Adult Health Behaviors Over the Life Course by Sexual Orientation
| Autor: | Melissa A. Clark, Xiaopeng Miao, Crystal D. Linkletter, Ulrike Boehmer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Gerontology genetic structures Research and Practice Adolescent Alcohol Drinking media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior Psychological intervention Binge drinking Odds Young Adult Risk-Taking Health care Humans Medicine Homosexuality Homosexuality Male Young adult Heterosexuality Exercise Early Detection of Cancer Aged media_common Aged 80 and over business.industry Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Homosexuality Female Health Services Middle Aged Diet Socioeconomic Factors Sexual orientation Bisexuality Life course approach Female business Sexuality |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Public Health. 102:292-300 |
| ISSN: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
| Popis: | Objectives. We estimated differences in health behaviors among adults by sexual orientation. Methods. We pooled 4 years of data (2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007) from the California Health Interview Survey. We estimated the frequency of smoking, alcohol use, healthy dietary behaviors, physical activity, and health care utilization, and we used logistic regression modeling to determine the odds of each behavior with increasing age and for 2 age groups: younger than 50 years and 50 years old or older. Results. At any adult age, lesbians had greater odds of smoking and binge drinking than did heterosexual women, and gay and bisexual men had greater health care utilization than did heterosexual men. Other risk behaviors differed with age. Conclusions. Some behavioral change interventions should target lesbians, gays, and bisexuals at all ages, whereas other interventions should specifically target individuals at younger ages. |
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