Nehl Eric J, Han Jennifer H, Lin Lavinia, Nakayama Kyogo K, Wu Yu, Wong Frank Y
a Assistant Research Professor, Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health , Atlanta , GA.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2015 Jan-Mar;47(1):51-9. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2014.994795.
The objectives of this study were to describe drug use among Asian/Pacific Islander (API) men who have sex with men (MSM) and to examine how nativity (and acculturation as a secondary correlate) predicted such use. A total of 445 self-identified API MSM from seven metropolitan cities participated in a national HIV serological testing and psychosocial and behavioral assessment study. Results indicate clubbing was significantly associated with higher levels of substance use. Additionally, participants who were U.S.-born were more likely to have reported marijuana use and those with higher levels of acculturation reported less marijuana use. Our bivariate findings suggest that foreign-born status and acculturation experience may provide a protective effect against marijuana use among API MSM. These associations largely did not hold in our multivariate models. Future research should more fully examine the role of acculturation and nativity in substance use behaviors.
本研究的目的是描述与男性发生性行为的亚裔/太平洋岛民（API）男性中的药物使用情况，并考察出生地（以及作为次要相关因素的文化适应）如何预测此类使用情况。来自七个大城市的总共445名自我认定的API男男性行为者参与了一项全国性的艾滋病毒血清学检测以及心理社会和行为评估研究。结果表明，泡吧与更高水平的物质使用显著相关。此外，在美国出生的参与者报告使用大麻的可能性更高，而文化适应程度较高的参与者报告使用大麻的情况较少。我们的双变量研究结果表明，外国出生身份和文化适应经历可能对API男男性行为者使用大麻起到保护作用。这些关联在我们的多变量模型中大多不成立。未来的研究应更全面地考察文化适应和出生地在物质使用行为中的作用。
