对使用甲基胺的人的耻辱:来自美国全国代表性调查的结果. 大人的成年人
John Flores1, Bruce Taylor2, Aniruddha Hazra1
1Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Preventive medicine reports
|November 29, 2023
概括
对于使用甲基的公众耻辱感在老年人,富裕个人和共和党成员中更高. 解决种族差异的耻辱对公共卫生至关重要.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 成研究 研究成研究
背景情况:
- 甲基胺的使用在美国仍然是一个重要的公共卫生问题.
- 了解公众的知识,态度和耻辱感对于有效的干预至关重要.
- 现有的研究往往缺乏关于甲基胺污名的综合性,基于人口的观点.
研究的目的:
- 评估一般成年人口对使用甲基胺的知识,态度和耻辱感.
- 确定与公众对甲基胺使用者的耻辱相关的因素.
- 为了探索具有甲基胺使用史的个人之间种族歧视的差异.
主要方法:
- 采用 AmeriSpeak®,一个基于概率的小组,进行横截面全国调查.
- 开发和应用10项社会污名度量表.
- 多变量通用线性回归分析以确定显著的共变量.
主要成果:
- 与年龄较大,收入较高,婚姻状况,共和党派系,没有使用史和更高的种族主义分数相关的更高的耻辱感.
- 没有发现污名和性别,种族 (除了特定的亚组分析),教育或逮捕/监禁史之间有显著的关联.
- 与黑人受访者相比,有史以来使用甲基胺的白人受访者报告说,他们的耻辱感较低.
结论:
- 几种人口和态度因素与公众对甲基胺使用的耻辱感增加有关.
- 种族主义态度与更高的耻辱相关,而内化耻辱在有使用史的黑人受访者中更高.
- 针对种族差异的耻辱是国家公共卫生倡议的关键,以减轻甲基胺相关的危害.
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