污名化作为一个地方过程:印第安纳州一个农村混杂县的阿片类药物依赖的污名化
Ashley F Railey1, Alison Greene2
1Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University, United States; Irsay Institute, Indiana University Bloomington, United States.
The International journal on drug policy
|January 18, 2024
概括
围绕阿片类药物依赖的公众耻辱因地点而异. 在印第安纳州.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 成研究 研究成研究
背景情况:
- 阿片类药物依赖的耻辱因社会,文化和结构因素而异,需要特定的干预措施.
- 阿片类药物流行不成比例地影响某些州,需要本地化策略来打击公众的耻辱感.
- 这项研究侧重于印第安纳州的一个农村混合县,以了解和准耻辱减少工作.
研究的目的:
- 调查印第安纳州一个特定的农村混杂县与阿片类药物依赖相关的污名化观点的性质和规模.
- 确定费耶特县当地因素如何影响公众对阿片类药物依赖的耻辱感,与该州其他地区相比.
- 为制定有针对性的干预措施提供信息,以减少阿片类药物依赖的耻辱.
主要方法:
- 利用"人对人健康研究" (2018-2020年) 的数据,包括2050名印第安纳州居民和224名费耶特县居民.
- 采用双变量统计和多变量回归分析来比较费耶特县和印第安纳州其他地区的耻辱指标.
- 检查了费耶特县居住与各种耻辱指标之间的关联,例如社会距离,偏见和因果归因.
主要成果:
- 费耶特县在人口统计特征和对污名化观点的衡量方面与印第安纳州其他地区呈现出统计学上显著的差异.
- 多变量回归表明,费耶特县的居民更愿意与阿片类药物依赖的人保持社会距离.
- 与印第安纳州其他地区相比,费耶特县的居民更有可能将阿片类药物依赖归因于遗传因素和教育.
结论:
- 研究结果强调,需要采取本地化方法来解决与阿片类药物依赖相关的公众耻辱.
- 费耶特县的耻辱主要与个人如何管理其阿片类药物依赖的看法有关.
- 有效的策略应强调治疗和恢复潜力,得到利益相关者和政策的支持.
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