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ArticleHealth affairs scholar2023

Urgent need for substance use disorder research among understudied populations: examining the Asian-American experience.

Sugy Choi, Sahnah Lim, Simona C Kwon, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Charles J Neighbors, Stella S Yi

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Article in Health affairs scholar, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Formal and informal substance use treatment utilization amongst Asian Americans.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025
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  9. Ethnic-racial identity modulates emotion dysregulation and alcohol use among an adult sample of Asian Americans.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sugy ChoiDepartment of Population Health, NewYork University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-2861
Sahnah LimDepartment of Population Health, NewYork University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States.
Simona C KwonDepartment of Population Health, NewYork University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2398-704X
Chau Trinh-ShevrinDepartment of Population Health, NewYork University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States.
Charles J NeighborsDepartment of Population Health, NewYork University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9163-8389
Stella S YiDepartment of Population Health, NewYork University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-2609

Funding

Scaling Community-Clinical Linkage Models to Address Diabetes and Hypertension Disparities in the Southeastern U.S.U54MD000538 · NIMHD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TRINH-SHEVRIN, CHAU · 2017 to 2022
$11.3M
NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD000538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substance use disorder (SUD) among Asian Americans is understudied. Our review of National Institutes of Health-funded projects reveals a striking underrepresentation of research focused on SUD in this population, possibly perpetuated by the pervasive societal myth that Asian Americans are a healthy community. Moreover, the limited availability and disaggregation of data on SUD among Asian Americans further hinder our understanding of prevalence rates, treatment utilization, and associated disparities-thereby limiting opportunities for prevention and intervention. In light of these findings, our review serves as a crucial call to action, emphasizing the urgent need for increased research efforts and resources to address the significant gaps in knowledge and inform effective interventions for addressing SUD among Asian Americans.

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addictionAsian Americandisparitiesethnic groups

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PMID38756976
PMCPMC10986273

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