Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/73070, first published .
Associations Among Minority Stress, Allostatic Load, and Drug and Alcohol Use in Sexual Minorities: Protocol for the Queer Health Study—a Longitudinal Feasibility Evaluation

Associations Among Minority Stress, Allostatic Load, and Drug and Alcohol Use in Sexual Minorities: Protocol for the Queer Health Study—a Longitudinal Feasibility Evaluation

Associations Among Minority Stress, Allostatic Load, and Drug and Alcohol Use in Sexual Minorities: Protocol for the Queer Health Study—a Longitudinal Feasibility Evaluation

Nathan Grant Smith   1 , PhD ;   Tzuan A Chen   1 , PhD ;   Robert-Paul Juster   2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Ezemenari M Obasi   5 , PhD ;   Jacob S Crocker   1 , MA

1 Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, College of Education, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States

2 Department of Psychiatry & Addiction, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

3 Research Center of the Montreal Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada

4 Center on Sex*Gender, Allostasis, & Resilience (CESAR), Montreal, QC, Canada

5 Division of Research & Innovation, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Nathan Grant Smith, PhD
  • Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences
  • College of Education
  • University of Houston
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