1. Substance Use and Cumulative Exposure to American Society: Findings From Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border Region.
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Borges G, Cherpitel CJ, Orozco R, Zemore SE, Wallisch L, Medina-Mora ME, and Breslau J
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- Adolescent, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Male, Marital Status, Mexico epidemiology, Mexico ethnology, Middle Aged, Odds Ratio, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Substance-Related Disorders epidemiology, Texas epidemiology, Time Factors, Young Adult, Emigrants and Immigrants statistics & numerical data, Mexican Americans statistics & numerical data, Substance-Related Disorders ethnology, Transients and Migrants statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
Objectives: We investigated whether Mexican immigration to the United States exerts transnational effects on substance use in Mexico and the United States., Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey of 2336 Mexican Americans and 2460 Mexicans in 3 Texas border metropolitan areas and their sister cities in Mexico (the US-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions, 2011-2013). We collected prevalence and risk factors for alcohol and drug use; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, alcohol-use disorders; and 2 symptoms (hazardous use and quit or control) of drug use disorder across a continuum of migration experiences in the Mexican and Mexican American populations., Results: Compared with Mexicans with no migrant experience, the adjusted odds ratios for this continuum of migration experiences ranged from 1.10 to 8.85 for 12-month drug use, 1.09 to 5.07 for 12-month alcohol use disorder, and 1.13 to 9.95 for 12-month drug-use disorder. Odds ratios increased with longer exposure to US society. These findings are consistent with those of 3 previous studies., Conclusions: People of Mexican origin have increased prevalence of substance use and disorders with cumulative exposure to US society.
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- 2016
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