scholarly journals The Association between Hazardous Drinking Indicators and Drinking Problem Concerns among Sexual Minority Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-335
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Paschen-Wolff ◽  
Jennifer M. Putney ◽  
Thomas Corbeil ◽  
Tse-Hwei Choo ◽  
Tonda L. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Hazardous Drinking ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Drinking Problem ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Experiences Of Women

Sexual minority women (SMW) report high rates of hazardous drinking (HD), treatment utilization that is not commensurate with need, and low perceived alcohol use severity. This study examined SMW's drinking problem concerns by sexual identity and other demographic characteristics, and the strength of associations between endorsement of unique HD indicators and drinking problem concerns. Data were from a supplemental sample of SMW added in Wave 3 of the longitudinal, community-based Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women (CHLEW) study. HD was measured using a validated 13-item HD Index (HDI). Multivariable logistic regression models examined independent associations between past-five-year drinking problem concerns and each HD indicator. Twelve HD indicators were significantly associated with past-five-year drinking problem concerns, adjusting for age and sexual identity. Adjusted odds ratios varied from 2.44 for driving drunk to 15.52 for drinking first thing in the morning. After adjusting for number of HD indicators endorsed, associations were no longer significant, indicating that number of endorsed indicators was a more important predictor of drinking problem concerns than were individual HD indicators. Early intervention and harm reduction strategies could support SMW in addressing salient aspects of HD before progression to alcohol use disorder.

scholarly journals Changes in Sexual Identity and Associations With Alcohol Use and Depression Among Young Adult Sexual Minority Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 623-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian A. Feinstein ◽  
Isaac C. Rhew ◽  
Kimberley A. Hodge ◽  
Tonda L. Hughes ◽  
Debra Kaysen
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women

scholarly journals Alcohol use among sexual minority women: Methods used and lessons learned in the 20-Year Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonda Hughes ◽  
Sharon Wilsnack ◽  
Kelly Martin ◽  
Alicia Matthews ◽  
Timothy Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
Experiences Of Women

Background: Two decades ago, there was almost no research on alcohol use among sexual minority women (SMW, e.g., lesbian, bisexual). Since then, a growing body of scientific literature documents substantial sexual orientation-related disparities in alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Research has identified multiple risk factors associated with high-risk/hazardous drinking among SMW. However, this research has almost exclusively used cross-sectional designs, limiting the ability to draw conclusions about processes through which sexual minority status affects alcohol use. Longitudinal designs, although very rare in research on alcohol use among SMW, are important for testing mediational mechanisms and necessary to understanding how changes in social determinants impact alcohol use. Aim: To describe the processes and lessons learned in conducting a 20-year longitudinal study focused on alcohol use among SMW. Methods: The Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women (CHLEW) study includes five waves of data collection (2000–present) with an age and racially/ethnically diverse sample of 815 SMW (ages 18–83) originally recruited in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in Illinois, a midwestern state in the United States (U.S.). Measures and focus have evolved over the course of the study. Results: The CHLEW study is the longest-running and most comprehensive study of SMW’s drinking in the U.S. or elsewhere. Findings reported in more than 50 published manuscripts have contributed to understanding variations in SMW’s risk for hazardous/harmful drinking based on sexual identity, age, race/ethnicity, sex/gender of partner, and many other factors. Conclusions: By describing the process used in conducting this long-term study, its major findings, and the lessons learned, we hope to encourage and support other researchers in conducting longitudinal research focused on SMW’s health. Such research is critically important in understanding and ultimately eliminating sexual orientation-related health disparities.

scholarly journals Mothers’ Sexual Identity and Children’s Health

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Mollborn ◽  
Aubrey Limburg ◽  
Bethany G. Everett
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Mostly Heterosexual ◽  
Minority Identities

AbstractSexual minority women face a plethora of structural, socioeconomic, and interpersonal disadvantages and stressors. Research has established negative associations between women’s sexual minority identities and both their own health and their infants’ birth outcomes. Yet a separate body of scholarship has documented similarities in the development and well-being of children living with same-sex couples relative to those living with similarly situated different-sex couples. This study sought to reconcile these literatures by examining the association between maternal sexual identity and child health at ages 5–18 using a US sample from the full population of children of sexual minority women, including those who identify as mostly heterosexual, bisexual, or lesbian, regardless of partner sex or gender. Analyses using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 8978) followed women longitudinally and examined several measures of their children’s health, including general health and specific developmental and physical health conditions. Analyses found that children of mostly heterosexual and bisexual women experienced health disadvantages relative to children of heterosexual women, whereas the few children of lesbian women in our sample evidenced a mixture of advantages and disadvantages. These findings underscore that to understand sexual orientation disparities and the intergenerational transmission of health, it is important to incorporate broad measurement of sexual orientation that can capture variation in family forms and in sexual minority identities.

scholarly journals Sexual Identity and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Awareness of Heart Attack and Stroke Symptoms: Findings From the National Health Interview Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
Billy A. Caceres ◽  
Meghan Reading Turchioe ◽  
Anthony Pho ◽  
Theresa A. Koleck ◽  
Ruth Masterson Creber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
National Health Interview Survey ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Purpose: Investigate sexual identity and racial/ethnic differences in awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: 2014 and 2017 National Health Interview Survey. Sample: 54 326 participants. Measures: Exposure measures were sexual identity (heterosexual, gay/lesbian, bisexual, “something else”) and race/ethnicity. Awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms was assessed. Analysis: Sex-stratified logistic regression analyses to examine sexual identity and racial/ethnic differences in awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms. Results: Gay men were more likely than heterosexual men to identify calling 911 as the correct action if someone is having a heart attack (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.16, 95% CI: 1.18-3.96). The majority of racial/ethnic minority heterosexuals reported lower rates of awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms than White heterosexuals. Hispanic sexual minority women had lower awareness of heart attack symptoms than White heterosexual women (AOR = 0.43, 95% CI: 0.25-0.74), whereas Asian sexual minority women reported lower awareness of stroke symptoms (AOR = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.08-0.80). Hispanic (AOR = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.33-0.84) and Asian (AOR = 0.35, 95% CI: 0.14-0.84) sexual minority men reported lower awareness of stroke symptoms than White heterosexual men. Conclusion: Hispanic and Asian sexual minorities had lower rates of awareness of heart attack and stroke symptoms. Health information technology may be a platform for delivering health education and targeted health promotion for sexual minorities of color.

scholarly journals Lifetime Victimization, Hazardous Drinking, and Depression Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women

LGBT Health ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonda L. Hughes ◽  
Timothy P. Johnson ◽  
Alana D. Steffen ◽  
Sharon C. Wilsnack ◽  
Bethany Everett
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Hazardous Drinking ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women
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