Etiology and prevention of substance use among Asian American youth.
Etiology and prevention of substance use among Asian American youth.
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10.1023/a:1010039012978
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2001-03-01
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Choi, Y
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Harachi, T W;Catalano, R F;Choi, Y
在美国人口普查局确定的人口中，预计亚洲/太平洋岛民（API）人口将在1990年至2050年期间经历最大的变化（美国人口普查局。[1996，二月]。当前人口报告。P25-1130系列。华盛顿，DC：美国政府印刷局。有限的研究集中在API作为一个种族群体，更少的是将样本分解为特定的亚洲种族亚群。本文从API社区的定义开始，然后研究青少年吸毒率，风险和保护因素，以及预防干预措施的有效性集中在API社区。有限的流行病学数据表明，一般而言，API的吸毒风险相对低于大多数其他种族群体的青年。然而，现有数据也表明，使用率可能不像一般假设的那么低，饮酒、吸烟和某些非法药物的使用率等于或超过非洲裔美国人和欧洲裔美国人。尽管缺乏关于特定亚洲亚组的可用数据，但可用数据表明API亚组之间存在差异，这强调了在研究物质使用和计划预防和治疗时识别亚洲亚组的重要性。检查API亚组药物使用病因学的有限数据表明，来自基于大多数研究的一些风险和保护因素也可能是这些人群的预测因子。这些数据支持的效用，审查现有的测试预防方法之间的不同API社区的普遍性。最后，应进一步努力鼓励和支持对已经针对并向API青年提供服务的社区方案进行评估。
Among populations identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, it is anticipated that the Asian/Pacific Islander (API) population will experience the greatest change between 1990 and 2050 (U.S. Bureau of the Census. [1996, February]. Current population reports. Series P25-1130. Washington, DC: U.S. Government printing office). Limited studies focus on APIs as a racial group and still fewer disaggregate samples to specific ethnic Asian subgroupings. This paper begins with definitions of the API communities, then examines rates of adolescent drug use, risk and protective factors, and preventive intervention effectiveness focused on API communities. The limited epidemiological data suggest that in general, APIs are at a relatively lower risk for drug use than youth from most other ethnic groups. However, the available data also suggest that use may not be as low as generally assumed with rates for alcohol use, smoking, and some illicit drugs being equal to or exceeding those of African Americans and European Americans. Despite the paucity of available data on particular Asian subgroups, the available data demonstrate that there are differences among API subgroups, underscoring the importance of identifying Asian subgroups when studying substance use and when planning prevention and treatment. The limited data examining the etiology of drug use across API subgroups suggests that some of the risk and protective factors derived from majority based research may also be predictors for these populations. These data support the utility of examining the generalizability of existing tested prevention approaches among different API communities. Finally, further efforts should be made to encourage and support the evaluation of community-based programs that already target and deliver services to API youth.