Crack Cocaine Use in Rural Migrant Populations: Living Arrangements and Social Support

Correlates of crack cocaine use were studied among a targeted sample of migrant workers and their sexual partners (n = 571) in rural Southern Florida. Employment among men and recent drug-user treatment among men and women are positively related to crack use, as is involvement in crime and prostitut...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 1999-01, Vol.34 (4-5), p.685-706
Main Authors: Weatherby, Norman L., Virginia McCoy, H., Metsch, Lisa R., Bletzer, Keith V., McCoy, Clyde B., de la Rosa, Mario R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Agriculture - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Cocaine
Cocaine-Related Disorders - economics
Cocaine-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Cocaine-Related Disorders - psychology
Cocaine-Related Disorders - therapy
Community-Institutional Relations
Crack
Crack Cocaine
Crime - economics
Crime - statistics & numerical data
Drug Abuse
Drug abusers
Drug addiction
Family
Family Characteristics
Female
Florida
Florida - epidemiology
Humans
Living arrangements
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Migrant farmworker
Migrant Workers
Prevention
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression Analysis
Relationship
Residence
Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Rural areas
Rural Health - statistics & numerical data
Rural Population
Sampling Studies
Sex Work - statistics & numerical data
Sexual Partners
Social Conditions
Social Support
Transients and Migrants - psychology
Transients and Migrants - statistics & numerical data
USA
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Summary:Correlates of crack cocaine use were studied among a targeted sample of migrant workers and their sexual partners (n = 571) in rural Southern Florida. Employment among men and recent drug-user treatment among men and women are positively related to crack use, as is involvement in crime and prostitution. Among women but not men, living with children is negatively related to crack use. Drug use and HIV prevention programs should intervene with individuals and their families and social groups. Migrant workers and their sexual partners also need effective drug-user treatment with long-term relapse prevention services.
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.3109/10826089909037238