Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Polysubstance Use Among Online Help-Seeking Sexual and Gender Minoritized People in San Francisco From 2022 to 2025: Cross-Sectional Study.
IF 3.9 2区 医学Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
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Abstract
This research letter characterizes racial/ethnic disparities in polysubstance use among 409 online help-seeking sexual and gender minoritized people in San Francisco. Findings demonstrate the central role of tobacco as a co-occurring substance for participants who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color compared to their White counterparts.
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JMIR Public Health & Surveillance (JPHS) is a renowned scholarly journal indexed on PubMed. It follows a rigorous peer-review process and covers a wide range of disciplines. The journal distinguishes itself by its unique focus on the intersection of technology and innovation in the field of public health. JPHS delves into diverse topics such as public health informatics, surveillance systems, rapid reports, participatory epidemiology, infodemiology, infoveillance, digital disease detection, digital epidemiology, electronic public health interventions, mass media and social media campaigns, health communication, and emerging population health analysis systems and tools.