AN ETHNOGRAPHY--DRUG USE AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

描述(申请人摘要)：研究结果表明使用可卡因 在黑人中的比例正在上升，尽管在年轻人和 白色的。与可卡因有关的问题的升级使毒品复杂化 非裔美国人中的虐待问题。然而，知识差距仍然存在。 关于非法药物滥用对南部农村非裔美国人的影响 人口，特别是非洲裔美国妇女。这样做的目的是 民族志研究是对南方农村文化的理解 使用强效可卡因的非裔美国女性。四个小学和三个中学 目标将在这一追求中得到解决。主要目的是：(1)说明 被调查者的家族和非家族吸毒文化，(2)至 确定受访者的社交网络是支持还是反对吸毒， (3)描述受访者的药物使用模式(类型、频度及 数量)和(4)识别和表征与 受试者开始、继续和停止使用裂缝和 其他药物。 为提高公众卫生知识，并为公众卫生政策提供信息， 次要目标是：(1)记录受访者的行为习惯和 确定其对社区的影响，(2)对受访者的 包括艾滋病毒和丙型肝炎在内的性传播疾病的性行为(预防性或高风险)， 以及(3)描述受访者对现有预防措施的了解情况 卫生保健和药物治疗服务，并注意它们对这些服务的使用。 这项研究的设计是一种整体的人种学方法，它将 包括参与者观察、非正式访谈和深入深入的深入调查 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”式的招聘。人口统计数据的分析将与 描述性统计和定性数据将使用常量进行分析 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.