Initiation to methamphetamine use in a binational sample of women at the US-Mexico border.
Initiation to methamphetamine use in a binational sample of women at the US-Mexico border.
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在美墨边境的两国妇女样本中开始使用甲基苯丙胺。
DOI：
10.1080/15332640903539120
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Rogala,Bridget
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作者：
Lopez-Zetina,Javier;Sanchez-Huesca,Ricardo;Rios-Ellis,Britt;Friis,Robert;Torres-Vigil,Isabel;Torres,Isabel;Rogala,Bridget
本文探讨了比较危险行为与甲基苯丙胺的使用在一个两国样本的妇女在边境城市蒂华纳，墨西哥和圣地亚哥，加州。具体来说，该研究考察了吸毒和性风险行为的差异和相似之处，以及开始使用甲基苯丙胺的模式。两国试点样本包括蒂华纳的70名成年女性和圣地亚哥的55名女性。虽然有两个两国样本之间的风险行为和启动模式的介绍有重要的差异，美国-墨西哥边境两侧的妇女也表现出显着的相似性，在他们的风险概况。本研究的结果表明，尽管研究城市之间存在显着的文化和社会经济差异，但某些特定的药物滥用模式（例如，随着人口交流和融合的增加，边境地区的吸毒（使用甲基苯丙胺）正在成为一种风险“均衡器”，能够消除基于背景的差异因素，并形成一个更加同质化的吸毒者亚群。
This article examines comparative risk behaviors associated with methamphetamine use in a binational sample of women in the border cities of Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California. Specifically, the study examined the differences and similarities in drug use and sexual risk behavior and the patterns of initiation to methamphetamine use. The binational pilot sample consisted of 70 adult women in Tijuana and 55 women in San Diego. Although there were important differences in the presentation of risk behavior and patterns of initiation between the two binational samples, women on both sides of the US–Mexico border also showed remarkable similarities in their risk profile. Results from this study suggest that despite significant cultural and socioeconomic differences between the study cities, certain specific substance abuse patterns (e.g., methamphetamine use) in border regions with an increasing demographic exchange and integration are emerging as an “equalizer” of risk, capable of dissolving context-based differentiating factors, and creating a more homogenous subpopulation of substance users.