LGB (女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋) 国家政策保护和物质使用差异
Alice Guan1, Paul Wesson1, David V Glidden1
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.
Health affairs scholar
|March 17, 2025
概括
在新兴成年期对女同性恋,男同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 个体的国家政策保护显著减少了年轻成年期的烟草和酒精使用. 这些保护措施对于维护LGB社区健康至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
背景情况:
- 同性恋,同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 个人与普通人群相比,使用物质的比例更高.
- 现有的研究表明,社会政策可以减轻这些差异,但长期影响未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估国家层面的LGB政策保护在新兴成年期对年轻成年期物质使用的影响.
- 确定新兴成年期是否是政策干预的关键时期.
- 量化LGB个人的物质使用差异减少在更具保护性的国家.
主要方法:
- 利用了从青少年到成人健康国家纵向研究 (第3波和第4波) 的数据.
- 采用多变量Poisson模型来分析与国家政策保护有关的物质使用 (烟草,过度饮酒).
- 基于新兴成年期的政策暴露,比较LGB和异性恋个体之间的物质使用率.
主要成果:
- 在政策保护较强的州的LGB个人在年轻成年时显著减少了烟草使用和过度饮酒.
- 政策影响是针对LGB个体的,而不是异性恋群体.
- 保护性政策显著减少了总体物质使用差异,特别是在女性参与者中.
结论:
- 新兴的成年期是一个关键时期,国家政策保护可以积极影响LGB个人的物质使用.
- 政策干预措施有效地减少了LGB社区内的健康差异.
- 持续评估和维护这些政策保护对LGB健康至关重要,特别是考虑到潜在的政策侵蚀.
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