@article{ref1,
title="Disparities in safety belt use by sexual orientation identity among U.S.high school students",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2014",
author="Reisner, Sari L. and Van Wagenen, Aimee and Gordon, Allegra and Calzo, Jerel P.",
volume="104",
number="2",
pages="311-318",
abstract="Objectives. We examined associations between adolescents' safety belt use and sexual orientation identity.   Methods. We pooled data from the 2005 and 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (n = 26 468 weighted; mean age = 15.9 years; 35.4% White, 24.7% Black, 23.5% Latino, 16.4% other). We compared lesbian and gay (1.2%), bisexual (3.5%), and unsure (2.6%) youths with heterosexuals (92.7%) on a binary indicator of passenger safety belt use. We stratified weighted multivariable logistic regression models by sex and adjusted for survey wave and sampling design.   Results. Overall, 12.6% of high school students reported &quot;rarely&quot; or &quot;never&quot; wearing safety belts. Sexual minority youths had increased odds of reporting nonuse relative to heterosexuals (48% higher for male bisexuals, 85% for lesbians, 46% for female bisexuals, and 51% for female unsure youths; P < .05), after adjustment for demographic (age, race/ethnicity), individual (body mass index, depression, bullying, binge drinking, riding with a drunk driver, academic achievement), and contextual (living in jurisdictions with secondary or primary safety belt laws, percentage below poverty, percentage same-sex households) risk factors.   Conclusions. Public health interventions should address sexual orientation identity disparities in safety belt use. (Am J Public Health.   Published online ahead of print December 12, 2013: e1-e8. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301745).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2013.301745",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301745"
}