The Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2012 Nov;31(7):881-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00417.x. Epub 2012 Mar 8.
A survey was conducted in 2004-2005 to investigate the risk of drug-related harm among Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, Pasifika, Arabic-speaking and Spanish-speaking communities in Sydney.
A self-completion questionnaire, available in six languages, was distributed by bilingual field staff. A representative multistage clustered sampling design was used. Comparisons were made with the New South Wales general population using the results from the 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey.
The obtained sample was 2212 respondents; 50% completed the questionnaire in English. Daily tobacco use was higher than the general population among Vietnamese men (30%), Italian men (22%) and Pasifika men and women (25%). Reported use of alcohol and other drugs was lower than the general population in all six surveyed communities. Of the six communities, Pasifika had the highest rate of short-term risky drinking (22%).
Smoking cessation programs should prioritise communities with higher or equal rates of daily smokers compared with the wider New South Wales population. Focus areas vary between the communities, and include increasing help seeking and improving quitting success rates. Short-term risky drinking was not as prevalent among the surveyed communities; however, results suggest a need for prevention targeting Pasifika communities. Understanding the prevalence of substance use among culturally and linguistically diverse communities provides a crucial foundational component in developing culturally sensitive prevention and treatment programs. These results demonstrate the need for programs to be tailored to the needs and contexts of particular communities, rather than treating those from diverse backgrounds as one homogenous group.
2004-2005 年进行了一项调查，以调查悉尼的中国、越南、意大利、太平洋岛民、阿拉伯语和西班牙语社区中与药物相关的伤害风险。
使用双语现场工作人员分发了一份自我完成的问卷，该问卷有六种语言可供选择。采用具有代表性的多阶段聚类抽样设计。使用 2004 年国家药物策略家庭调查的结果与新南威尔士州的一般人群进行了比较。
获得的样本为 2212 名受访者；50%的人用英语完成了问卷。越南男性（30%）、意大利男性（22%）和太平洋岛民男性和女性（25%）的每日吸烟率高于一般人群。在六个被调查社区中，报告的酒精和其他药物使用均低于一般人群。在这六个社区中，太平洋岛民的短期风险饮酒率最高（22%）。
戒烟计划应优先考虑与新南威尔士州更广泛人群相比，每日吸烟者比例较高或相等的社区。各个社区的重点领域不同，包括增加寻求帮助和提高戒烟成功率。被调查社区中短期风险饮酒并不普遍；然而，结果表明需要针对太平洋岛民社区开展预防工作。了解不同文化和语言背景人群的药物使用情况，为制定文化敏感的预防和治疗计划提供了至关重要的基础组成部分。这些结果表明，需要根据特定社区的需求和背景来调整计划，而不是将来自不同背景的人视为一个同质群体。
