scholarly journals Differences in Tobacco Use Among a Sample of At-Risk Chinese, Filipino, and Vietnamese Adult Men Living in the SF Bay Area

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 1179173X1986794
Author(s):  
Daniel E Toleran ◽  
Robynn S Battle ◽  
Phillip Gardiner
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Primary Language ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Place Of Birth ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Language Spoken At Home ◽  
At Home

Background: Smoking among Asian men has been studied, but differences in tobacco and cigarette use among US- and non-US-born Asian subgroups, especially those at risk for substance use or sexually transmitted diseases, has not been well-studied. Aims: To learn about the smoking of cigarettes or blunts among Asian ethnic groups, and whether place of birth, age, or primary language spoken at home is associated with smoking. Methods: Study participants were 125 adult (age > 18 years) Chinese, Filipino, or Vietnamese men living in San Francisco, Daly City, or San Jose, California, who self-reported substance use in the past 30 days. Information collected included sexual orientation, past year contact with the criminal justice system, place of birth, and primary language spoken at home. Bivariate analyses were used to compare the differences in self-reported smoking of cigarettes or tobacco-marijuana blunts by ethnicity, age, place of birth, and primary language spoken at home. Results: Filipinos had significantly higher rate of cigarette use (51%; P = .02) and smoking blunts (28%; P = .02) compared with Chinese (23% and 5%, respectively) or Vietnamese (34% and 17%, respectively); US-born Filipinos also had more days of cigarette use in the past 30 days (16 days; P = .05) compared with Chinese (8 days) or Vietnamese (6 days) participants. Conclusions: This study found differences in self-reported rates of cigarette and blunt use among Asian ethnic groups which suggest opportunities for targeted interventions. Future studies of tobacco or blunts use for these largely immigrant groups should take into account country of birth and language spoken at home in developing tobacco prevention services for this population.

scholarly journals Primary Language Spoken at Home and Children's Dental Service Utilization in the United States

2009 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Noyce ◽  
Aniko Szabo ◽  
Nicholas M. Pajewski ◽  
Scott Jackson ◽  
T. Gerard Bradley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Service Utilization ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dental Service ◽  
Primary Language ◽  
Language Spoken At Home ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Country of Birth and Language Spoken at Home in Relation to Illicit Substance Use

2002 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Yin Chien ◽  
M. Anne George ◽  
Robert W. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Country Of Birth ◽  
Illicit Substance ◽  
Illicit Substance Use ◽  
Language Spoken At Home ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women in China: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Yi Wang ◽  
Jun-Jie Xu ◽  
Hua-Chun Zou ◽  
Kathleen Heather Reilly ◽  
Christiana Meng Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Commercial Sex ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sex With Men

Objectives. To understand the current risk of HIV infection and transmission and further elucidate the underlying risk factors among men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) in China.Methods. Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of searching through Chinese and English available literature databases between January 2000 and June 2014 to identify articles.Results. Thirty-six articles (including 19,730 MSMW and 53,536 MSMO) met the selection criteria and the aggregated results found that MSMW have significantly higher HIV prevalence than MSMO (6.6% versus 5.4%, OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.01–1.58). A higher proportion of MSMW had commercial male partners in the past 6 months (18.3% versus 12.2%, OR = 1.56, 95% CI = 1.01–2.42). Additionally, substance use in the past 6 months was significantly more frequent among MSMW than MSMO (alcohol use: 27.1% versus 13.1%, OR = 2.53, 95% CI = 2.14–2.99; illicit drug use: 5.3% versus 2.5%, OR = 2.09, 95% CI = 1.48–2.95).Conclusion. A higher proportion of commercial sex and substance use among MSMW may be a potentially indicative factor for significantly higher HIV prevalence compared to MSMO. Targeted interventions should aim at increasing the frequency of HIV/STIs screening and preventing high risk commercial sex and substance use among MSMW to decrease their HIV transmission to the general population.

Does substance use play a role in gender differences in residential independence and returns to the parental home?

