非洲裔美国人对延长释放纳尔德治疗阿片类药物使用障碍的态度
1Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Drug and alcohol dependence
|March 16, 2024
概括
非洲裔美国人通常对延长释放纳尔德 (XR-NTX) 对阿片类药物使用障碍 (OUD) 治疗的看法是积极的. 关键的吸引力包括每月注射和非成性质,这表明与污名化替代品相比,有利的态度.
科学领域:
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 延长释放纳勒 (XR-NTX) 是FDA批准的,用于治疗阿片类药物使用障碍 (OUD) 的非成注射药物.
- XR-NTX的吸收是有限的,人们对其在不同人群,特别是非洲裔美国人的感知知之甚少.
- 以前的研究往往缺乏种族多样性,并且是在美国以外进行的,这造成了对非洲裔美国人的观点的知识差距.
研究的目的:
- 确定和解释非洲裔美国人对XR-NTX作为OUD治疗的最突出的态度.
- 为了解决这个特定的人口群体中对XR-NTX感知缺乏研究的问题.
主要方法:
- 在佛罗里达州西南部进行了30名非洲裔美国成年人使用阿片类药物的深入采访.
- 面试发生在2021年8月至2022年2月期间.
- 采访数据的转录,编码和主题分析.
主要成果:
- 参与者对XR-NTX的态度通常是积极的.
- 最吸引人的方面包括每月注射一次,非成和非中毒性质.
- 与其他OUD药物相比,感知到的有效性也是一个重要的积极因素.
结论:
- 研究结果表明,患有OUD的非裔美国人可能对XR-NTX的看法比其他通常被污名化的OUD药物,如甲,更为有利.
- 这项研究独特地捕捉了非洲裔美国人的观点,这个人口不成比例地受到阿片类药物相关死亡的影响.
- 结果突出了在这个社区内改善XR-NTX接受和利用的潜力.
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