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4. Natural Mentors and Youth Drinking: A Qualitative Study of Mexican Youths

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Strunin, Lee, Díaz-Martínez, Alejandro, Díaz-Martínez, L. Rosa, Kuranz, Seth, Hernández-Ávila, Carlos A., Pantridge, Caroline E., and Fernández-Varela, Héctor

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Parental influences on youth drinking are well documented but not the influence of extended family members. This article explores extended family influences on alcohol use among Mexican youths and whether extended family members can be considered natural mentors. We conducted a qualitative study using ethnographic open ended interviews with 117 first year university students in Mexico City. The ethnographic interviews revealed six drinking groups: excessive, heavy, regular, occasional, abstainers and non drinkers. Youths reported close relationships with extended family members who provided counsel and acted as representatives of familial norms and values. The alcohol beliefs and behaviors of these family members, including their alcohol misuse, had a positive influence on youths' alcohol attitudes. The naturally occurring mentoring relationships of Mexican extended family members can positively influence moderate youth drinking. Natural mentoring relationships should be encouraged and facilitated in prevention efforts for Mexican youths, Mexican-American youths and potentially other Hispanic/Latino youths.

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2015
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14. COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator: A parallel analysis to describe the use of Hydroxychloroquine with or without Azithromycin among hospitalized COVID-19 patients

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Stewart, Mark, primary, Rodriguez-Watson, Carla, additional, Albayrak, Adem, additional, Asubonteng, Julius, additional, Belli, Andrew, additional, Brown, Thomas, additional, Cho, Kelly, additional, Das, Ritankar, additional, Eldridge, Elizabeth, additional, Gatto, Nicolle, additional, Gelman, Alice, additional, Gerlovin, Hanna, additional, Goldberg, Stuart L., additional, Hansen, Eric, additional, Hirsch, Jonathan, additional, Ho, Yuk-Lam, additional, Ip, Andrew, additional, Izano, Monika, additional, Jones, Jason, additional, Justice, Amy C., additional, Klesh, Reyna, additional, Kuranz, Seth, additional, Lam, Carson, additional, Mao, Qingqing, additional, Mataraso, Samson, additional, Mera, Robertino, additional, Posner, Daniel C., additional, Rassen, Jeremy A., additional, Siefkas, Anna, additional, Schrag, Andrew, additional, Tourassi, Georgia, additional, Weckstein, Andrew, additional, Wolf, Frank, additional, Bhat, Amar, additional, Winckler, Susan, additional, Sigal, Ellen V., additional, and Allen, Jeff, additional

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2021
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24. Changes in Alcohol Use Among First Year University Students in Mexico.

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Strunin, Lee, Díaz-Martínez, Alejandro, Díaz-Martínez, L. Rosa, Kuranz, Seth, Hernández-Ávila, Carlos, and Fernández-Varela, Héctor

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COLLEGE students, CULTURE, ALCOHOL drinking, INTERVIEWING, STATISTICAL sampling, ETHNOLOGY research, QUALITATIVE research, JUDGMENT sampling, THEMATIC analysis, DATA analysis software
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Background: Alcohol use and misuse is widespread among university students in many countries. Specific cultural factors may impact alcohol use after entering university. Objective: This paper considers changes in alcohol use among first year university students in Mexico. Methods: A qualitative study using ethnographic interviews with 57 female and 60 male student drinkers in Mexico City from March to June 2011. Each interview was evaluated by a set of thematic codes developed inductively from the interviews. Findings from excessive, heavy, regular, occasional drinkers, abstainers, and non-drinkers were analyzed to explore whether or not linkages existed between and/or among particular themes. Results: Students reported factors associated with changes in role and status, friendships, and increased autonomy as reasons for increasing or decreasing their alcohol use after entering university. Conclusions/Importance: Understanding the influence of Mexican cultural norms on alcohol use among Mexican and Mexican Americans can be helpful in informing studies and preventive efforts among both Mexican and Mexican American young people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2015
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25. Substance use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people: the role of neighborhood, school, and family

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Kuranz, Seth

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Epidemiology
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Disparities exist between lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) young people and their non-LGB peers, with LGB young people continuing to use alcohol and other drugs into emerging adulthood at higher rates than non-LGB young persons.1–6 Our analyses were conducted with data from two nationally representative studies in the US, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY|97). Using Add Health data, a marginal structural model and structural equation model were used to examine the effect of neighborhood economic advantage (N = 15,101 non-LGB and 5,031 LGB young persons) and neighborhood cohesion (N = 15,097 non-LGB and 5,004 LGB young persons) on the occurrence of alcohol and cannabis use disorders and alcohol use disorder symptoms. With the NLSY|97, logistic regression models assessed the association between parental support and binge drinking among LGB young persons (N = 302 LGB young persons), and whether living in a state with supportive LGB policies modified this association. We found living in a neighborhood with higher levels of neighborhood economic advantage was associated with a lower risk of alcohol [0.81 (0.72-0.90)] and cannabis use disorders [0.88 (075-1.04)]. Neighborhood advantage had a stronger protective effect for LGB [0.75 (0.58-0.96)] than non-LGB [0.99 (0.81-1.21)] young people when examining cannabis use disorders. Higher levels of neighborhood cohesion were mediated by family and school cohesion and were inversely associated with alcohol use disorder symptoms, with a stronger total effect among LGB [-0.05 (-0.10 - -0.01)] than non-LGB [-0.03 (-0.06 – 0.00)] young persons. Higher parental support was inversely associated with binge drinking among LGB young people [0.85 (0.51-1.43)] with a trend toward a more protective effect among LGB persons living in states with supportive LGB-related policies. Our findings contribute to the published literature by extending the research on neighborhood context and substance use outcomes to an LGB population. Building state-level and neighborhood assets has the potential to reduce substance use and abuse among LGB young persons.

Published
2020

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