Social factors associated with ethnic differences in alcohol and marijuana use by Vietnamese-, Arabic- and English-speaking youths in Sydney, Australia
| Autor: | Adrian Bauman, Chris Rissel, Lyndall McLellan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Arabic Vietnamese education Population Ethnic group Frequency of use Marijuana Smoking Cultural background Marijuana use Humans Medicine Transients and Migrants education.field_of_study business.industry Australia language.human_language Arabs Vietnam Adolescent Behavior Relative risk Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health language Female business Acculturation Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 36:145-152 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1754 1034-4810 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00476.x |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe the use of marijuana and alcohol among Arabic- and Vietnamese-speaking senior school students compared with English-speaking background senior school students in Sydney Australia. Method: A quantitative survey of 2573 school students attending Years 10 and 11 from 12 high schools with a high Vietnamese and Arabic population was conducted in Sydney in 1998. Self-reported marijuana use, school and cultural background information was collected. Results: Students from an English-speaking background, both males and females, had almost double the prevalence of marijuana use (once or more) during their lifetime (48.3 and 43.6%), the 12 months (40.9 and 36.3%) and 1 month prior to survey administration (23.1 and 13.4%) than the group with the second highest frequency of use (students of European and other backgrounds). Female Vietnamese (7.3% lifetime use) and Arabic students (8.6% lifetime use) had the lowest marijuana use rates, which were less than half that of male Vietnamese (23.5% lifetime use) and Arabic students (28% lifetime use). A similar pattern was found for three types of alcohol use. Spending three or more evenings a week out with friends was associated with higher alcohol use for Vietnamese students (relative risk ratio of 2.76). Conclusions: These results confirm lower marijuana and alcohol use among students from Vietnamese- and Arabic-speaking backgrounds compared with students from an English-speaking background. Harm minimization strategies may be learned from some migrant communities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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