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Asians in the United States: substance dependence and use of substance-dependence treatment
(Asiatiques aux Etats-Units : dépendance aux substances psychoactives et recours aux soins)
Auteur(s) :
SAKAI, J. T. ;
HO, P. M. ;
SHORE, J. H. ;
RISK N. K. ;
PRICE, R. K.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
75-84
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
50
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Note générale :
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005, 29, (2), 75-84
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Clinicians have often observed that Asians are unlikely to utilize substance-dependence treatment services but few have reported empirical data examining this phenomenon. This study used data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000-2002, and tested whether Asians in the United States have relatively low rates of drug and alcohol dependence and whether substance-dependent Asians use treatment services less than Caucasians. Subsequent analyses were undertaken to identify factors that explained these racial differences. Of the 5,118 Asians, 159 met criteria for past-year drug or alcohol dependence. Asians with past-year substance dependence were significantly less likely than substance-dependent Caucasians to report past-year treatment (odds ratio 0.42, 95% confidence interval 0.I9-0.96). Differences in past-year substance-dependence prevalence appear to be partially explained by between-group differences in ever using substances; differences in past-year treatment use appear to be in part related to differences in levels of acculturation and education. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO. E-mail : joseph.sakaiuchsc.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.