Drug Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth
This volume examines trajectories of drug use among ethnic minority youth in the United States with a focus on African Americans and Hispanics. It also highlights what research designs have been employed to address these differences as well as suggests st
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Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth
Drug Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth
Yonette F. Thomas • LeShawndra N. Price Editors
Drug Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth
Editors Yonette F. Thomas The New York Academy of Medicine and the American Association of Geographers Glenn Dale, MD, USA
LeShawndra N. Price Health Inequities and Global Health Branch National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD, USA
ISBN 978-94-017-7489-5 ISBN 978-94-017-7491-8 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7491-8
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Preface
Contrary to much popular opinion, African American and Hispanic/Latino persons in the general population do not consistently show higher rates of substance use disorders than Whites (Table 1). Tobacco use rates are lower for African American and Hispanic/Latino populations than Whites; illicit drug use disorders are higher for African Americans, but alcohol disorders are not higher; and neither illicit drug use disorders nor alcohol disorders are much different for Hispanic/Latino persons compared to Whites in the general population. Yet, a consistent risk factor for substance use and addictive disorders is socioeconomic adversity that is more commonly experienced in these minority populations. Disparate outcomes and pathways reflected in these findings and associated with racial and ethnic status serve as a
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