TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Disparities in safety belt use by sexual orientation identity among U.S.high school students
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Reisner, Sari L.
A1  - Van Wagenen, Aimee
A1  - Gordon, Allegra
A1  - Calzo, Jerel P.
SP  - 311
EP  - 318
VL  - 104
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 "rarely" or "never" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301745
ID  - ref1
ER  -