title: [Health promotion of lesbian woman: nursing care].
abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze national and international scientific literature on nursing care for lesbian women. An integrative approach was adopted to review studies from MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF and SCOPUS databases and SciELO and Cochrane libraries using the keywords: female homosexuality, nursing care, health promotion and women's health. Studies published between 1990 and 2013 in English, Portuguese or Spanish were considered for analysis. After analyzing data, four international studies were selected, being that three were from the United States and one was from Canada. This study revealed a scarcity of Brazilian and international studies and the importance of increasing scientific literature on this topic. Descriptors: Homosexuality, female. Nursing care. Health promotion. Women's health.
authors.forename: Josueida de Carvalho
authors.initials: Jde C
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Danielli Gavibo
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Mallmann
authors.forename: Nelson Miguel
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Galindo Neto
authors.forename: Natália Oliveira
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: de Freitas
authors.forename: Eliane Maria Ribeiro
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: de Vasconcelos
authors.forename: Ednaldo Cavalcante
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: de Araújo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D016387:Women's Health