在挪威的年轻难民中,毒品犯罪和药物使用障碍
Ryan T Europa1, Ketil Eide1, Anders Hjern2,3
1Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway.
Scandinavian journal of public health
|October 5, 2023
概括
与同龄人相比,年轻的男性难民面临着更高的毒品收费风险,但与同龄人相比,他们对药物使用障碍 (DUDs) 的医疗保健使用类似. 原产地和抵达状态影响了这些模式.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 药物使用障碍 (DUD) 和相关费用对年轻难民来说构成独特的挑战.
- 了解这些人口群体的医疗保健使用情况和法律后果对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查挪威年轻难民在医疗保健中使用DUD和毒品相关费用.
- 分析性别,原籍国和抵达状态 (陪伴者与无人陪伴者) 对这些结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 在对15068名年轻难民和573,241名年轻挪威人 (1983年至1994年出生) 的队列研究中,利用了国家登记册.
- 采用性别分层的考克斯回归模型来估计2008-2015年间毒品犯罪和DUD相关医疗保健使用的危险比率.
主要成果:
- 与挪威同行相比,男性和女性难民对DUDs的医疗保健利用率相似或较低.
- 男性难民,不包括来自阿富汗和前南斯拉夫的男性难民,有更高的毒品指控的风险.
- 陪同的男性难民面临更高的收费风险,而无人陪伴的男性则面临更低的风险.
结论:
- 与挪威年轻人相比,年轻男性难民的毒品指控风险更高,但与挪威年轻人相比,DUDs的医疗保健使用率相似.
- 在特定的原籍群体中观察到的偏差可能与在挪威逗留的时间有关.
- 调查结果表明,惩罚性毒品政策可能会对少数民族男性产生不成比例的影响,因此需要进一步研究父母因素.
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