Intention to quit smoking among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smoking is highly prevalent among lesbian, gay men, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons and contributes to health disparities. Guided by the theory of planned behavior (TPB), we identified beliefs related to attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and subjective norms, as well as LGBT-specific variables, to explain variance in intention to quit smoking in the next 6 months in LGBT smokers.

Methods

Individual interviews (n = 19) identified beliefs about quitting smoking and LGBT-salient variables and aided in survey development. Surveys were sent to a random sample from an LGBT community center's mailing list and center attendees, with a 25.4% response rate. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted with the final sample of 101 smokers.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Burkhalter JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2762930 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature