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Title: Contextual Predictors of Injection Drug Use Among Black Adolescents and Adults in US Metropolitan Areas, 1993–2007
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302911
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PMID: 26691126
Abstract: OBJECTIVES We sought to determine whether contextual factors shape injection drug use among Black adolescents and adults. METHODS For this longitudinal study of 95 US metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), we drew annual MSA-specific estimates of the prevalence of injection drug use (IDU) among Black adolescents and adults in 1993 through 2007 from 3 surveillance databases. We used existing administrative data to measure MSA-level socioeconomic status; criminal justice activities; expenditures on social welfare, health, and policing; and histories of Black uprisings (1960-1969) and urban renewal funding (1949-1974). We regressed Black IDU prevalence on these predictors by using hierarchical linear models. RESULTS Black IDU prevalence was lower in MSAs with declining Black high-school dropout rates, a history of Black uprisings, higher percentages of Black residents, and, in MSAs where 1992 White income was high, higher 1992 Black income. Incarceration rates were unrelated. CONCLUSIONS Contextual factors shape patterns of drug use among Black individuals. Structural interventions, especially those that improve Black socioeconomic security and political strength, may help reduce IDU among Black adolescents and adults.
Url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26691126
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Authors: Cooper, Hannah L. F.; West, Brooke; Linton, Sabriya; Hunter-Jones, Josalin; Zlotorzynska, Maria; Stall, Ron; Wolfe, Mary E.; Williams, Leslie; Hall, H. Irene; Cleland, Charles; Tempalski, Barbara; Friedman, Samuel R.
Periodical (Full): American Journal of Public Health
Issue: 3
Volume: 106
Pages: 517-526
Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Crime and Deviance, Race and Ethnicity
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