期刊
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
卷 77, 期 1, 页码 61-70出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.07.007
关键词
alcohol; tobacco; sexual minority; gay; lesbian; epidemiology
资金
- NIDA NIH HHS [DA 15539, R01 DA015539] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH 61774, R01 MH061774] Funding Source: Medline
Background: Mounting evidence suggests that lesbians and bisexual women may be at especially elevated risk for the harmful health effects of alcohol and tobacco use. Methods: We report findings from the California Women's Health Survey (1998-2000). a lame. annual statewide health surveillance survey of California women that in 1998 began to include questions assessing same-gender sexual behavior. Results: Overall, homosexually experienced women are more likely than exclusively heterosexually experienced women to currently-smoke and to evidence higher levels of alcohol consumption. both in frequency and quantity. Focusing on age, cohorts. the greatest sexual orieniation disparity in alcohol use patterns appears clustered among women in the 26-35-year-old group. We also find that recently bisexually, active women report higher and riskier alcohol use than women who are exclusively heterosexually active. By contrast, among homosexually experienced women, those who are recently exclusively homosexually active do not show consistent evidence of at-risk patterns of alcohol consumption. Discussion: Findings underscore the importance of considering within-group differences among homosexually experienced women in risk for tobacco and dysfunctional alcohol use. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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