The Relationship Between Perceptions of Neighborhood Characteristics and Substance Use Among Urban African American Adolescents

Lambert, Sharon F.; Brown, Tamara L.; Phillips, Clarenda M.; Ialongo, Nicholas S.

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“…Perceived level of neighborhood safety also seems associated with lower risk for substanceuse disorders. This finding is consistent with other research (Cho, Park, & Echevarria-Cruz, 2005;Lambert, Brown, Phillips, & Ialongo, 2004;Wandersman & Nation, 1998) which emphasizes the importance of the receiving context, particularly early exposure to neighborhood disadvantage as a risk factor for illness, even after controlling for individuallevel socioeconomic status. For substance-use disorders, the importance of arrival to the U.S. after age 25 offers insight into the context-dependent risk for substance use disorders.…”

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Understanding differences in past year psychiatric disorders for Latinos living in the US

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Shrout

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This study seeks to identify risk factors for psychiatric disorders that may explain differences in nativity effects among adult Latinos in the USA. We evaluate whether factors related to the processes of acculturation and enculturation, immigration factors, family stressors and supports, contextual factors, and social status in the U.S. account for differences in twelve-month prevalence of psychiatric disorders for eight subgroups of Latinos. We report results that differentiate Latino respondents by country of origin and age at immigration (whether they were U.S.-born or arrived before age 6 [IUSC] or whether they arrived after age 6 [LAI]). After age and gender adjustments, LAI Mexicans and IUSC Cubans reported a significantly lower prevalence of depressive disorders than IUSC Mexicans. Once we adjust for differences in family stressors, contextual factors and social status factors, these differences are no longer significant. The risk for anxiety disorders appears no different for LAI Correspondence to: Margarita Alegria. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptSoc Sci Med. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2008 July 1. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript compared to IUSC Latinos, after age and gender adjustments. For substance use disorders, family factors do not offset the elevated risk of early exposure to neighborhood disadvantage, but coming to the U.S. after age 25 does offset it. Family conflict and burden were consistently related to the risk of mood disorders. Our findings suggest that successful adaptation into the U.S. is a multidimensional process that includes maintenance of family harmony, integration in advantageous U.S. neighborhoods, and positive perceptions of social standing. Our results uncover that nativity may be a less important independent risk factor for current psychiatric morbidity than originally thought.

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Understanding differences in past year psychiatric disorders for Latinos living in the US

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Woo

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“…In a community sample of urban African Americans in Baltimore city, perceptions of neighborhood disorder in 7th grade were associated with 9th grade drug use (defined as alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana use). 15 In this same sample but not restricted to African Americans, youth living in neighborhoods with an increasing presence of abandoned buildings over time were more likely to use marijuana 2 years after high school compared to youth living in "always-good" neighborhoods. 16 More recently, in a small study of young adult African American men in Chicago, those reporting high levels of neighborhood disorder were more likely to report a history of marijuana use.…”

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Neighborhood Environment and Urban African American Marijuana Use during High School

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African American male high school students have the highest rates of marijuana use among all racial, ethnic, and gender groups, yet there is limited research examining contextual factors salient to the African American community. The purpose of this study was to examine how neighborhood environment measured in 8th grade is related to longitudinal transitions in marijuana use during high school (9th to 12th grades) in a sample of urban African Americans. Four hundred and fifty-two African American children were interviewed annually beginning in 1st grade as part of a longitudinal field study in Baltimore city. Latent transition analysis indicated early in high school posed the greatest risk for initiation and progression of marijuana use. Community violence exposure was associated with an increased likelihood of transitioning from no marijuana use to infrequent use (adjusted odds ratios (AOR)=2.40, pG0.001). Higher perceived neighborhood disorder (AOR=3.20, p= 0.004), drug activity and sales in the neighborhood (AOR=2.28, p=0.028), and community violence exposure (AOR=4.54, pG0.001) were associated with an increased risk of transitioning from no use to frequent/problematic marijuana use. There was evidence for partial mediation of these associations by perceptions of harm and depressed mood. Drug activity and sales was associated with progression from infrequent to frequent and problematic use (AOR=2.87, p=0.029). African American youth living in urban environments with exposure to drug activity, violence, and neighborhood disorder are at increased risk for both initiation and progression to more frequent and problematic marijuana use during high school. These findings highlight the need to develop interventions for African American youth that are mindful of the impact of the additional stressors of living in a highrisk urban environment during a critical developmental transition period. Reducing exposure to drug activity and violence in high-risk urban neighborhoods may be the first step to potentially halt increasing rates of marijuana use among African Americans.

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“…Lambert et al (2004) found that perceived neighborhood disorder (e.g., drug sales and violent crimes) in Grade 7 was associated with increased marijuana use in Grade 9 using a sample of African American youth in the city of Baltimore. A similar linkage was discovered between perceived neighborhood disorder and current marijuana use among middle-school students from three different states in the United States (Wilson et al, 2005).…”

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“…There is a growing body of work substantiating the association between neighborhood disorder and adolescent and young adult marijuana use (Burlew et al, 2009;Lambert et al, 2004;Reboussin et al, 2007;Theall et al, 2009;Wilson et al, 2005). Lambert et al (2004) found that perceived neighborhood disorder (e.g., drug sales and violent crimes) in Grade 7 was associated with increased marijuana use in Grade 9 using a sample of African American youth in the city of Baltimore.…”

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The Growth of Neighborhood Disorder and Marijuana Use Among Urban Adolescents: A Case for Policy and Environmental Interventions

Furr‐Holden¹,

Lee²,

Milam³

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J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: This study examines the growth of neighborhood disorder and subsequent marijuana use among urban adolescents transitioning into young adulthood. Method: Data are derived from a longitudinal sample of 434 predominately African American 12th graders followed-up at 2 years after high school. The data are rich in repeated measures documenting substance use and misuse and neighborhood characteristics. Growth mixture modeling was used to examine how neighborhood disorder trajectories, measured through the presence of abandoned buildings on the blocks where participants reside, infl uence subsequent drug use beginning in late adolescence and into young adulthood. Results: A four-class solution characterizing neighborhood growth was selected as the fi nal model and included rapidly improving, slightly improving, always-good, and deteriorating neighborhoods. Young adults living in neighborhoods that had been deteriorating over time were 30% more likely to use marijuana 2 years after high school than adolescents living in always-good neighborhoods (odds ratio = 1.30, p = .034). There was no relationship between living in a neighborhood that was improving and marijuana use. Conclusions: This study identifi ed a salient and malleable neighborhood characteristic, abandoned housing, which predicted elevated risk for young-adult marijuana use. This research supports environmental strategies that target abandoned buildings as a means to improve health and health behaviors for community residents, particularly young-adult substance use. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 72,

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The Relationship Between Perceptions of Neighborhood Characteristics and Substance Use Among Urban African American Adolescents

Cited by 200 publications

References 52 publications

Understanding differences in past year psychiatric disorders for Latinos living in the US

Understanding differences in past year psychiatric disorders for Latinos living in the US

Neighborhood Environment and Urban African American Marijuana Use during High School

The Growth of Neighborhood Disorder and Marijuana Use Among Urban Adolescents: A Case for Policy and Environmental Interventions

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