The association of drug use and post-traumatic stress reactions due to Hurricane Ike among Fifth Ward Houstonian youth
| Autor: | Charles Savage, Kathy Scott-Gurnell, Angela Meshack, Kentya H. Ford, Charles Amos, Ronald J. Peters |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male Health (social science) Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders media_common.quotation_subject Medicine (miscellaneous) Poison control Logistic regression Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Disasters Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Young Adult Injury prevention medicine Humans Child media_common business.industry Cyclonic Storms Data Collection Codeine Traumatic stress Texas Black or African American Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models business Demography medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. 9(2) |
| ISSN: | 1533-2659 |
| Popis: | This study shows the important link between higher drug use and self-medication among youth with higher reported posttraumatic stress reactions after natural disasters. The study offers secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected on 170 predominately African American males through the Fifth Ward Enrichment program (FWEP) in Houston, Texas, between November and December 2009. Men who stated that in the last week they tried to keep from thinking or talking about the hurricane or things that remind them of what happen were significantly more likely to use alcohol (p.05), marijuana (p.01), codeine cough syrup (p.00), anti-energy drinks (p.00), crystal methamphetamines (p.00), and Viagra (p.00). Unadjusted logistic regression showed that they also experienced over twice the odds of reporting past 30 day use of alcohol (OR = 2.57, 95% CI = .98, 6.8), marijuana (OR = 4.31, 95% CI = 1.2, 15.3), codeine cough syrup (OR = 5.22, 95% CI = 1.4, 19.5), and anti-energy drinks (OR = 3.27, 95% CI = 1.0, 1.4). Adjusted logistic regression revealed that male youth post-traumatic stress reaction is a significant predictor of marijuana use (OR = 4.1, 95% CI = 1.0, 16.5). This study shows the important link of higher drug use and self-medication among youth with higher reported posttraumatic stress reactions after natural disasters. |
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