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Health Lifestyle Behaviors among Southern Lesbians: The Roles of Social Support and Community Integration |
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In this study we explore the correlates of health lifestyle behaviors among a sample of self-identified lesbian women living in the Southern United States. Our overall goal was to explore the role of a variety of social relationships in three health lifestyles behaviors: smoking, binge drinking, and physical inactivity. Specifically we sought to compare two key sources of social support – traditional social support from family and friends, and “LGBT-specific” social support deriving from comfort with and integration into the LGBT community. We found limited support for the association between traditional social support and health lifestyle behaviors, and mixed results for the effect of LGBT community integration. |
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| Austin, Erika. and Irwin, Jay. "Health Lifestyle Behaviors among Southern Lesbians: The Roles of Social Support and Community Integration" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p242774_index.html> |
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| Austin, E. L. and Irwin, J. , 2008-07-31 "Health Lifestyle Behaviors among Southern Lesbians: The Roles of Social Support and Community Integration" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p242774_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: In this study we explore the correlates of health lifestyle behaviors among a sample of self-identified lesbian women living in the Southern United States. Our overall goal was to explore the role of a variety of social relationships in three health lifestyles behaviors: smoking, binge drinking, and physical inactivity. Specifically we sought to compare two key sources of social support – traditional social support from family and friends, and “LGBT-specific” social support deriving from comfort with and integration into the LGBT community. We found limited support for the association between traditional social support and health lifestyle behaviors, and mixed results for the effect of LGBT community integration. |
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| Health Lifestyle Behaviors among Southern Lesbians: The Roles of Social Support and Community Integration INTRODUCTION Since the mid-1980s there has been increased research and clinical interest in the health disparities between lesbian and heterosexually-identified women (IOM 1999). Beginning with Ryan and Bradford’s ground-breaking National Lesbian Health Care Survey in 1984 (Bradford and Ryan 1988) researchers health care providers and lesbian communities alike have sought to address the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease and other obesity-related conditions in the lesbian |
| (.32) LGBT Social Capital 1.04 t (.02) Proportion of Friends who are LGBT .89 (.13) Degree of Outness 1.17 (.15) n 910 χ2 48.53 68.74 75.56 Nagelkerke R2 .093 .130 .143 t p < .10 * p < .05 ** p < .01 *** p < .001 |
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