Risk and Protective Factors for Multiracial Alcohol and Other Drug Use: A Mixed Methods Approach

多种族酒精和其他药物使用的风险和保护因素：混合方法

• 批准号: 10231893
• 负责人: Tessa Nalven
• 金额: $ 4.03万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-24 至 2023-05-23
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10231893
• 关键词: Address; Adult; Age; Alcohol consumption; Area; Classification; Communities; Development; Disease; Drug usage; Education; Environment; Equation; Ethics; Ethnic group; Focus Groups; Future; Grant; Heterogeneity; Individual; Intervention; Interview; Knowledge; Measures; Mentors; Mentorship; Methodology; Methods; Modeling; National Institute of Drug Abuse; Participant; Population; Principal Investigator; Publishing; Qualitative Methods; Qualitative Research; Race; Reporting; Research; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Rhode Island; Risk Factors; Sampling; Social support; Strategic Planning; Structure; Technology; Testing; Training; Universities; Well in self; alcohol and other drug; alcohol measurement; alcohol use initiation; career; depressive symptoms; design; experience; graduate student; health disparity; high risk population; improved; innovation; marginalized population; member; multi-racial; prevent; protective factors; psychologic; racial and ethnic; racial discrimination; racial identity; research data dissemination; self esteem; social; training opportunity; young adult

Project Summary/Abstract Multiracial young adults (individuals identifying as more than one race and between ages 18–25), report alcohol and other drug (AOD) use rates that are higher than all other monoracial groups. A dearth of research has examined risk and protective factors related to AOD use among multiracial individuals. The scant research that exists has applied frameworks designed for monoracial populations to study multiracial individuals, and few studies have found factors that are significantly related to AOD use in multiracial individuals. This study improves upon the limited existing research by taking an approach that directly involves multiracial individuals through sequential mixed methods to understand their AOD use. The specific aims of this study are to: (1) conduct focus groups to establish an in-depth understanding of AOD use in multiracial young adults and (2) build a model, informed by community input and qualitative analysis, identifying risk and protective factors associated with AOD use in multiracial young adults and conduct a quantitative study to test the model. The application is significant in that we will uncover factors associated with the high rates of AOD use among a marginalized population of multiracial young adults that will inform interventions to reduce AOD-related health disparities. It is innovative because we will utilize a mixed methods approach to systematically build a community informed model of AOD use among multiracial young adults. The proposed study will be completed in two integrated studies using sequential mixed methods. Study 1 will conduct 3–5 focus groups with 4–8 multiracial participants per group (n = 20–30) who will explore factors related to AOD use in multiracial young adults through semi-structured interviews. Study 2 will utilize the themes uncovered from Study 1 to guide measure selection and build and test a model using structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis (n = 120– 168). Findings will provide a useful framework for better understanding the disproportionately high rates of AOD use among multiracial individuals. As aligned with the NIDA strategic plan, findings will uncover environmental, social, and other causes of AOD use among multiracial young adults and provide information to target interventions to treat and prevent problematic AOD use as well as reduce related health disparities among this growing and high-risk population. The project will also provide the principal investigator vital training and experience in mixed methodology research, grantsmanship, dissemination of findings, networking, mentoring, and conducting ethical research. The research environment at University of Rhode Island including office space, technology, and grant support, along with excellent sponsors and consultants with expertise in relevant content areas and mixed methodology research, provide the ideal setting and mentorship to successfully conduct the proposed project. This project would be vital as a research training opportunity for the applicant’s future career as an independent academic researcher, which will involve research with marginalized and understudied populations for which both quantitative and qualitative research are necessary.

项目概要/摘要 多种族年轻人（被认定为多个种族且年龄在 18-25 岁之间的个人），报告 酒精和其他药物（AOD）的使用率高于所有其他单一种族群体 缺乏研究。 已经检查了多种族个体中与 AOD 使用相关的风险和保护因素，但研究很少。 现有的应用了为单一种族人群设计的框架来研究多种族个体，并且 很少有研究发现与多种族个体使用 AOD 显着相关的因素。 通过采取直接涉及多种族个体的方法来改进有限的现有研究 通过序贯混合方法来了解它们的AOD用途，本研究的具体目的是：（1） 开展焦点小组活动，深入了解多种族年轻人对 AOD 的使用情况，以及 (2) 根据社区意见和定性分析建立模型，识别风险和保护因素 与多种族年轻人中 AOD 的使用相关，并进行定量研究来测试该模型。 应用程序的重要性在于我们将揭示与 AOD 使用率高相关的因素 多种族年轻人口的减少将为减少 AOD 相关健康的干预措施提供信息 这是创新的，因为我们将利用混合方法来系统地构建一个 多种族年轻人使用 AOD 的社区知情模型 拟议的研究即将完成。 在两项使用顺序混合方法的综合研究中，研究 1 将进行 3-5 个焦点小组，其中 4-8 个小组。 每组多种族参与者 (n = 20–30)，他们将探讨与多种族年轻人使用 AOD 相关的因素 研究 2 将利用研究 1 中发现的主题来指导成年人。 使用结构方程建模 (SEM) 分析测量选择并构建和测试模型（n = 120– 168）调查结果将为更好地理解不成比例的高比率提供一个有用的框架。 与 NIDA 战略计划一致，调查结果将揭示 AOD 在多种族个体中的使用。 多种族年轻人使用 AOD 的环境、社会和其他原因，并提供信息 有针对性的干预措施，治疗和预防有问题的 AOD 使用，并减少相关的健康差异 该项目还将为首席研究员提供重要的信息。 混合方法研究、资助、传播研究结果、网络、 罗德岛大学的指导和开展伦理研究。 办公空间、技术和拨款支持，以及具有以下专业知识的优秀赞助商和顾问 相关内容领域和混合方法研究，提供理想的环境和指导 成功开展拟议项目对于研究培训机会至关重要。 申请人未来作为独立学术研究员的职业生涯，其中将涉及以下方面的研究 需要进行定量和定性研究的人口减少和研究不足。