在影响性少数群体的物质使用和物质使用障碍的差异中,农村和城市的差异
Christina Dyar1, Ethan Morgan1
1College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
概括
性少数群体在城市和农村地区经历了更高的物质使用率和障碍. 这些群体在未满足的治疗需求方面的差异仍然存在,这凸显了有针对性的政策的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 与异性恋人群相比,性少数群体面临的物质使用 (SU) 和物质使用障碍 (SUD) 的风险更高.
- 这些差异可能会在农村环境中加剧,原因是少数群体的压力和社区访问的限制.
- 关于城市化对南南差异和性少数群体治疗利用的影响的研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 调查性少数群体与异性恋群体之间的SU,SUD,SUD治疗利用率和未满足的SUD治疗需求的差异.
- 为了确定这些差异是否基于城市化 (城市与农村环境) 存在差异.
主要方法:
- 分析了2015-2019年全国毒品使用和健康调查数据.
- 检查物质使用,物质使用障碍和治疗利用模式.
- 城市和农村地区性少数群体和异性恋群体之间的差异比较.
主要成果:
- 在城市和农村环境中观察到影响性少数群体的物质使用和障碍差异.
- 一些差异因城市化而有所不同,城市人口与农村人口的力量不同.
- 尽管治疗利用率有所改善,但在所有群体和地点都存在重大未满足的SUD治疗需求.
结论:
- 在城市和农村地区的性少数群体中,物质使用,SUD和未满足的治疗需求差异普遍存在.
- 这些差异存在微妙的差异,基于城市化.
- 未满足的SUD治疗需求持续存在的差距需要进一步的研究和政策干预.
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