Cracking the Cornfields: Recruiting Illicit Stimulant Drug Users in Rural Ohio

Draus, Paul; Siegal, Harvey A.; Carlson, Robert G.; Falck, Russel S.; Wang, Jichuan

doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00008.x

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“…Study staff members recruited potential seeds through meeting drug-treatment providers, distributing research study business cards to persons who knew drug users, and visiting gathering places such as bars and county fairs (Draus et al, 2005). Study seeds who completed the baseline interview were asked to give referral coupons to people they knew who used drugs.…”

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Longitudinal Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Multiple Substance Use: Results From a Three-Year Multisite Natural-History Study of Rural Stimulant Users

Booth¹,

Curran²,

Han³

et al. 2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Substance use is associated with poor mental health, but little is known regarding how use of multiple substances is associated with mental health, particularly longitudinally, in community studies. This article examines this issue in a large (N = 710), naturalhistory study of rural stimulant (cocaine and/or methamphetamine) users in three states. Method: Respondent-driven sampling recruited recent (past-30-day) stimulant users in three counties each in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ohio. Participants were interviewed every 6 months for 3 years. Mental health was measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory, and prior 6 months' substance use was measured for 17 possible substances. Data analysis used generalized estimating equations for longitudinal data with the Global Severity Index of the Brief Symptom Inventory as the dependent variable at each interview and substance use as predictor variables measured by number of substances used in the past 6 months and, separately, the 17 individual substances, adjusting for use of substanceuse treatment, demographics, and recruitment site. Results: On average, both Global Severity Index score and use of many substances declined over the course of study. Global Severity Index score was signifi cantly associated with (a) greater number of substances used in the past 6 months (p < .0001) and (b) use of crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and nonprescription use of prescription painkillers and tranquilizers. Conclusions: Multiple and specifi c substances appear to incrementally increase psychological distress. Users of cocaine and methamphetamine are present in rural areas; these associations with poor psychological health raise concerns regarding availability of local treatment services for individuals with mental-health problems, as well as substance abuse. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 71, 258-267, 2010)

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Longitudinal Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Multiple Substance Use: Results From a Three-Year Multisite Natural-History Study of Rural Stimulant Users

Booth¹,

Curran²,

Han³

et al. 2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Respondent-driven sampling (Heckathorn 1997) was used to identify and recruit 249 active users of powder cocaine, crack cocaine or methamphetamine from three rural counties in west central Ohio. The project relied on social networks and direct outreach to spread word about the project and recruit new subjects (Trotter et al 1996;Draus et al 2005). The majority of participants (167, or 67%) were referred to the study by friends, and most of the others (40, or 16%) were referred by family members.…”

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Down on main street: Drugs and the small-town vortex

Draus

Carlson

2009

Health & Place

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“…Participants for the structured interviews were recruited using respondent-driven sampling (RDS), a form of snow ball sampling originally used in urban settings (Wang et al 2005 ;Heckathorn 2002Heckathorn , 1997, that has been applied in rural settings as well (Draus et al 2005). Like chain-referral sampling, RDS re lies on the identification and recruitment of initial "seeds" who refer others to the project.…”

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Methamphetamine Use and Adverse Consequences in the Rural Southern United States: An Ethnographic Overview

Sexton

Carlson

Leukefeld

et al. 2006

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

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Research on methamphetamine use and related issues often uses data from in-treatment and post-treatment populations in urban areas. Rural ethnographic studies are less common. particularly self assessments by active methamphetamine users that explore use patterns and their adverse consequences. Such work is especially rare in the rural South. where illicit methamphetamine manufacture and use have recently been increasing. This article presents an ethnographic overview of methamphetamine use in rural Kentucky and Arkansas based on qualitative interviews conducted with 34 active, not-in treatment, primary methamphetamine users. Methamphetamine supply, distribution. and prevalence of methamphetamine use are described. Pathways and motivations for methamphetamine use and use patterns are outlined as well. A discussion of the adverse consequences and potential risks of methamphetamine use follows. The findings indicate that informed drug treatment outreach and reduction of potential adverse consequences among methamphetamine users in rural areas are important issues for public health and for interventions.

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Cracking the Cornfields: Recruiting Illicit Stimulant Drug Users in Rural Ohio

Cited by 72 publications

References 48 publications

Longitudinal Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Multiple Substance Use: Results From a Three-Year Multisite Natural-History Study of Rural Stimulant Users

Longitudinal Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Multiple Substance Use: Results From a Three-Year Multisite Natural-History Study of Rural Stimulant Users

Down on main street: Drugs and the small-town vortex

Methamphetamine Use and Adverse Consequences in the Rural Southern United States: An Ethnographic Overview

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