5193.0 Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Health

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Moderator:
Sherry Lipsky, PhD, MPH

12:30pm
Sexual orientation differences in teen pregnancy and oral contraceptive use in two U.S. national cohorts of different generations
Brittany Charlton, MSc, Heather L. Corliss, MPH, PhD, Stacey Missmer, ScD, Margaret Rosario, PhD, Donna Spiegelman, ScD and S. Bryn Austin, ScD
     
12:45pm
Attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of the lesbian and bisexual population towards breast health
Rebecca Earlie-Royer, MPH, BS, CHES, Heather Hug, MS, Amy J. Thompson, PhD, CHES, Timothy R. Jordan, PhD, MEd and Sherry Tripepi
     
1:00pm
“I get by with a little help from my friends”: The Relationship of LGBT Community Participation and Social Support to Smoking Frequency in Sexual Minority Women
Michelle Johns, MPH, Andrew Hickok, MPH, Emily Pingel, MPH, Emily Youatt, MPH and Jose A. Bauermeister, MPH, PhD
     
1:15pm
Exploring potential correlates of pregnancy among adolescent same-sex attracted females
Laura Kuper, MA and Brian Mustanski, PhD
     
1:30pm
Exploring violence and HIV risk among drug-using women who have sex with women
Danielle Ompad, PhD, Sel J. Hwahng, PhD, Perry Halkitis, PhD, MPH, Farzana Kapadia, PhD MPH, Victoria A. Frye, DrPH and David Vlahov, PhD, RN

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: LGBT Caucus of Public Health Professionals
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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