AN ETHNOGRAPHY--DRUG USE AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

描述（申请人摘要）：研究结果表明，可卡因的使用 在黑人中的比例在上升，尽管在年轻人中的比例在下降， 白人与快克可卡因有关的问题不断升级， 非裔美国人的虐待问题。然而，知识差距仍然存在 非法药物滥用对南部非洲裔美国人的影响 尤其是非洲裔美国人。这样做的目的 民族志研究的目的是了解南方农村的文化 吸食快克可卡因的非裔美国妇女。四个小学和三个中学 在这一过程中将处理目标。主要目的是：（1）说明 受访者的家庭和非家庭吸毒文化，（2） 确定受访者的社交网络是否支持或反对吸毒， (3)描述受访者的药物使用模式（类型，频率， （4）识别和表征与 被调查者开始、继续和停止使用快克， 其他药物。 为提高公众对健康的认识，并为公共健康政策提供资料， 次要目的是：（1）记录受访者的行为习惯， 确定其对社区的影响，（2）将受访者的 性行为（预防性或危险性）的性病，包括艾滋病毒和丙型肝炎， 以及（3）描述受访者对现有预防措施的了解 并注意到他们使用这些服务情况。 这项研究的设计是一个整体的民族志方法，它将 包括参与者观察、非正式采访和密集的深入研究 对受访者进行定性访谈。受访者抽样将是 有目的地使用“滚雪球”招聘。人口统计学数据将进行分析， 描述性统计和定性数据将使用常数 比较分析和内容分析。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): Research findings suggest that cocaine use is increasing among Blacks, although it is declining among young adults and whites. The escalation of crack cocaine-related problems has compounded drug abuse problems among African American populations. Yet, knowledge gaps exist about the impact of illicit drug abuse on Southern rural African American populations and especially among African American women. The purpose of this ethnographic study is to gain an understanding of the culture of Southern rural African American women who use crack cocaine. Four primary and three secondary aims will be addressed in this pursuit. The primary aims are: (1) to illustrate the familial and non-familial drug-use culture of the respondents, (2) to determine whether the respondents' social networks enable or oppose drug use, (3) to characterize the respondents' drug use patterns (types, frequency, and amount) and (4) to identify and characterize factors associated with the respondents' initiation, continuation, and cessation of the use of crack and other drugs. To enhance public health knowledge and to inform public health policy, the secondary aims are: (1) to document the respondents' behavioral habits and determine its impact on the community, (2) to categorize the respondents' sexual behavior (preventive or risky) for STDs including HIV and Hepatitis-C, and (3) to characterize the respondents' knowledge of existing preventive health care and drug treatment services and note their use of these services. The design of this study is a holistic ethnographic approach, which will consist of participant observation, informal interviews, and intensive in-depth qualitative interviews of the respondents. Respondent sampling will be purposive using "snowball" recruitment. Demographic data will be analyzed with descriptive statistics and the qualitative data will be analyzed using constant comparative analysis and content analysis.