title: An Exploratory Study of Internal Migration and Substance Use Among an Indigenous Community in Southern Mexico.
abstract: The primary aim of this study was to explore the association between internal migration experience within Mexico and lifetime substance use among a sample of 442 indigenous persons from Yucatan, Mexico. Adjusting for potential confounding, correlates of lifetime substance use were assessed among participants with and without internal migration experience. Internal migration to a tourist destination was independently associated with higher odds (adjusted odds ratio: 2.1; 95% confidence interval: 1.3-3.4) of reporting lifetime substance use. Findings suggest that environmental contexts of internal migration may be of importance in shaping vulnerability to substance use.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Group, University of California, Berkeley (Dr Pinedo); Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (Mr Kang Sim and Ms Giacinto); Graduate School of Public Health (Mr Kang Sim and Ms Giacinto) and School of Social Work (Dr Zuñiga), San Diego State University, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pinedo
authors.forename: D Eastern Kang
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: Rebeca Espinoza
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Giacinto
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luisa Zuñiga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*