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cody Warner ◽  
Emily Cady
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
Parental Home ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adolescence And Young Adulthood ◽  
Home Leaving

Young adults are co-residing with their parents at higher rates now than in the past, and recent research has explored the correlates of both leaving and subsequently returning to the parental home. Of relevance here, females tend to leave home earlier than their male counterparts, and research finds that drinking and drug use are also linked to residential transitions. This research note explores if substance use during adolescence and young adulthood plays a role in gender differences in home-leaving and home-returning. We find that marijuana use plays a role in both home-leaving and home-returning, with adolescent females who use marijuana the most at risk for early exits from home, and marijuana using males the most at risk for home-returning.

scholarly journals Limited English Proficiency, Primary Language at Home, and Disparities in Children's Health Care: How Language Barriers are Measured Matters

2005 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Flores ◽  
Milagros Abreu ◽  
Sandra C. Tomany-Korman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Care Disparities ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Language Barriers ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Primary Language ◽  
Language Spoken At Home ◽  
At Home

Background. Approximately 3.5 million U.S. schoolchildren are limited in English proficiency (LEP). Disparities in children's health and health care are associated with both LEP and speaking a language other than English at home, but prior research has not examined which of these two measures of language barriers is most useful in examining health care disparities. Objectives. Our objectives were to compare primary language spoken at home vs. parental LEP and their associations with health status, access to care, and use of health services in children. Methods. We surveyed parents at urban community sites in Boston, asking 74 questions on children's health status, access to health care, and use of health services. Results. Some 98% of the 1,100 participating children and families were of non-white race/ethnicity, 72% of parents were LEP, and 13 different primary languages were spoken at home. “Dose-response” relationships were observed between parental English proficiency and several child and parental sociodemographic features, including children's insurance coverage, parental educational attainment, citizenship and employment, and family income. Similar “dose-response” relationships were noted between the primary language spoken at home and many but not all of the same sociodemographic features. In multivariate analyses, LEP parents were associated with triple the odds of a child having fair/poor health status, double the odds of the child spending at least one day in bed for illness in the past year, and significantly greater odds of children not being brought in for needed medical care for six of nine access barriers to care. None of these findings were observed in analyses of the primary language spoken at home. Individual parental LEP categories were associated with different risks of adverse health status and outcomes. Conclusions. Parental LEP is superior to the primary language spoken at home as a measure of the impact of language barriers on children's health and health care. Individual parental LEP categories are associated with different risks of adverse outcomes in children's health and health care. Consistent data collection on parental English proficiency and referral of LEP parents to English classes by pediatric providers have the potential to contribute toward reduction and elimination of health care disparities for children of LEP parents.

Substance use in high school students in New South Wales, Australia, in relation to language spoken at home

2000 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Chen ◽  
Adrian Bauman ◽  
Chris Rissel ◽  
K.C Tang ◽  
Roberto Forero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
High School Students ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
School Students ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Language Spoken At Home ◽  
At Home

Racial Disparities of E-Cigarette Use Among US Youths: 2014‒2019

2021 ◽  
pp. e1-e9
Author(s):  
Hongying Dai ◽  
Athena K. Ramos ◽  
Babalola Faseru ◽  
Jennie L. Hill ◽  
Steven Y. Sussman
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Dual Use ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
The Past ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The Us ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Objectives. To evaluate disparities in youth e-cigarette use patterns and flavor use by race/ethnicity over time. Methods. We used data from the US 2014–2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) to examine trends in dual use (co-use of e-cigarettes and cigarettes or other tobacco products), occasional (≤ 5 days) versus frequent use (≥ 20 days) in the past 30 days, and flavor use among current (past-30-day) e-cigarette users (n = 13 178) across racial/ethnic groups (non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, and non-Hispanic others). Results. Among current e-cigarette users, dual use and occasional use decreased significantly from 2014 to 2019 across racial and ethnic groups except for non-Hispanic Blacks; frequent use and flavored e-cigarette use increased among non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics/Latinos, and non-Hispanic others but not among non-Hispanic Blacks. In 2019, non-Hispanic Black e-cigarette users were more likely to report dual use (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.2; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.5, 3.2; P < .001) and occasional use of e-cigarettes (AOR = 3.7; 95% CI = 2.3, 5.9; P < .001) but less likely to report frequent use (AOR = 0.2; 95% CI = 0.1, 0.4; P < .001) and flavored e-cigarette use (AOR = 0.4; 95% CI = 0.3, 0.5; P < .001) than their White peers. Conclusions. Youth e-cigarette use patterns differed considerably across racial/ethnic groups, and tailored strategies to address disparities in e-cigarette use are needed. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 23, 2021: e1–e9. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306448 )

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