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Large Scale Infrastructure for Social Data Science
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Webinar - will be recorded
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Latent Classes of Polysubstance Use Among Adolescents in the United States: Intersections of Sexual Identity with Sex, Age, and Race/Ethnicity
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PURPOSE: We aimed to estimate latent classes of concurrent polysubstance use and test for sexual orientation differences in latent class memberships with representative data from adolescents living in 19 U.S. states. We also tested whether sex, race/ethnicity, and age moderated the sexual identity differences in polysubstance use class memberships. METHODS: We analyzed data from 119,437 adolescents from 19 states who participated in the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Latent class analysis characterized polysubstance use patterns based on self-reported frequency of lifetime and past-month use of alcohol (including heavy episodic drinking), tobacco (cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco), and marijuana. Multinomial logistic regression models tested differences in latent class memberships by sexual identity. Interaction terms tested whether sex, race/ethnicity, and age moderated the sexual identity differences in polysubstance use class memberships. RESULTS: A six-class model of polysubstance use fit the data best and included nonusers (61.5%), experimental users (12.2%), marijuana-alcohol users (14.8%), tobacco-alcohol users (3.8%), medium-frequency three-substance users (3.6%), and high-frequency three-substance users (4.1%). Gay/lesbian- and bisexual-identified adolescents had significantly higher odds than heterosexual-identified adolescents of being in all of the user classes compared with the nonuser class. These sexual identity differences in latent polysubstance use class memberships were generally larger for females than for males, varied occasionally by race/ethnicity, and were sometimes larger for younger ages. CONCLUSION: Compared with their heterosexual peers, gay/lesbian and bisexual adolescents-especially females-are at heightened risk of engaging in multiple types of polysubstance use. Designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions will likely reduce these sexual orientation disparities.
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Jessica N Fish, Ph.D.
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Jessica N Fish Publications
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Laura Lindberg, Guttmacher Institute
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Completeness of Abortion Reporting in Three National Surveys in the United States
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Lauren Gaydosh, University of Texas - Austin
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Early Life Course Exposure to Family Instability and Adult Health
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Lauren Porter, Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Challenges in the Continuity of Care among Formerly Incarcerated Persons with HIV or HCV
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Laurie DeRose: The World Family Map Project
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The World Family Map Project investigates what makes families strong
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Selected Research
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Leslie Root, University of Colorado - Boulder
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The Life Course Fertility Effect of a Contraceptive Intervention: New Evidence from Colorado
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Lewin, Roy research featured in NPR story
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Adultification affecting minority children faced with hard choices
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LGBTQ Youth-Serving Community-Based Organizations: Who Participates and What Difference Does it Make?
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LGBTQ youth are at greater risk for compromised health, yet large-scale health promotion programs for LGBTQ young people have been slow to develop. LGBTQ community-based organizations—which provide LGBTQ-focused support and services—have existed for decades, but have not been a focus of the LGBTQ youth health literature. The current study used a contemporary sample of LGBTQ youth (age 15–21; M = 18.81; n = 1045) to examine who participates in LGBTQ community-based organizations, and the association between participation and self-reported mental health and substance use. Youth who participated in LGBTQ community-based organizations were more likely to be assigned male at birth, transgender, youth of color, and accessing free-or-reduced lunch. Participation was associated with concurrent and longitudinal reports of mental health and substance use. LGBTQ community-based organizations may be an underutilized resource for promoting LGBTQ youth health.
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Jessica N Fish, Ph.D.
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Jessica N Fish Publications
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Li Liu, Johns Hopkins University
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Misclassification between stillbirths and neonatal deaths in low-income countries
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