CHRONIC DRUG USE, DEPRESSION, AND LABOR SUPPLY

长期吸毒、抑郁和劳动力供应

• 批准号: 6379096
• 负责人: PIERRE K ALEXANDRE
• 金额: $ 7.55万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-30 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6379096
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; comorbidity; depression; drug abuse; employment /unemployment; human data; mathematical model; model design /development; substance abuse epidemiology; substance abuse related behavior

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) The University of Miami Health Services Research Center recently collected extensive community-based information on chronic drug users (CDUs) and non-drug users (NDUs) to examine differences in health services utilization, access, and cost. The survey instrument contains information on demographics, health status, lifestyle behaviors, and labor market activities. It also includes the 20-item Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). The primary objective of the proposed small grant application is to use this unique set of data to analyze the relationships between drug use and depression among CDUs and NDUs, and the effects of these conditions on labor market decisions. Some researchers have examined the relationships between drug use labor market problems, but no study has used community-based data to investigate the co-occurring and confounding effects of depression and drug use on labor market behavior. This research project will pursue the following specific aims: 1. Examine the prevalence of CDU, depression, and the comorbid conditions of CDU and depression in a community-based sample of individuals. 2. Estimate the main and interaction effects of CDU and depression on the probability of employment. 3. Conditional on being employed, estimate the main and interaction effects of CDU and depression on the number of weeks worked during the past 12 months. The proposed study will provide support for the investigators (including Dr. Alexandre, an African American health economist who qualifies as a newer, less experienced investigator) to use a unique set of data to examine the relationships between drug use, depression, and labor supply. Since employers and policymakers are not well informed about the co-occurring and confounding effects of drug use and depression on the labor market, the research and policy importance of this application is immediate and widespread. CDUs as a group have been singled out for intervention and extended study by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Moreover, mental health problems in the United States have become a challenge to communities, health and social service agencies, managed care organizations, employers, and families. The resulting findings will help policy makers and employers make decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources between workplace drug control programs and other alternatives such as improving employees' mental health.

描述：（申请人的摘要） 迈阿密大学卫生服务研究中心最近收集了 有关慢性吸毒者（CDU）和非药品的广泛基于社区的信息 用户（NDU）检查健康服务利用，访问和 成本。调查工具包含有关人口统计学，健康的信息 地位，生活方式行为和劳动力​​市场活动。它还包括 20项Zung自我评价抑郁量表（SDS）。的主要目标 建议的小赠款应用程序是使用此独特的数据来分析 CDU和NDU之间的药物使用与抑郁之间的关系，以及 这些条件对劳动力市场决策的影响。一些研究人员有 研究了毒品使用劳动力市场问题之间的关系，但没有研究 已经使用基于社区的数据来研究共同发生和混淆 抑郁和吸毒对劳动力市场行为的影响。这项研究 项目将追求以下具体目标： 1。检查CDU，抑郁和合并症的患病率 基于社区的个体样本中的CDU和抑郁症。 2。估计CDU和抑郁症的主要和相互作用对 就业的可能性。 3。以使用的方式进行的条件，估算主要和相互作用的影响 CDU和抑郁症在过去12个月中工作的几周数量。 拟议的研究将为调查人员提供支持（包括博士。 亚历山德尔（Alexandre）是一位非裔美国人健康经济学家 经验丰富的研究者）使用一组独特的数据来检查 吸毒，抑郁和劳动力供应之间的关系。由于雇主 政策制定者对同时发生和混淆的了解不充分 吸毒和抑郁症对劳动力市场，研究和政策的影响 此应用程序的重要性是直接和普遍的。 CDU作为一个小组 已挑出干预和扩展研究 国家药物控制政策。而且，曼联的心理健康问题 国家已成为社区，健康和社会服务的挑战 机构，托管护理组织，雇主和家庭。结果 调查结果将帮助决策者和雇主就有关 在工作场所药物控制计划和 其他替代方案，例如改善员工的心理健康。