非洲裔美国人处方阿片类药物转移来源:对过量预防的影响
1Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Substance use & misuse
|March 19, 2024
概括
非洲裔美国人 (AAs) 经常从经销商或朋友/亲戚那里获得处方阿片类药物,增加了过量服用的风险. 这些非医疗保健来源可能被芬太尼污染,这是一个严重的公共卫生问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 非洲裔美国人 (AAs) 面临着处方阿片类药物过量死亡的不成比例的高增长.
- 有限的研究存在于处方阿片类药物转移和获取方法在AA.
- 假冒药丸,可能被芬太尼污染,可能会导致AAS中过量服用的风险增加.
研究的目的:
- 确定和描述非裔美国人 (AAs) 使用处方阿片类药物的主要转移来源.
- 通过定性采访数据将普遍的转移源置于背景中.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法的方法,结合了在线调查 (n=303) 和深入的定性访谈 (n=30) 与AAs.
- 从2021年8月到2022年2月在佛罗里达州西南部收集的数据.
主要成果:
- 处方阿片类药物的最常见来源是经销商 (33.0%) 和朋友/亲属 (34.7%).
- 定性数据显示,经销商是大量和高强度阿片类药物配方的来源.
- 研究结果表明,AAs可能会通过非医疗道更频繁地获得处方阿片类药物.
结论:
- 非洲裔美国人 (AAs) 可能更多地依赖非医疗保健来源获得处方阿片类药物,这引发了人们对芬太尼造假的担忧.
- 需要对国家数据进行进一步的研究,以确认AA是否与其他群体相比不成比例地使用非医疗保健来源.
- 了解转移途径对于有针对性的公共卫生干预至关重要,以减少弱势群体中阿片类药物过量死亡.
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