美国成年人因药物过量而遭受个人损失的经验
Alene Kennedy-Hendricks1, Catherine K Ettman1, Sarah E Gollust2
1Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
JAMA health forum
|May 31, 2024
概括
超过32%的美国成年人经历过个人过量损失,知道某人死于药物过量. 这种损失增加了将成作为一个关键政策问题优先考虑的可能性,这表明了一个强大的倡导团体.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 政策研究 政策研究
背景情况:
- 自1999年以来,美国药物过量危机已经夺走了100多万人的生命.
- 很少有人知道悲伤的人口及其对成政策的看法.
- 了解个人损失对于解决过量疫情至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化个人过量损失在美国的流行率.
- 评估个人过量损失和成作为政策问题的感知重要性之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 采用来自全国代表性COVID-19和生活压力对心理健康和福祉的影响 (CLIMB) 研究 (第4波,2023年3月至4月) 的数据进行的横截面研究.
- 对2326名美国成年人 (≥18岁) 进行的个人过量损失,与死者的关系和成政策突出性的调查.
- 后勤回归模型分析了协会,调整了社会人口统计学因素和政治归属.
主要成果:
- 32.0%的美国成年人 (82.700万) 报告了个人过量损失.
- 18.9% (4890万) 的人报告说因过量服用而失去家庭成员或亲密朋友.
- 个人过量服用的损失与将成视为非常重要的政策问题增加了37%的几率有关 (aOR, 1.37).
结论:
- 美国成年人口中很大一部分已经经历过个人过量损失.
- 经历过量损失与更强烈地强调成作为政策优先事项有关.
- 动员受过量损失影响的个人可以推动政策变革,解决正在进行的危机.
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