The top 5 priorities
- Create One National Campaign: One Logo/Name and Message
- Develop Clearinghouse on LGBT Tobacco Efforts
- Identify Data Sets for Analysis and Conduct New Research
- Enhance Connectivity with Larger Anti-Smoking Organizations
- Build Resources for Development Programs and Initiatives
see full action plan (PDF)
Surveillance
American Lung Association's Smoking Out a Deadly Threat: Tobacco Use in the LGBT Community
The American Lung Association's latest health disparity report, Smoking Out a Deadly Threat: Tobacco Use in the LGBT Community, examines the trend of higher tobacco use among the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the need for additional research specific to this community.
download fileCognitive Testing of an LGBT Surveillance Question
Cognitive Testing article briefing
download fileComing Out about Smoking: Tobacco Use in the LGBTQ Young Adult Community
NYAC has long been the go to group for some great resources for pushing back against LGBTQ youth tobacco use, and they've done it again here. Please take a gander at their fascinating new report on LGBTQ youth tobacco attitudes, complete with smart and savvy recommendations. There's lots to learn from in this report. Two things I found especially fascinating were that 20% of people who said they were 'nonsmokers' admitted to smoking socially; and that only 63% of LGBTQ youth said their sexual orientation was LGB (I know at least a dozen survey researchers who'll wail and gnash their teeth at this news). But mostly, let's get this out far and wide, because LGBTQ youth tobacco control is severely underfunded and powered. Unless we want to be doing this work in 20 more years, please help us spread these findings and strategies to all the groups that can make them happen. Great job NYAC!
view link | download fileLGBT Surveillance and Data Collection Briefing Paper
A briefing paper on capturing LGBT data, with an emphasis on tobacco. This paper discusses which questions have been tested and why it is important to collect this data.
download fileNew Mexico’s Progress in Collecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Data and Its Implications for Addressing Health Disparities
First report in New Mexico to examine numerous health indicators by sexual orientation. Compared to straight adults, LGB adults have significantly increased rates of tobacco use, excessive alcohol use, suicidal attempts and ideation, depression, intimate partner violence, obesity, asthma, and life dissatisfaction. However, LGB adults are more likely than straight adults to report engaging in sufficient physical activity and having had an HIV test. These data provide new insight into health inequities between LGB and straight adults and are essential in prioritizing and allocating resources to address the health of LGB communities.
download fileRecommendations for Inclusive Data Collection of Trans People in HIV Prevention, Care, and Services
The two page short version from the Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention's "Recommendations for Inclusive Data Collection of Trans People in HIV Prevention, Care, and Services" examines the issue of reliable inclusion of the transgender population in HIV data collection. Topics include questions to ask, helpful implementation of data collection, and resource assistance.
download fileTobacco Use Among Missouri LGBTQ 2009
This report identifies significant tobacco-related disparities in Missouri's LGBTQ community and provides a broad description of the LGBTQ community with regards to tobacco issues.
There is a higher rate of smoking and a lower rate of successful cessation. There is a lower level of knowledge of the harmful effects of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke, and a general lack of awareness of evidence-based cessation treatment options.
Unfortunately, there is also a significant lack of awareness of the disparities identified in this assessment. The LGBTQ community of Missouri is unaware of these disparities and the health impact of tobacco use.
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Survey Instrument Examples
"Qualitative Investigation of Smokers and Non-Smokers in the LGBT Market" Executive Summary
Here is a executive summary of a "Qualitative Investigation of Smokers and Non-Smokers in the LGBT Market" by Winston Stuart Associates, LTD. Included is the respondent screener and discussion guides from LGBT focus groups conducted in 2001, smokers and nonsmokers, in Sacramento and San Francisco.
download file2005: Follow-up handout on Portland Pride Survey
Highlights the results of the 2005 Portland Pride survey on smoking in the LGBTQ community, as conducted by Breathefree, Oregon Coalition Against Tobacco and urges action.
download file2006: New Mexico Survey Instrument
Survey instrument
In June 2006, the New Mexico Department of Health, Stop Tobacco on My People and the University of New Mexico Health Evaluation and Research Team conducted a tobacco survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
Report can be found here http://www.lgbttobacco.org/resources.php?ID=17#28
download file2006: Oregon Pride Smoking Survey
Click here to see a copy of the survey given by Breathe Free, the Oregon LGBTQ Coalition against Tobacco, at 2006 Portland Pride.
download file2007: Colorado Pride Survey
Survey regarding behaviors, attitudes and beliefs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender (GLBT) communities in Colorado regarding tobacco use. The study was conducted by the SmokeFree GLBT task force at Pride in 2007
download file2007: Oregon Pride Smoking Survey
Click here to see a copy of the survey given by Breathe Free, the Oregon LGBTQ Coalition against Tobacco, at 2007 Portland Pride.
download file2007: Toronto, Canada Survey Instrument Example
The Toronto Rainbow Tobacco Survey: A Report on Tobacco Use in Toronto's LGBTTQ Communities.
Find the report here:
http://lgbttobacco.org/files/TRTS%20Report.pdf
download file2010 West Virginia Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Tobacco Survey
A copy of the 2010 West Virginia Pride Festival and Bar Survey used by West Virginia Covenant House and the Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
download fileOhio Department of Health Focus Group Survey
The Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction- Tobacco Risk Reduction Program conducted focus groups to learn about the unique cultural issues associated with tobacco use prevention around the state of Ohio. These are the questions asked during the focus group.
These results form the focus groups can be found in the report "2005-06 Voices of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender on: Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control, and the Effects of Tobacco." which can be found at:
http://lgbttobacco.org/files/OH%20LGBT%20Report.pdf
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