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Alternative Title:
Am J Orthopsychiatry
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000456
Personal Author:
Subica, Andrew M. ; Guerrero, Erick ; Aitaoto, Nia ; Moss, Howard B. ; Iwamoto, Derek ; ... More +
Subica, Andrew M. ; Guerrero, Erick ; Aitaoto, Nia ; Moss, Howard B. ; Iwamoto, Derek ; Wu, Li-Tzy Less -
Description:
Pacific Islander (PI) young adults are suspected to bear heavy risk for hazardous drinking, alcohol use disorders (AUD), and alcohol-related harms. Yet, PIs remain among the most understudied racial groups in the United States-creating a lack of empirical data documenting their alcohol use problems and treatment needs. The present study presents the first known data on PI young adults' hazardous drinking, possible AUDs, alcohol-related harms, and treatment needs. Survey data were collected from 156 community-dwelling PI young adults (40% women, age 18-30 years) in 2 large PI communities: Los Angeles County and Northwest Arkansas. We screened participants for alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use, hazardous drinking, possible AUD, alcohol-related harms, and past-year need for mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Logistic regressions examined whether experiencing possible AUD and alcohol-related harms were associated with past-year need for treatment. PI young adults reported 78% lifetime rate of alcohol use with 56% screening positive for hazardous drinking, 49% for any possible AUD, and 40% experiencing significant alcohol-related harm (e.g., health, finances). Yet, just 25% of participants reported past-year need for SUD treatment. Although having possible AUD was not associated with perceived SUD treatment need, experiencing any alcohol-related harm associated with 4.7-13.2 times greater adjusted odds for needing treatment. Therefore, despite having low self-perceived treatment need, PI young adults experience excessive burden of hazardous drinking and alcohol-related harms. Given the profound negative social and health effects of AUDs, culturally grounded interventions should be designed to reduce PI young adults' elevated rates of hazardous drinking and alcohol-related harms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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Adolescent Adult Alcohol-Related Disorders Alcohol Drinking Female Humans Logistic Models Male Mental Health Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander Surveys And Questionnaires Young Adult
Source:
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 90(5):557-566
Pubmed ID:
32352815
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC9048751
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/ ; R21 AA026689/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; NH/NIH HHSUnited States/ ; PCORI/Patient-Centered Outcomes Research InstituteUnited States/ ; UG1 DA040317/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; ... More +
National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/ ; R21 AA026689/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; NH/NIH HHSUnited States/ ; PCORI/Patient-Centered Outcomes Research InstituteUnited States/ ; UG1 DA040317/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; CC/CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 MD007658/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ Less -
Place as Subject:
United States
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CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:14d19be9b6f14a7b666608306ec8a32a2e95db48344d472630c268ad559fc36b
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116880/cdc_116880_DS1.pdf
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