Department of Education and Community Wellbeing, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Social Work, Northumbria University, Coach Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7XA, UK.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Richardson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Oct 10;21(10):1338. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21101338.
Within traditional drug and alcohol (D&A) treatment services, the majority of those accessing support are of white ethnicity, with only a small percentage of people from the British South Asian (BSA) and Muslim community engaging in treatment services. This paper aims to explore perceived barriers to accessing traditional D&A services within the British South Asian and Muslim communities, based on qualitative data from interviews with family members and a practitioner. Qualitative data were obtained via 11 semi-structured interviews involving a practitioner (n = 1), and family and friends (n = 10) of those with historic and current D&A use in the community. Reflexive thematic analysis revealed four themes: (1) awareness of drug and alcohol use in the community, (2) drug and alcohol use as a taboo topic and the impact of admitting use, (3) knowledge of services for treatment, (4) how to increase awareness and accessibility of treatment. There was an increasing awareness of D&A use in the BSA and Muslim community. Despite this, limited conversations and misconceptions around D&A use and recovery led to those using D&A and their family members feeling stigmatised within their community and unable to seek support. This paper concludes by recommending increased communication between the BSA and Muslim communities and D&A treatment services to ensure accessibility of treatment by improving cultural competency.
在传统的毒品和酒精（D&A）治疗服务中，大多数接受支持的人是白人，只有一小部分来自英国南亚（BSA）和穆斯林社区的人参与治疗服务。本文旨在根据对社区内有历史和当前 D&A 使用情况的家庭成员和从业者的访谈的定性数据，探讨英国南亚和穆斯林社区中人们认为的进入传统 D&A 服务的障碍。通过涉及从业者（n=1）和家庭和朋友（n=10）的 11 次半结构化访谈获得了定性数据。反思性主题分析揭示了四个主题：（1）对社区中药物和酒精使用的认识，（2）药物和酒精使用作为禁忌话题以及承认使用的影响，（3）对治疗服务的了解，（4）如何提高治疗的意识和可及性。人们对 BSA 和穆斯林社区中的 D&A 使用有了更多的认识。尽管如此，围绕 D&A 使用和康复的有限对话和误解导致使用 D&A 的人和他们的家人在社区中感到受到污名化，无法寻求支持。本文最后建议 BSA 和穆斯林社区与 D&A 治疗服务之间加强沟通，通过提高文化能力来确保治疗的可及性。
