The social determinants of substance abuse in African American baby boomers: effects of family, media images, and environment.
Grounded theory methodology was used to explore the social processes involved in the use of illicit drugs in older African Americans as an underpinning to the development of approaches to nursing care and treatment. Interviews were conducted with six older African American substance users who were currently in drug treatment programs. Responses to the questions were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using constant comparative methods. Three core themes emerged: (a) family, (b) media images, and (c) environment. The core issues of substance abuse, such as the environment and larger societal forces, cannot be addressed by one discipline and mandate that clinicians move to an interdisciplinary approach to achieve a plan of care for this growing population.
School of Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. robert.pope@ucsf.edu
Robert C
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Pope
Margaret
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Wallhagen
Harvey
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Davis
D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003469:Culture; D015981:Epidemiologic Factors; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D015994:Incidence; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011158:Population Growth; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D013287:Illicit Drugs