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To help determine the direction of government funded research into lesbian health, the Institute of Medicine convened a Committee on Lesbian Health Research Priorities in July 1997, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In January 1999, the Committee released its report, "Lesbian Health, Current Assessment and Directions for the Future". The Committee identified several reasons for directing attention to the study of lesbian health issues; to gain knowledge to improve the health status of lesbian women, to confirm beliefs and counter misconceptions about the health risks of lesbians, and to identify health risks for which lesbians are at risk or tend to be at greater risk than heterosexual women or women in general. The following information comes from the IOM report.
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Date: November 2000
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