Drug Use among Migrant Mexican Farmworkers

墨西哥移民农场工人吸毒

• 批准号: 6768411
• 负责人: Victor Q Garcia
• 金额: $ 6.6万
• 依托单位: INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-06-15 至 2006-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6768411
• 关键词: Mexico; agriculture worker; amphetamines; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; cocaine; human population study; human subject; interview; marijuana abuse; migrant; substance abuse epidemiology; substance abuse related behavior

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current influx of Mexican farm workers consists largely of transnational migrants working in agricultural industries across the United States. The very limited anecdotal, clinical, and scientific evidence suggest increasing non-alcohol drug use among these migrant workers. The evidence does not, however, consider the how and why of such drug use, as previous field studies with alcohol use have done. The proposed research will, first, determine and describe types or patterns (e.g., kinds of drugs and frequency of use) and the circumstances of drug use (e.g., recreational or work-related). Second, the contribution of predisposing characteristics, situational factors, and drug-availability to the drug use types will be explored. To what degree is drug use among Mexican migrants a deviant or subcultural phenomenon, and to what degree is it an emerging or an extension of existing normative behavior embedded in rural Mexico? To answer this question, two complementary field studies will be conducted of Mexican migrants working in the mushroom farms of southeastern Pennsylvania. One, a community-level ethnography will be constructed from a field study of direct observation, focus group, and informant interviews to identify the types or patterns of drug use among the farm workers, and the factors associated with them. Two, case studies of 12 migrants, based on in-depth interviews, genealogies, and collateral interviews will help to verify and elaborate the ethnographic findings and to describe the relationship of the factors to each other and to drug use. The case study subjects will reflect the demographic characteristics of the farm workers and categories of living arrangements derived from previous research at the site. This qualitative approach of the field studies not only helps to identify the complexity of drug use in a unique community, but also is necessary in gaining access to a sensitive issue in a "hidden population". 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 understanding the increasing drug use among migrants, for intervention and prevention programs with this population, and for designing future research with this growing population. The time frame of the study is two years: one year of intensive field studies, and additional year for analyzing data and writing reports.

描述（由申请人提供）：目前涌入的墨西哥农场工人主要是在美国各地的农业行业工作的跨国移民。非常有限的轶事，临床和科学证据表明，越来越多的非酒精药物的使用，这些移民工人。然而，这些证据并没有像以前对酒精使用的实地研究那样，考虑到这种药物使用的方式和原因。拟议的研究将首先确定和描述类型或模式（例如，药物种类和使用频率）和药物使用情况（例如，娱乐或工作相关）。其次，将探讨易感特征、情境因素和药物可获得性对药物使用类型的贡献。在多大程度上，墨西哥移民中的毒品使用是一种离经叛道或亚文化现象，在多大程度上，它是墨西哥农村现有规范行为的新兴或延伸？为了回答这个问题，将对在宾夕法尼亚州东南部蘑菇农场工作的墨西哥移民进行两项补充实地研究。第一，社区一级的人种志将构建从直接观察，焦点小组和线人访谈的实地研究，以确定农场工人之间的药物使用的类型或模式，以及与之相关的因素。第二，12个移民的个案研究，基于深入访谈，家谱，并附带采访将有助于验证和阐述民族志的研究结果，并描述的因素之间的关系和药物使用。案例研究的主题将反映农场工人的人口统计学特征和来自现场先前研究的生活安排类别。这种实地研究的定性方法不仅有助于确定一个独特社区吸毒的复杂性，而且对于了解“隐藏人口”中的敏感问题也是必要的。将使用计算机数据管理系统对数据进行分析和总结，以交叉验证各种来源和不同级别（即，社区和个人）。研究结果将为理解移民中日益增加的毒品使用提供指导，为这一人群的干预和预防计划提供指导，并为这一不断增长的人口设计未来的研究。研究的时间框架为两年：一年是密集的实地研究，另一年是分析数据和编写报告。