Effect of appreciation for Indigenous cultures and exposure to racial insults on alcohol and drug use initiation among multiethnic Argentinean youth

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Alderete, Ethel Gregorich, Steven E. Monteban, Madalena Kaplan, Celia P. Mejia, Raul Livaudais-Toman, Jennifer Pérez-Stable, Eliseo J.
Copyright Year	2016
Description	Journal: Preventive Medicine This study evaluated the effect of factors reflecting appreciation of Indigenous culture and racial insults on alcohol and drug use initiation among multi-ethnic youth in Jujuy, Argentina. Students were surveyed from 27 secondary schools that were randomly selected to represent the province. A total of 3040 eligible students in 10th grade, age 14 to 18years were surveyed in 2006 and 2660 of these same students completed surveys in 11th grade in 2007. Multivariate logistic regression models assessed the effect of appreciation for Indigenous cultures and reported exposure to racial insults in 10th grade on incident current alcohol drinking in previous 30days, binge drinking (≥5 drinks at one sitting), and lifetime drug use (marijuana, inhalants or cocaine) in 11th grade among students not reporting these behaviors in 2006. In 2006, 63% of respondents reported high appreciation for Indigenous cultures and 39% had ever experienced racial insults. In 2007, incident current drinking was 24.4%, binge drinking 14.8%, and any drug use initiation was 4.1%. Exposure to racial insults increased the likelihood of binge drinking (OR=1.6; 95% CI 1.2-2.1) but was not significant for any drug use. Appreciation for Indigenous cultures reduced the risk of any drug use initiation (OR=0.5, 95% CI 0.3-0.7) but had no effect for alcohol drinking outcomes. These effects were independent of Indigenous ethnicity. Enhancing appreciation for Indigenous cultures and decreasing racial insults are achievable goals that can be incorporated into programs to prevent youth substance use.
Related Links	http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5354355?pdf=render https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354355/pdf
Ending Page	68
Page Count	9
Starting Page	60
ISSN	00917435
e-ISSN	10960260
DOI	10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.12.017
Journal	Preventive Medicine
Volume Number	85
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier BV
Publisher Date	2016-04-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Preventive Medicine Substance Abuse Latin America Substance Use
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology