Sakai Joseph T, Wang Cynthia, Price Rumi Kato
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2010;9(3):173-85. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2010.500582.
The percentage of multiracial youth appears to be increasing in the United States. However, little has been disseminated about problem behaviors among multiracial Native Hawaiians, Other Pacific Islanders, and Asians on a national level. Using the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the authors compared multiple-race Native Hawaiians, Other Pacific Islanders, and Asians, while disaggregating by ethnic subgroups, with single-race individuals within respective Asian ethnic subgroups and Caucasians for prevalence of alcohol/drug use and dependence. For multiple-race Native Hawaiians, Other Pacific Islanders, and Asians, high rates of alcohol dependence were observed compared with both single-race Native Hawaiian, Other Pacific Islander, and Asian subgroups and single-race Caucasians; for some multiracial Native Hawaiians, Other Pacific Islanders, and Asians, high rates of drug dependence were also observed.
在美国，多族裔青少年的比例似乎在上升。然而，在全国范围内，关于夏威夷原住民、其他太平洋岛民和亚裔中的多族裔群体的问题行为，所传播的信息却很少。作者利用全国药物使用和健康调查，将夏威夷原住民、其他太平洋岛民和亚裔中的多族裔群体按种族亚组进行分类，并与各自亚洲种族亚组中的单一种族个体以及白种人进行比较，以了解酒精/药物使用及依赖的流行情况。对于夏威夷原住民、其他太平洋岛民和亚裔中的多族裔群体，与夏威夷原住民、其他太平洋岛民和亚裔的单一种族亚组以及单一种族白种人相比，观察到酒精依赖率较高；对于一些夏威夷原住民、其他太平洋岛民和亚裔中的多族裔群体，还观察到药物依赖率较高。
