Lewis Ben, Hoffman Lauren, Garcia Christian C, Nixon Sara Jo
a University of Florida , Gainesville , Florida.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2018 Apr-Jun;17(2):150-166. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2017.1336959. Epub 2017 Aug 28.
This study examined trajectories of progression from early substance use to treatment entry as a function of race, among inpatient treatment seekers (N = 945). Following primary race-contingent analyses of use progression, secondary analyses were conducted to investigate the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on the observed differences. African Americans reported significant delays in treatment entry relative to Caucasians. Racial differences in alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use trajectories were observed. Accounting for SES rendered observations of accelerated use among African Americans nonsignificant. However, inclusion of SES failed to mitigate the marked racial disparity in treatment entry.
本研究调查了945名寻求住院治疗的患者中，从早期物质使用到开始治疗的进展轨迹与种族的关系。在对使用进展进行主要的种族相关分析之后，进行了二次分析，以研究社会经济地位（SES）对观察到的差异的影响。与白人相比，非裔美国人开始治疗的时间明显延迟。观察到酒精、大麻和可卡因使用轨迹存在种族差异。考虑社会经济地位后，非裔美国人使用加速的观察结果变得不显著。然而，纳入社会经济地位未能减轻治疗开始时明显的种族差异。
