title: Alcohol and other drug disorders, comorbidity, and violence: comparison of rural African American and Caucasian women.
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.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. mary.boyd@sc.edu
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Coretta J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dorsey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015897:Comorbidity; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014930:Women; D016387:Women's Health