Brown Catherine, Langille Donald, Tanner Julian, Asbridge Mark
a Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2014;13(2):158-78. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2013.852075.
This article examines whether acculturation and experiences of discrimination help to explain observed ethnic disparities in rates of three health-compromising behaviors: interpersonal violence, drinking, and cannabis use. Data were drawn from a cross-sectional survey of 3,400 high school students from Toronto, Canada, sampled in 1998-2000. Multivariate ordinary least squares and logistic regression models tested for baseline differences in the health-compromising behaviors by ethnic identity. Subsequent models adjusted for control measures and introduced acculturation and discrimination measures. Results confirm that experiences of discrimination and acculturation are risk enhancing, whereas active cultural retention appears to protect ethnic youth from participation in health-compromising activities.
本文探讨文化适应和歧视经历是否有助于解释在人际暴力、饮酒和吸食大麻这三种危害健康行为发生率方面所观察到的种族差异。数据取自1998 - 2000年对加拿大多伦多3400名高中生进行的横断面调查。多变量普通最小二乘法和逻辑回归模型检验了按种族身份划分的危害健康行为的基线差异。后续模型对控制变量进行了调整，并引入了文化适应和歧视的衡量指标。结果证实，歧视经历和文化适应会增加风险，而积极保持文化似乎能保护少数民族青年不参与危害健康的活动。
