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Drug Use among Migrant Mexican Farmworkers

墨西哥移民农场工人吸毒

基本信息

批准号：
6906371
负责人：
Victor Q Garcia
金额：
$ 6.88万
依托单位：
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2004-06-15 至 2007-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6906371
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

项目摘要

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由在美国各地农业行业工作的跨国移民组成。非常有限的轶事、临床和科学证据表明，这些移徙工人中非酒精类药物的使用正在增加。然而，这些证据并没有像之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药物的类型或模式（例如，药物的种类和使用频率）以及药物使用的情况（例如，娱乐或工作相关）。其次，探讨易感特征、情境因素和药物可得性对吸毒类型的影响。墨西哥移民吸毒在多大程度上是一种越轨现象或亚文化现象，在多大程度上是墨西哥农村现有规范行为的新出现或延伸？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互补的实地研究。首先，通过直接观察、焦点小组和信息者访谈等实地研究，构建社区层面的民族志，以确定农场工人中药物使用的类型或模式及其相关因素。第二，基于深度访谈、家谱和附带访谈对12名移民进行个案研究，将有助于核实和详细阐述人种学研究结果，并描述各因素之间的关系以及与吸毒的关系。案例研究对象将反映农场工人的人口特征和从以前在该地点的研究中得出的生活安排类别。实地研究的这种定性方法不仅有助于确定一个独特社区中药物使用的复杂性，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，以便对不同来源和各级（即社区和个人）进行交叉核查。研究结果将为理解移民中日益增加的药物使用，针对这一人群的干预和预防方案，以及针对这一不断增长的人口设计未来的研究提供方向。研究的时间框架为两年：一年为密集的实地研究，另外一年为分析数据和撰写报告。