Tamara Taggart is with the Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC. Yusuf Ransome, Ashley Andreou, and Trace Kershaw are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Insang Song is with the Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene. Norweeta Milburn is with the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles. Tamara Taggart and Norweeta Milburn are also guest editors of this special issue.
Am J Public Health. 2023 Jun;113(S2):S136-S139. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307254.
To use activity space assessments to investigate neighborhood exposures that may heighten young Black men's vulnerability to substance use and misuse. We surveyed young Black men in New Haven, Connecticut in 2019 on the locations (activity spaces) they traveled to in a typical week and their experiences of racism and any alcohol and cannabis use at each location. A total of 112 young Black men (mean age = 23.57 years; SD = 3.20) identified 583 activity spaces. There was significant overlap between racism-related events and substance use (alcohol and cannabis use) at specific locations. Areas with a higher prevalence of violent crime also had a greater frequency of racism-related events and substance use. An activity space approach is a promising method for integrating objective and subjective experiences within neighborhood contexts to better understand the frequency and co-occurrence of racism-related stress and substance use among young Black men. (. 2023;113(S2):S136-S139. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307254).
利用活动空间评估来研究可能增加年轻黑人男性易受药物使用和滥用影响的邻里环境暴露因素。我们于 2019 年在康涅狄格州纽黑文市对年轻黑人男性进行了调查，了解他们在典型一周内前往的地点（活动空间）以及他们在每个地点的种族主义经历和任何酒精和大麻使用情况。共有 112 名年轻黑人男性（平均年龄=23.57 岁；标准差=3.20）确定了 583 个活动空间。与种族主义相关的事件和特定地点的物质使用（酒精和大麻使用）之间存在显著重叠。暴力犯罪发生率较高的地区也有更多与种族主义相关的事件和物质使用。活动空间方法是一种很有前途的方法，可以在邻里环境背景下整合客观和主观体验，以更好地了解年轻黑人男性中与种族主义相关的压力和物质使用的频率和共现。（2023；113（S2）：S136-S139。https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307254）。
