Field Craig, Reingle Gonzalez Jennifer
Latino Alcohol and Health Disparities Research Center, University of Texas, El Paso, TX, USA.
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Dallas, TX, USA.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2022 Jan 2;48(1):120-124. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2021.2007939.
This special issue seeks to characterize the current state of the science regarding risk and protective factors influencing resilience and thriving in relation to substance use among ethnic minorities and other underserved populations. This epilogue examines the scope of work presented in this special issue, the added value of the research presented herein, and how it can inform future research directions. Health disparities research can be conducted using two key approaches: 1) documenting comparing ethnic/racial minorities groups and majority populations; or, 2) documenting in a single racial or ethnic group. While characterization of is useful to identify existing health disparities, it is essential to understand within-group diversity to fully address these inequities. Studies in this special issue identifying between- group differences focus on resiliency characteristics that could be present across all racial and ethnic groups. The studies examining within-group differences included in this special issue examine novel factors that influence resilience of protective health behaviors. Overall, this special issue examines several potential protective factors in the context of health promoting behaviors related to substance use using a wide range of research methodologies. While it is not exhaustive in its representation of all underserved populations experiencing health disparities and treatment inequities, this special issue includes a broad array of populations from various racial, ethnic, and national groups. Although we have to adequately explore thriving, the current special issue establishes a firm foundation for research on resilience that may extend to thriving.
本期特刊旨在描述当前关于影响少数民族及其他服务不足人群在物质使用方面恢复力和蓬勃发展的风险及保护因素的科学现状。这篇结语探讨了本期特刊中所呈现研究工作的范围、本文所展示研究的附加价值，以及它如何为未来的研究方向提供参考。健康差异研究可以采用两种关键方法：1）记录并比较少数族裔/种族群体与多数群体；或者，2）在单一的种族或民族群体中进行记录。虽然对差异的描述有助于识别现有的健康差异，但了解群体内部的多样性对于全面解决这些不平等问题至关重要。本期特刊中识别组间差异的研究聚焦于可能存在于所有种族和民族群体中的恢复力特征。本期特刊中纳入的研究组内差异的研究考察了影响保护性健康行为恢复力的新因素。总体而言，本期特刊运用广泛的研究方法，在与物质使用相关的健康促进行为背景下考察了几个潜在的保护因素。虽然它并未详尽涵盖所有经历健康差异和治疗不平等的服务不足人群，但本期特刊纳入了来自不同种族、民族和国籍群体的广泛人群。尽管我们必须充分探索蓬勃发展，但当前的特刊为可能延伸至蓬勃发展的恢复力研究奠定了坚实基础。
