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Alcohol and other drug disorders, comorbidity, and violence: comparison of rural African American and Caucasian women
- Source :
- Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 17:249-258
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2003.
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Abstract
- Tremendous health disparities exist across various segments of the United States population with rural women particularly at risk. African Americans have higher rates of death, disease, and disability than Caucasians. Although prevalence rates for alcohol and other drug use vary across studies, African American women generally report less use than Caucasians. However, African Americans disproportionately experience negative health and social consequence of AOD use. The findings of this study provide rare information about substance abuse in rural African American women. Specifically, this manuscript reports differences between rural African American and Caucasian women (n=267) on AOD use, comorbid Axis I disorders, and violence.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Rural Population
Adolescent
Substance-Related Disorders
Health Status
South Carolina
Population
Poison control
Comorbidity
Suicide prevention
White People
Occupational safety and health
Risk Factors
Environmental health
Injury prevention
Humans
Medicine
Women
education
Poverty
Analysis of Variance
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Health equity
Black or African American
Substance abuse
Alcoholism
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Spouse Abuse
Women's Health
Female
Pshychiatric Mental Health
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08839417
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....18ab49432a78b0fb04335511442fcbb2