Gender–sexuality alliance membership and activities: associations with students' comfort, confidence and awareness regarding substance use resources.
Belonging to a school Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) is associated with lower substance use among LGBTQ+ youth. However, it is unknown whether GSA participation facilitates access to resources for substance use concerns. Using longitudinal data from 38 Massachusetts high schools, we compared so...
| Publicado en: | Health Education Research Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 295 - 309 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2021
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