Well Well Well

6 Oct 2023

LBQ women’s drinking, smoking, and vaping

Alcohol & Drug Harm Reduction, Health, Women's Health

Jacinta and Michael speak with Dr. Ruby Grant, Research Fellow at Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. At the 2023 LGBTIQ Women’s Health Conference, Dr. Grant will be presenting on the QSOX (Queer Women’s Substance Use Over Time) study – a longitudinal qualitative study exploring alcohol, tobacco, and vaping among LBQ women in Victoria and New South Wales.

Dr. Grant’s La Trobe University page https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/rfgrant

Dr. Grant on Twitter/X https://twitter.com/notoriousrfg

QSOX Study info https://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/work/qsox-queer-womens-substance-use-over-time

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.

This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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