Race and socioeconomic status in substance use progression and treatment entry

作者：Ben Lewis, Lauren A. Hoffman, Christian C. Garcia, Sara Jo Nixon · 发表于：Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.1080/15332640.2017.1336959 · 被引用次数：82 · 研究领域：Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes、Racial and Ethnic Identity Research、Mental Health Treatment and Access

This study examined trajectories of progression from early substance use to treatment entry as a function of race, among inpatient treatment seekers (N = 945). Following primary race-contingent analyses of use progression, secondary analyses were conducted to investigate the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on the observed differences. African Americans reported significant delays in treatment entry relative to Caucasians. Racial differences in alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use trajectories were observed. Accounting for SES rendered observations of accelerated use among African Americans nonsignificant. However, inclusion of SES failed to mitigate the marked racial disparity in treatment entry.