Citation

Eaton NR, Thompson RG, Hasin DS. Am. J. Public Health 2015; 105(12): e1-2.

Affiliation

Nicholas R. Eaton is with the Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Ronald G. Thompson Jr and Deborah S. Hasin are with the Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY. Deborah S. Hasin is also with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2015.302906

PMID

26469665

Abstract

We commend Gilbert et al. on their addition of sexual orientation in examining the public health issue of regular presex drinking. Although numerous studies have investigated presex drinking in sexual minority populations-primarily men-who-have-sex-with-men-the incorporation of sexual orientation into this nationally representative analysis provides an important additional perspective, given the pressing need to include sexual orientation-related variables in large-scale epidemiological reports and the elevated rates of substance use in sexual minorities.(1) To integrate the findings of our report and their letter: regular sex-related drinking is a notable public health concern, and sexual minority individuals have greater odds than heterosexuals to engage in this behavior. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 15, 2015: e1. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302906).

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