Club Drugs, Dance Events, and Asian-American Youth

描述（由申请人提供）：这个拟议的48个月的定性延续项目的重点是扩大我们现有的和正在进行的研究，在旧金山弗朗西斯科湾区的俱乐部药物使用的整体文化。亚裔美国人的突出地位和他们的吸毒行为使我们提出了一个改变的重点，从现场的整体，以详细检查亚裔美国人参与的技术舞蹈现场。我们将着重于以下四个研究问题：1）亚裔美国人俱乐部毒品使用者的社会、性别和种族特征是什么？2)不同亚裔青少年亚群使用俱乐部药物的模式、变化和组合是什么？它们与母项目中较大样本相比如何？3)亚裔美国青年和年轻人使用俱乐部毒品的各种社会环境是什么？4)不同亚裔族群青少年使用俱乐部毒品的社会过程为何？主要采用定性和人种学研究方法，我们将找到并采访360名年龄在16-25岁之间的年轻亚裔美国青年和年轻人，他们在过去六个月内使用过一种或多种俱乐部药物三次或三次以上。样本将被细分为相等数量的男性和女性以及移民和美国出生的年轻人的比例。在初步绘制亚洲人参与场景的地图后，抽样框架将扩大，以容纳不同亚洲族裔群体的代表性人数。 这个项目之所以重要，有两个原因。首先，它将提供有关不断增长但研究不足的人口以及可能的种族内差异的急需的经验数据。虽然我们正在进行的研究旨在了解俱乐部药物使用的整体社会背景，但拟议的研究不仅旨在记录亚裔美国青年使用俱乐部药物的程度，而且还旨在揭示药物使用，参与舞蹈场景和种族认同之间的联系。第二，鉴于据报告亚裔美国青年使用俱乐部毒品的问题有所增加，本项目的数据将提供关于他们使用俱乐部毒品、其使用模式及其使用的健康和社会后果的重要信息。这些信息将有助于设计更有效和文化上适当的公共卫生举措和预防信息，以提醒年轻的亚裔美国成年人有关这些药物的危险。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The focus of this proposed 48 months qualitative continuation project is to expand our existing and on-going research on the overall culture of club drugs use in the San Francisco Bay Area. The prominence of Asian Americans and their drug using practices leads us to propose a change in focus from the scene in its entirety to a detailed examination of the involvement of Asian Americans within the techno dance scene. We will focus on the following four research issues: 1) What are the social, gender and ethnic characteristics of Asian American users of club drugs? 2) What are the patterns, variations and combinations of club drugs used by different Asian ethnic youth subgroups and how do they compare with the larger sample in the parent project? 3) What are the various social settings in which Asian American youth and young adults use club drugs? 4) What are the social processes of club drug use among different Asian ethnic youth? Using primarily qualitative and ethnographic research methods, we will locate and interview 360 young Asian American youth and young adults, between the ages of 16-25, who have used one or more club drugs three or more times in the previous six months. The sample will be sub-divided into equal numbers of male and female and proportionate numbers of immigrants and U.S. born youth. After an initial mapping of Asian participation in the scene, the sampling frame will be expanded to accommodate representative numbers of different Asian ethnic groups. This project is important for two reasons. First, it will provide much needed empirical data on a growing but understudied population, and possible intra-ethnic variations. While our on-going research seeks to understand the overall social context of club drug use, the proposed research seeks not only to document the extent to which club drugs are used by Asian American youth but to uncover the connections between drug use, involvement in the dance scene and ethnic identity. Second, given the reported increase in problems of club drug use among Asian American youth, data from this project will provide important information on their use of club drugs, their patterns of use and the health and social consequences of their use. This information will assist in designing more effective and culturally appropriate public health initiatives and prevention messages to alert young Asian American adults about the dangers of these drugs.