基于时间接近的烟草和大麻联合使用模式的分类:年轻成年人之间的定性研究
Nhung Nguyen1, Sabrina Islam1, Karla D Llanes2
1Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Addictive behaviors
|January 28, 2024
概括
这项研究对烟草和大麻的共同使用模式进行了分类,确定了每种不同动机. 了解这些模式对于准确的健康影响评估和有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
- 定性研究方法 定性研究方法
背景情况:
- 烟草和大麻的同时使用很普遍,但缺乏标准化的测量,导致对健康影响的研究结果不一致.
- 现有的研究往往无法区分各种共同使用行为,阻碍了对相关风险和动机的细微理解.
- 需要采取协调的措施,以准确评估结合使用烟草和大麻对健康的影响.
研究的目的:
- 根据时间的接近来分类烟草和大麻的共同使用模式.
- 描述与每个已识别的共用模式相关的首选产品和动机.
- 加强对共用行为的监测和测量,以改善公共卫生研究.
主要方法:
- 在加利福尼亚州 (2017-2019) 对34名年轻成年人进行了半结构化采访.
- 采用定性主题分析来确定烟草和大麻共用的时间,原因和背景.
- 根据物质使用场合之间的时间距离的近距离,分类的共用模式.
主要成果:
- 确定了四种不同的共同使用模式:同一个月/不同的一天,同一个天/不同场合,同一个场合/顺序,以及同一个场合/同时使用.
- 动机因模式而异,包括社交,产品可用性,应对压力,寻求特定物质效应,组合效应和行为触发因素.
- 参与者在每个共同使用模式中使用了不同的产品组合.
结论:
- 联合使用模式的拟议分类为健康影响的一致测量和评估提供了一个框架.
- 未来的研究应该纳入产品类型和特定动机,以告知有效的共同使用干预策略.
- 共同使用模式的标准化测量对于推进公共卫生理解和干预至关重要.
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