种族少数群体所经历的差异有助于治疗差距以及缺乏对物质使用障碍资源和支持的机会
Marissa K Mackiewicz1,2, Jodi Winship3, Patricia Slattum1,4
1Virginia Center on Aging, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Innovation in aging
|June 26, 2025
概括
药物使用障碍 (SUD) 在老年人中正在增加,特别是在低收入种族少数群体中. 这项研究探讨了他们对SUD治疗和恢复障碍的看法,强调了适应策略的需要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 问题性物质使用在老年人中正在上升,在这个人口群体中,在2020年和2021年之间观察到的最高增长.
- 种族少数群体在获取物质使用障碍 (SUD) 资源方面面临重大差异,导致治疗差距.
研究的目的:
- 探索低收入,城市居住,种族少数群体的老年人对物质使用障碍 (SUD) 治疗和康复的观点.
- 在这个特定人群中识别SUD治疗和康复支持的障碍.
主要方法:
- 进行了半结构化采访,对16名居住在低收入城市住房中的老年人 (50岁以上) 进行了采访,他们有吸毒史.
- 采用了使用框架方法分析面试成绩单的诱导性定性主题分析.
主要成果:
- 出现了九个主题,包括SUD因年龄而异的感知原因 (老年人的社会隔离与年轻人的社会压力),耻辱感,治疗障碍和衰老的作用.
- 参与者认为社会隔离和孤独是导致老年人SUD的关键因素.
- 治疗的主要障碍包括耻辱感,对当前术语的缺乏知识以及对资源的有限访问.
结论:
- 这些发现强调了低收入,种族少数群体的老年人在获得SUD治疗和康复服务方面面临的独特挑战.
- 需要社区教育和适应当前的治疗策略,以有效地满足这个不断增长的人口的需求.
- 解决差异和定制干预措施对于改善老年人SUD结果至关重要.
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