Internalized homophobia and HIV testing among Korean gay and bisexual men: A study in a high-income country with prevailing HIV/AIDS stigma. AIDS Care, 35(5), 672-677.
22. Choo, S., Lee, H., Yi, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2022). Expectation of rejection and its association with healthcare avoidance and delay among 2,172 Korean lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults: a national cross-sectional survey. LGBT Health, 9(4), 282-286.
21. Kim, R., Yoon, J., Kim, J., Lee, H., Park, J., & Kim, S. S.* (2022). Association between intimate partner violence and suicidal ideation among women and men in South Korea: Nationally representative longitudinal study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(23-24), NP23222-NP23240.
20. Lee, H., Operario, D., Restar, J. A., Choo, S., Kim, R., Eom, Y. J., Yi, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2022). Gender identity change efforts are associated with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicide attempts in South Korean transgender adults. Transgender Health, 8(3), 273-281.
19. Yi, H., Lee, H., Choo, S., Kim, R., Eom, Y., & Kim, S. S.* (2022). Importance of Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information in Nationally Representative Surveys of South Korea. Journal of Critical Social Welfare, 74, 175-208. [in Korean]
18. Park, J†., Lee, H†., Choi, B., Kim, J., Yoon, J., Yi, H., Choo, S., & Kim, S. S.* (2022). Adolescent bullying victimization at secondary school and adulthood suicidality and depressive symptoms among 2,163 lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 34(4), 338-345. (†co-first author)
17. Lee, H., Restar, J. A., Operario, D., Choo, S., Streed Jr, C. G., Yi, H., Kim, R., Eom, Y. J., & Kim, S. S.* (2021). Transgender-specific COVID-19-related stressors and their association with depressive symptoms among transgender adults: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in South Korea. International Journal of Transgender Health, 24(3), 334-345.
16. Choi, B., Park, J., Lee, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2021). Association between labor union presence and return to work after occupational injury or illness: A nationally representative longitudinal study in South Korea. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 64(12), 1040-1044.
15. Lee, H., Yi, H., Rider, N., Operario, D., Choo, S., Kim, R., Eom, Y., & Kim, S. S.* (2021). Transgender Adults' Public Bathroom-Related Stressors and their Association with Depressive Symptoms: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in South Korea. LGBT Health, 8(7), 486-493.
14. Choi, B., Kim, J., Yoon, J., Lee, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2021). Health disparities among workers with standing jobs and limited restroom access: A cosmetics saleswomen study in South Korea. International Journal of Health Services, 52(1), 174-182.
13. Lee, H., Streed Jr, C. G., Yi, H., Choo, S., & Kim, S. S.* (2021). Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Korea. LGBT Health, 8(6), 427-432.
12. Lee, H., Operario, D., Yi, H., Choo, S., Kim, J-H., & Kim, S. S.* (2021). Does Discrimination Affect Whether Transgender People Avoid or Delay Healthcare?: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Survey in South Korea. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 24, 170-177.
11. Lee, H., Park, J., Choi, B., Yi, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2021). Association between Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among 2,162 Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in South Korea: Does Community Connectedness Modify the Association?. Journal of Homosexuality, 68(1), 70-87.
10. Sung, H., Kim, J., Kim, J., Punnett, L., Lee, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2020). Association between extremely long working hours and musculoskeletal symptoms: A nationwide survey of medical residents in South Korea. Journal of Occupational Health, 62(1), e12125.
9. Lee, H., Tomita, K., Habarth, J., Operario, D., Yi, H., Choo, S., & Kim, S. S.* (2020). Internalized transphobia and mental health among transgender adults: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in South Korea. International Journal of Transgender Health, 21(2), 182-193.
8. Lee, H., Operario, D., van den Berg, J. J., Yi, H., Choo, S., & Kim, S. S.* (2020). Health disparities among transgender adults in South Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 32(2-3), 103-110.
7. Lee, H., Operario, D., Yi, H., Choo, S., & Kim, S. S.* (2019). Internalized Homophobia, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in South Korea: An Age-Stratified Analysis. LGBT Health, 6(8), 393-399.
6. Lee, H., Park, J., Choi, B., Yi, H., & Kim, S. S.* (2018). Experiences of and barriers to transition-related healthcare among Korean transgender adults: focus on gender identity disorder diagnosis, hormone therapy, and sex reassignment surgery. Epidemiology and Health, 40. https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018005
5. Yi, H., Lee, H., Park, J., Choi, B., & Kim, S. S.* (2017). Health disparities between lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults and the general population in South Korea: Rainbow Connection Project I. Epidemiology and Health, 39. https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2017046
4. Lee, H., Son, I., Yoon, J., & Kim, S. S.* (2017). Lookism hurts: appearance discrimination and self-rated health in South Korea. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(1), 204.
3. Son, I., Lee, H.*, Park, J., & Kim, S. S. (2017). Social stigma and medical marginalization in healthcare service among transgender people in South Korea. Korean Journal of Sociology, 51, 155-189. [in Korean]
2. Yi, H., Lee, H., Yoon, J., Park, J., & Kim, S. S.* (2015). Transgender people’s access to health care in Korea. Health and Social Welfare Review, 35(4), 64-94. [in Korean]
1. Lee, H., Park, J., & Kim, S. S.* (2014). LGBTQI Health Research in South Korea: A systematic review. Health and Social Science, 36, 43-76. [in Korean]
Publication under review
2. Lee, H.*, Abramson, J. R., Bhoja, A., Watson R. J., & Mereish, E. H. Mental Health and Care Utilization Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth by Race and Ethnicity.
1. Mereish, E. H.*, Lee, H., Bhoja, A., Abramson, J. R., Peters, J., & Yen, S. An Intensive Longitudinal Assessment of Daily Oppression-Based Stressors, Suicidal Ideation, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Ideation among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: Protective Role of Daily General and Affirmative Social Supports.
Manuscripts in progress
2. Sun, N. Y., Gower, A. L., Lee, H., Eisenberg, M. E., Felipe, L., Watson, R. J., Nadal, K., Jegraj, A., Rider, G. N.* Assessing alcohol use among Asian American sexual and gender minoritized youth enrolled in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades in California.
1. Lee, H.*, Sullivan, T., Abramson, J. R., Mccauley, P., Watson R. J., & Mereish, E. H. Structural Cissexism and its Impact on Psychological Distress and Unmet Mental Health Care Needs among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents.
BOOK
4. Kim, S., Park, M., Lee, H., Han, G., Han, H., Hong, S. (2022). Getting over discrimination and hate: the necessity of cultural diversity. [차별과 혐오를 넘어서 – 왜 문화다양성인가]. Seoul: Culturelook. ISBN: 9791192090139. [in Korean]
3. LGBT medical research group (Co-writer). (2022). Hospitals without discrimination. [차별 없는 병원 – 진료실을 바꿀 성소수자 의료 가이드]. Seoul: Humanist books. ISBN: 9791160808896. [in Korean]
2. Research group for LGBT studies (Co-writer). (2019). Rainbow needs more diverse colors. [무지개는 더 많은 빛깔을 원한다 – 성소수자 혐오를 넘어 인권의 확장으로]. Seoul: Changbi Publishers. ISBN: 9788936486488. [in Korean]
1. Kim, S. S., Park, J., Lee, H., Yi, H., Choi, B. (2018). Unconditionally You – Experiences of Discrimination and Health of Korean Transgender People. [오롯한 당신 – 트랜스젠더, 차별과 건강]. Seoul: Soombook. ISBN: 9791186452301. [in Korean]