Pre-Incarceration Rates of Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs among Black Men from Urban Counties.
Pre-Incarceration Rates of Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs among Black Men from Urban Counties.
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城市县黑人入狱前非医疗使用处方药的比例。
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10.1007/s11524-018-0258-2
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2018
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Lewis,Dominiqueca
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Wheeler,Paris;Stevens-Watkins,Danelle;Knighton,Joi-Sheree';Mahaffey,Carlos;Lewis,Dominiqueca
关于美国黑人非医疗处方药使用（NMPDU）的比率，有不一致的发现。以前的大多数研究使用药物的药名，并依赖于不包括黑人男性比例过高的监禁人口的国家数据。因此，本研究旨在使用与文化相关的替代药物名称来描述监狱中黑人男性NMPDU的入狱前比率。我们从肯塔基州的四个州立监狱招募了208名即将进入城市县社区的在押黑人（18岁或以上）。结果表明，大多数被试从事终身NMPDU。最常被认可的处方药类别是“其他镇静剂、催眠药和镇静剂”，最常被认可的特定处方药是“糖浆”、洛他酮/氢可酮和阿普唑仑。在入狱前的一年中，使用毒品的天数存在显著的年龄差异。目前的研究导致了关于美国黑人NMPDU的文献的缺乏。这些发现对疾病传播、用药过量风险、与文化相关的数据收集方法和旨在减少黑人男性NMPDU的干预措施具有启示意义。
There are inconsistent findings regarding the rates of nonmedical prescription drug use (NMPDU) among Black Americans. The majority of previous studies used pharmaceutical names of drugs and relied on national data that excludes incarcerated populations, in which Black men are overrepresented. Therefore, the current study aimed to describe pre-incarceration rates of NMPDU among Black men in prison using culturally relevant alternative drug names. We recruited 208 incarcerated (adult age 18 or older) Black men nearing community reentry to urban counties from four state prisons in Kentucky. Results indicated the majority of participants engaged in lifetime NMPDU. The most commonly endorsed class of prescription drug was, “Other Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Tranquilizers” and the most commonly endorsed specific prescription drugs were “Syrup,” Lortab/Hydrocodone, and Xanax. There were significant age differences in the number of days that drugs were used in the year prior to incarceration. The current study contributes to the dearth of literature on NMPDU among Black Americans. These findings have implications for disease transmission, overdose risk, and culturally relevant data collection methods and interventions aimed at reducing NMPDU among Black men.