@article{ref1,
title="Binge drinking disparities by grade, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="2024",
author="Bishop, Meg D. and Moran, Samantha A. and Turpin, Rodman E. and Aparicio, Elizabeth M. and Mereish, Ethan H. and Russell, Stephen T. and Fish, Jessica N.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Binge drinking disparities between sexual and gender minority (SGM) students and their heterosexual, cisgender peers are well-established. Data limitations have precluded understandings of whether the onset and progression of these disparities differ by grade. Additionally, little is known about whether and how SGM-related binge drinking varies across groups of students coincidingly defined by sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI), race, and ethnicity. In the current study, we used a large, statewide sample of secondary school students in California to describe the prevalence of binge drinking among subgroups of adolescents at the intersections of grade, race and ethnicity, and SOGI. <br><br>METHODS: Data were from the 2017-2019 cycle of the California Healthy Kids Survey, one of the largest statewide cross-sectional surveys of secondary school students in the United States (n = 925 744). We described the grade-specific prevalence rates of past 30-day binge drinking by (1) grade level, (2) race and ethnicity, and (3) SOGI. Predicted probabilities estimated adjusted percentages of students' binge drinking by subgroups. <br><br>RESULTS: SGM-related binge drinking differences were present early in secondary school. Several subgroups of SGM adolescents with minoritized racial and ethnic identities reported higher binge drinking rates relative to their same-grade, white, non-SGM peers. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Prevention and intervention programs must consider developmentally- and culturally-informed strategies to most effectively promote health among minoritized students.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="10.1542/peds.2023-063978",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-063978"
}