Border Girls: AOD Use, Abuse, and Victimization

边境女孩：AOD 使用、虐待和受害

• 批准号: 6954106
• 负责人: TARA KELLEY-BAKER
• 金额: $ 31.97万
• 依托单位: PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RES AND EVALUATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6954106
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); alcoholism /alcohol abuse education; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; crime victims; drug abuse education; drug controls; drug detection; education evaluation /planning; experience; female; human subject; interview; social behavior; substance abuse related behavior; violence

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): On a typical weekend, more than 7,000 young Americans cross the U.S. border at San Diego into Tijuana, Mexico. PIRE's recent cross-border work reveals that, less than a mile from the border gates, a strip of all night bars caters to young American drinkers. Here, alcohol is cheap and plentiful. The legal drinking age is 18--three years younger than the American minimum legal drinking age--and loosely enforced. The atmosphere is festive, enforcement is lax, and disruptive behavior is often overlooked. Inherent to this environment is violence--and of special concern in this proposal is the violence directed at young women aged 20 and younger. Many of the young women crossing the border seek a "good time" and an opportunity to "break loose" from traditional constraints. Preliminary studies suggest that these young women may be unaware of the possible dangers in this drinking environment. Unfortunately, many discover those risks only when they become victims of harassment, aggression, and violence. The data collected in this research project will provide an overall understanding of the extent of cross-border drinking/drugging and victimization experiences of young women. These data will enhance the existing prevention program framework by directly addressing the risks associated with heavy alcohol/drug use for young women crossing the border. Most relevant to this proposal is that the information gained from the first year of data collection will lead to the development of an intervention to reduce the level of alcohol/drug use and the risks of victimization for young women crossing into Mexico, which then will be tested as a feasibility study.

描述（由申请人提供）：在一个典型的周末，有7,000多名年轻的美国人穿越了圣地亚哥的美国边界，进入墨西哥的蒂华纳。皮尔（Pire）最近的跨境工作表明，距边境大道（Border Gates）不到一英里，这是一条全夜酒吧，适合年轻的美国饮酒者。在这里，酒精便宜且丰富。合法饮酒年龄比美国最低法律饮酒年龄小18岁，并宽松地执行。气氛是节日的，执法是松弛的，而且经常被忽略了破坏性的行为。这种环境固有的是暴力 - 该提案中特别关注的是针对20岁及以下年轻妇女的暴力行为。 越过边界的许多年轻妇女都寻求“好时光”，并有机会“脱离”传统约束。初步研究表明，这些年轻女性可能不知道这种饮酒环境中可能的危险。不幸的是，许多人只有在成为骚扰，侵略和暴力的受害者时才发现这些风险。 该研究项目中收集的数据将对跨境饮酒/吸毒和年轻妇女的受害经历的程度提供总体理解。这些数据将通过直接解决与越野边界的年轻妇女相关的风险，从而增强现有的预防计划框架。与该提案最相关的是，从数据收集的第一年获得的信息将导致开发一项干预措施，以降低酒精/吸毒水平，以及越过墨西哥的年轻妇女的受害风险，然后将其作为一项可行性研究。