Border Girls: AOD Use, Abuse, and Victimization

边境女孩：AOD 使用、虐待和受害

• 批准号: 7096024
• 负责人: TARA KELLEY-BAKER
• 金额: $ 30.56万
• 依托单位: PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RES AND EVALUATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7096024
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); alcoholism /alcohol abuse education; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; crime victims; drug abuse education; drug controls; drug detection; education evaluation /planning; experience; female; human subject; interview; social behavior; substance abuse related behavior; violence

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): On a typical weekend, more than 7,000 young Americans cross the U.S. border at San Diego into Tijuana, Mexico. PIRE's recent cross-border work reveals that, less than a mile from the border gates, a strip of all night bars caters to young American drinkers. Here, alcohol is cheap and plentiful. The legal drinking age is 18--three years younger than the American minimum legal drinking age--and loosely enforced. The atmosphere is festive, enforcement is lax, and disruptive behavior is often overlooked. Inherent to this environment is violence--and of special concern in this proposal is the violence directed at young women aged 20 and younger. Many of the young women crossing the border seek a "good time" and an opportunity to "break loose" from traditional constraints. Preliminary studies suggest that these young women may be unaware of the possible dangers in this drinking environment. Unfortunately, many discover those risks only when they become victims of harassment, aggression, and violence. The data collected in this research project will provide an overall understanding of the extent of cross-border drinking/drugging and victimization experiences of young women. These data will enhance the existing prevention program framework by directly addressing the risks associated with heavy alcohol/drug use for young women crossing the border. Most relevant to this proposal is that the information gained from the first year of data collection will lead to the development of an intervention to reduce the level of alcohol/drug use and the risks of victimization for young women crossing into Mexico, which then will be tested as a feasibility study.

描述(由申请人提供)：在一个典型的周末，超过7000名美国年轻人越过圣地亚哥的美国边境，进入墨西哥的提华纳。皮尔最近的跨境研究表明，在距离边境大门不到一英里的地方，有一片狭长的通宵酒吧，迎合美国年轻饮酒者的需求。在这里，酒类既便宜又充足。法定饮酒年龄为18岁--比美国法定最低饮酒年龄低3岁--而且执行不严格。气氛喜庆，执法松懈，破坏行为往往被忽视。这种环境固有的是暴力--这项提案特别令人关切的是针对20岁及以下年轻妇女的暴力。 许多穿越边境的年轻女性都在寻找一段“美好时光”，寻求一次从传统束缚中“挣脱”的机会。初步研究表明，这些年轻女性可能没有意识到在这种饮酒环境中可能存在的危险。不幸的是，许多人只有在成为骚扰、侵犯和暴力的受害者时才会发现这些风险。 本研究项目收集的数据将全面了解年轻妇女跨界饮酒/吸毒和受害经历的程度。这些数据将通过直接处理与大量酗酒/吸毒有关的风险来加强现有的预防方案框架。与这项提议最相关的是，从数据收集的第一年获得的信息将导致制定一项干预措施，以减少越境进入墨西哥的年轻妇女的酒精/毒品使用水平和受害风险，然后将作为一项可行性研究进行测试。