IMPACT OF MATERNAL CRACK USE ON CHILDREN IN JAMAICA

牙买加产妇使用快克对儿童的影响

• 批准号: 2292431
• 负责人: MELANIE C. DREHER
• 金额: $ 1.19万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-01-11 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2292431
• 关键词: IMPACT; MATERNAL; CRACK; USE; CHILDREN

Scientific reports of the neurobehavioral impact of prenatal crack/cocaine exposure on newborns and infants have led to considerable speculation about the long-term negative consequences for the health and development of so-called 'crack kinds'. Others, however, challenge the notion that crack-exposed children are doomed and caution that predictions of devastating long-term outcomes may be premature at best. Polydrug use and the conditions of poverty (poor nutrition, shelter and social support) that most of the research subjects have brought to pregnancy have impeded attempts to isolate the effects of crack/cocaine. The identification of long-term effects is even further confounded by the postnatal environment in which continued use of drugs by the mother may be associated with child abuse and neglect. This study proposes to explore, describe and compare the lives of children whose mothers are or were crack users, employing an ethnographic design with community-based observations and interviews. Using established contacts with crack users, the proposed project will monitor 24-30 dependent children (0-16) of current or former crack users for a period of nine months to (1) describe and analyze the life histories of children in relation to their mothers' use of crack; (2) identify the social conditions to which children of crack users are exposed and the children's responses to those conditions; (3) explore the informal and formal social support provided to children of crack using women; and (4) identify the major problems faced by the children and their caregivers. The results of this study will provide the groundwork for a larger, clinical/anthropological study of the effects of prenatal crack exposure on infant and child health and development.

产前检查对神经行为影响的科学报告 新生儿和婴儿接触快克/可卡因导致相当多的 关于对健康的长期负面影响的猜测， 发展所谓的“裂缝类”。 然而，另一些人则质疑 认为暴露在裂缝中的孩子注定要失败的想法，并警告说， 对灾难性长期后果的预测充其量也是为时过早。 多种药物使用与贫困状况（营养不良、住房和 社会支持），大多数研究对象都带来了 怀孕阻碍了分离快克/可卡因效果的尝试。 长期影响的确定甚至进一步受到以下因素的干扰： 母亲持续使用药物的产后环境可能 与虐待和忽视儿童有关。 本研究旨在探索、描述和比较 母亲是或曾经是快克使用者的儿童， 以社区为基础的观察和访谈设计。 使用 与快克用户建立了联系，拟议的项目将监测 24-30名受抚养的儿童（0-16岁）的当前或以前的裂缝用户， 9个月的时间来（1）描述和分析生活史 （2）与母亲使用快克有关的儿童;（2）确定 Crack用户的孩子所面临的社会条件以及 儿童对这些条件的反应;（3）探索非正式和 为吸毒妇女的子女提供正式的社会支持;以及（4） 确定儿童及其照顾者面临的主要问题。 这项研究的结果将为一个更大的， 产前接触可卡因影响的临床/人类学研究 关于婴幼儿健康和发展的报告。