IMPACT OF MATERNAL CRACK USE ON CHILDREN IN JAMAICA

产前对神经行为影响的科学报道 暴露在新生儿和婴儿身上的可卡因/可卡因导致相当大的 对健康和健康的长期负面影响的猜测 发展所谓的“可卡因种类”。然而，其他人则挑战 认为接触毒品的儿童注定要失败的观点，并警告说 对毁灭性的长期结果的预测充其量可能还为时过早。 使用多种药物和贫困状况(营养不良、住所差和 社会支持)是大多数研究对象带来的 怀孕阻碍了隔离可卡因/可卡因影响的尝试。 对长期影响的识别甚至进一步被 母亲继续使用药物的出生后环境可能 与虐待儿童和忽视儿童联系在一起。 这项研究旨在探索、描述和比较 母亲是或曾经是瘾君子的孩子，采用人种学 通过基于社区的观察和访谈进行设计。vbl.使用 与破解用户建立联系，拟议的项目将监测 24-30名现任或以前吸毒者的受扶养子女(0-16岁) 用九个月的时间(1)描述和分析 儿童与其母亲使用可卡因的关系；(2)确定 吸毒者的子女所处的社会条件和 儿童对这些情况的反应；(3)探索非正式和 向使用妇女的吸毒儿童提供正式的社会支持；及 找出儿童及其照顾者面临的主要问题。 这项研究的结果将为更大规模的、 产前裂隙暴露影响的临床/人类学研究 关于婴儿和儿童的健康和发展。

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.