Acculturation and Alcohol among U.S. Latinas

美国拉丁裔的文化适应和酒精

• 批准号: 7014955
• 负责人: SARAH E. ZEMORE
• 金额: $ 22.11万
• 依托单位: PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-12-05 至 2007-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7014955
• 关键词: African American; Hispanic Americans; alcoholic beverage consumption; alcoholism /alcohol abuse; caucasian American; clinical research; culture; epidemiology; female; health behavior; health disparity; health surveys; human data; male; mathematical model; prejudice; psychosocial separation; racial /ethnic difference; religion; social perception; social support network; socioeconomics; sociometry; women' s health

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The application proposes a secondary analysis focusing on Latina respondents to the 2004-5 US National Alcohol Survey conducted by the Alcohol Research Group. The proposed study addresses a prominent national goal and an interest shared by NIH and the Institute of Medicine in explaining and reducing health disparities. The study also reflects a recognition that Latinas in the U.S. (seldom emphasized in alcohol research) can be at risk for problematic alcohol use: In recent trends, rates of frequent heavy drinking among Latina drinkers appear to have matched and eclipsed those among White female drinkers; further, some evidence suggests that Latinas can experience greater drinking-related consequences than White females. Prior research has indicated a role for acculturation in alcohol use among this population. Hence, the current study aims to help illuminate mechanisms of action underlying acculturation's effects on drinking outcomes among Latinas, focusing on perceived discrimination (and specifically, racial stigma consciousness) as a candidate. The project's focus on racial stigma, little-studied in reference to drinking, makes it exploratory. The application also examines a role for socioeconomic resources in Latina drinking; potential protective effects for religiosity and social support; and predictors of help seeking among this population. Analyses will include scale analyses, traditional regressions, and structural equation modeling. By accomplishing these aims, the research will contribute to existing knowledge surrounding the effects of discrimination on health outcomes among minorities. Data will also help identify populations at risk for alcohol problems, and illuminate avenues for interventions aiming to prevent or address alcohol problems among Latinas by, for example, capitalizing on the effects of social support and spiritual involvement.

描述（由申请人提供）：该申请提出了一项二次分析，重点关注酒精研究小组进行的 2004-5 年美国全国酒精调查中的拉丁裔受访者。拟议的研究涉及一个突出的国家目标以及 NIH 和医学研究所在解释和减少健康差异方面的共同利益。该研究还反映出人们认识到美国的拉丁裔（在酒精研究中很少强调）可能面临饮酒问题的风险：从最近的趋势来看，拉丁裔饮酒者频繁大量饮酒的比例似乎与白人女性饮酒者的比例相匹配，甚至超过了白人女性饮酒者的比例。 ;此外，一些证据表明，拉丁裔女性比白人女性更容易遭受与饮酒相关的后果。先前的研究表明文化适应在该人群中饮酒中发挥着重要作用。因此，当前的研究旨在帮助阐明文化适应对拉丁裔饮酒结果影响的潜在作用机制，重点关注作为候选人的感知歧视（特别是种族耻辱意识）。该项目的重点是种族耻辱，而对饮酒的研究却很少，因此具有探索性。该应用程序还研究了社会经济资源在拉丁裔饮酒中的作用； 对宗教信仰和社会支持的潜在保护作用；以及该人群寻求帮助的预测因素。分析将包括尺度分析、传统回归和结构方程建模。通过实现这些目标，该研究将有助于增进有关歧视对少数群体健康结果影响的现有知识。数据还将有助于识别有酒精问题风险的人群，并阐明旨在预防或解决拉丁裔酒精问题的干预措施的途径，例如，利用社会支持和精神参与的影响。