Rural Drinking and Intoxication Among Young Adults: A Qualitative Study

7.项目总结 这个为期36个月的定性项目的总体目的是研究饮酒的社会背景和 农村青壮年(18-25岁)醉酒的意义和作用，包括对青少年的调查 影响醉酒的结构性条件，包括生活贫困、失业、住房不安全、缺乏 休闲设施、家庭中断、农村隔绝的影响，以及年轻人的环境和文化 农村地区大量饮酒和酗酒。虽然对酒精消费和相关问题的担忧 城市青年中的问题导致了广泛的研究，酒精在城市中的作用和意义 农村年轻人的生活并没有引起同样的研究兴趣。这是尽管酒精 在农村地区的年轻人中使用更普遍，对健康和社会的影响比 其他物质。本项目将考察以下四个研究问题：1)什么是结构 在年轻人中形成农村醉酒的条件？2)醉酒的饮酒环境是什么？ 他们在多大程度上影响了农村年轻人的饮酒和酗酒？ 农村年轻人的饮酒文化是由酗酒和醉酒来定义的吗？什么是 感知到的社会和健康后果？4)这些饮酒和醉酒行为是如何由 农村年轻人相互交错的身份？ 为了考察这些问题，我们将对200名年轻人进行深入访谈，使用 定性面谈时间表，其中包括预先编码的调查工具、详细的开放式问题、 和创新的启发式技术。我们将通过一个项目网站发布研究结果。 (Critical alPublic Health.org)，其中包括研究结果的可访问演示文稿和一个社交媒体论坛 征求研究参与者和关注农村酒精相关问题的人的反馈 年轻人。

7. Project Summary The overall purpose of this 36 month qualitative project is to examine the social context of drinking and the meanings and roles of intoxication among rural young adults (18-25), which includes an investigation of the structural conditions shaping intoxication, including living in poverty, unemployment, housing insecurity, lack of leisure facilities, family disruption, and effects of rural isolation, as well as the contexts and cultures of youthful heavy drinking and intoxication within rural areas. While concerns about alcohol consumption and related problems among urban youth have led to an extensive body of research, the role and meaning of alcohol in the lives of rural young adults has not generated the same research interest. This is in spite of the fact that alcohol use is more prevalent among young people in rural areas and has more serious health and social impacts than other substances. This project will examine the following four research questions: 1) What are the structural conditions that shape rural intoxication among young adults? 2) What are the drinking contexts of intoxication and to what extent do they shape alcohol use and intoxication among rural young adults? 3) To what extent are the cultures of drinking among rural young adults defined by heavy drinking and intoxication? What are the perceived social and health consequences? 4) How are these drinking and intoxication practices shaped by the intersecting identities of rural young adults? In order to examine these issues, we will conduct in-depth interviews with 200 young adults using a qualitative interview schedule, which includes a pre-coded survey instrument, detailed open-ended questions, and innovative elicitation techniques. We will disseminate findings through a project website (criticalpublichealth.org) that includes an accessible presentation of study findings and a social media forum to solicit feedback from study participants and people concerned about alcohol related problems among rural young adults.