Substance use and related problems among U.S. women who identify as mostly heterosexual

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Tonda L. Hughes¹  Arlinda F. Kristjanson²  Sharon C. Wilsnack² 

[1] Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH), University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing (M/C 802), 845 S. Damen Ave Room 1160, IL 60612-7350, Chicago, USA;Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, 501 North Columbia Road Stop 9037, 58202-9037, Grand Forks, ND, USA;

关键词: Sexual Orientation;    Sexual Minority;    Sexual Identity;    Heterosexual Woman;    Health Risk Behavior;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-2143-1

 received in 2015-02-03, accepted in 2015-08-11,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWe used data from a nationally representative sample to compare substance use outcomes among adult women who identified as mostly heterosexual with those who identified as exclusively (only) heterosexual.MethodWe analyzed data from mostly heterosexual women and only heterosexual women in Wave 5 (2001) of the National Study of Health and Life Experiences of Women (weighted n = 1085).ResultsMostly heterosexual women were significantly more likely than only heterosexual women to report every alcohol-related outcome included in our analyses except lifetime treatment. Odds of lifetime and past-year marijuana and cocaine use showed larger differences, with mostly heterosexual women nearly four times as likely as only heterosexual women to report lifetime cocaine use and five times as likely to report past-year use.ConclusionsWe recommend that researchers use measures of sexual identity that include more nuanced response options, and that health care providers learn about the existence, large numbers, and risk/protective factors associated with substance use patterns of mostly heterosexual women.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Hughes et al. 2015