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ArticleSubstance use & misuse2016

Gender Comparisons Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Patients in Drug Dependency Treatment.

Yun Han, Veronique Lin, Fei Wu, Yih-Ing Hser

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Article in Substance use & misuse, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yun Hana Department of Clinical , Social and Administrative Sciences, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.
Veronique Linb Integrated Substance Abuse Treatment, University of California, Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
Fei Wuc Research and Evaluation Services Unit, Los Angeles County , Los Angeles , California , USA.
Yih-Ing Hserb Integrated Substance Abuse Treatment, University of California, Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USLos Angeles County Department of Health Services · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

STATISTICAL SUPPORT/DATA MANAGEMENT COREP30DA016383 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HSER, YIH-ING · 2005 to 2015
$8.6M
Drug Abuse: Epidemiology, Treatment Process, & OutcomesK05DA017648 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HSER, YIH-ING · 2008 to 2012
$569k
NIDA NIH HHS K05 DA017648NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA016383
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew studies have focused on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), despite indications of increasing substance abuse among AAPIs in recent years.

objectivesThis prospective longitudinal study examined gender differences among AAPIs in treatment.

methodsThe study included 567 (177 women, 390 men) AAPI patients drawn from two prior studies, one with 32 community treatment programs in 13 California counties (CalTOP, 3, 9 months), and another project including 36 treatment sites in 5 California counties (TSI, 3, 12 months). Baseline and follow-up assessments utilized the Addiction Severity Index(ASI). A subset of patients was assessed at 3 and 9/12 months (n = 106).

resultsSignificant gender-related differences were observed at baseline: fewer women than men were employed or never married. More women were living with someone having alcohol and drug problems. Methamphetamine was the primary drug for women and men, followed by alcohol and heroin. Compared to AAPI men, AAPI women reported greater problem severity in family/social relationships (0.18 vs. 0.11, p <.001), employment (0.68 vs. 0.56, p <.001), and mental health (0.19 vs. 0.14, p <.01). Relative to women, AAPI men reported greater treatment satisfaction at the 3-month follow-up. Significant improvements at follow-up were observed in family, alcohol, drug, and legal domains for both genders, and in mental health for men only. Compared to AAPI men, AAPI women demonstrated significantly greater improvements in drug problems (ΔASI = 0.07, p <.05).

conclusionsGender differences revealed in this study suggest a need for a greater treatment focus on psychiatric problems for AAPI women and drug use problems for AAPI men.

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Substance-Related DisordersAsianCaliforniaFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderProspective StudiesAsian American and Pacific islanderGender differencesubstance usetreatment outcome

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PMID27070174
PMCPMC4955747
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