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）：当前的墨西哥农场工人涌入主要由在美国农业产业工作的跨国移民组成。轶事，临床和科学证据非常有限，这表明这些移民工人中的非酒精药物使用量增加。但是，证据不考虑这种药物使用的方式和原因，因为先前对酒精使用的现场研究已经完成。拟议的研究将首先确定和描述类型或模式（例如，药物和使用频率）和药物使用情况（例如娱乐性或与工作有关）。其次，将探索易感性特征，情况因素和药物可用性对药物使用类型的贡献。墨西哥移民在多大程度上是一种偏见或亚文化现象，在墨西哥农村嵌入的现有规范行为的新兴或扩展是什么程度？为了回答这个问题，将对在宾夕法尼亚州东南部的蘑菇农场工作的墨西哥移民进行两项互补的现场研究。第一，将根据直接观察，焦点小组和线人访谈的现场研究来构建社区级的民族志，以确定农场工人之间的毒品使用类型或模式，以及与之相关的因素。两个，基于深入访谈，家谱和附带访谈的12名移民的案例研究将有助于核实和阐述人种学发现，并描述这些因素相互彼此和吸毒的关系。案例研究主题将反映农场工人的人口特征以及该地点先前研究的生活安排类别。这种现场研究的这种定性方法不仅有助于确定独特社区中药物使用的复杂性，而且对于在“隐藏人群”中获得敏感问题的访问也是必要的。将使用计算机数据管理系统对数据进行分析和汇总，以交叉验证各种来源以及跨级别（即社区和个人）。该研究的结果将为了解移民增加药物使用，与该人群的干预和预防计划的增加提供指导，并在不断增长的人群中设计未来的研究。研究的时间范围是两年：一年的深入现场研究，以及分析数据和写作报告的额外一年。