PROBLEM DRINKING AMONG MIGRANT MEXICAN FARMWORKERS

墨西哥移民农民的饮酒问题

基本信息

批准号：
6090177
负责人：
Victor Q Garcia
金额：
$ 6.16万
依托单位：
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2000
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2000-09-28 至 2002-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6090177
关键词：
Mexican Americans agriculture worker alcoholism /alcohol abuse behavioral /social science research tag clinical research housing human subject interview isolation /deprivation migrant peer group racial /ethnic difference substance abuse related behavior

项目摘要

The current influx of Mexican farmworkers largely Consists of legal migrants under new immigration policies, and a disproportionate number are settling Outside of the U.S. Southwest. The problem drinking of these farmworkers is drawing increased public attention and concern in their new communities. Emerging farmworker research suggests situational factors may contribute to problem drinking. This research will describe the relationship between situational factors (i.e., living arrangements, social isolation, and peer influence) and problem drinking among farmworkers. Two complementary field studies will be conducted in a mushroom- producing municipality in southeastern Pennsylvania. First, a community- level ethnography will be constructed from a field study of direct observation, informant interviews, and public records to identify the community context of problem drinking. Second, case studies of 12 farmworkers, based on in-depth interviews, genealogies, collateral interviews, and individual records, will help to identify the relationship of situational factors to problem drinking. The subjects for the case studies will reflect the demographics of the farmworkers and categories of living arrangements derived from previous research at the site. These qualitative methods will reduce the problems inherent in gaining access to a hidden population in order to conduct research on sensitive issues. The data will be analyzed and summarized using a computer data management system for cross-verification of the various sources and across levels (i.e., community and individual). The findings of the research will provide direction for migrant policies, intervention programs, and future research. The time frame of the study is one year: 3 months of intensive field studies and 9 months of analyzing data and writing reports.

目前，墨西哥农业工人的涌入在很大程度上是由新移民政策下的合法移民组成，而不成比例的人数正在美国西南部之外定居。这些农场工人的饮酒问题正在引起公众的新社区的关注和关注。新兴的农场工作者研究表明，情况因素可能导致饮酒问题。这项研究将描述情况因素（即生活安排，社会隔离和同伴影响力）与农场工人饮酒问题之间的关系。将在宾夕法尼亚州东南部的蘑菇生产市进行两项互补的现场研究。首先，将根据直接观察，线人访谈和公共记录的现场研究来构建社区水平的民族志，以确定饮酒的社区背景。其次，基于深入的访谈，家谱，附带访谈和个人记录的12名农场工作者的案例研究将有助于确定情境因素与饮酒问题的关系。案例研究的主题将反映农场工人的人口统计以及该网站先前研究的生活安排类别。这些定性方法将减少访问隐藏人群以进行敏感问题的研究所固有的问题。将使用计算机数据管理系统对数据进行分析和汇总，以交叉验证各种来源以及跨级别（即社区和个人）。研究结果将为移民政策，干预计划和未来研究提供指导。该研究的时间范围是一年：3个月的强化现场研究和9个月分析数据和写作报告。