Title

Prescription Drug Misuse Among Asian-American Adults: Results From A National Survey

Keywords

Acculturation; Asian; Culture strain; Prescription drug misuse; Race

Abstract

Asians have low levels of substance use compared with other groups in the United States. Given the increase in Asian population, we believe it is important to study substance use in this population. Data from the 20022003 National Latino and Asian American Study are examined to address two questions. First, which Asian ethnic subgroup is at greatest risk for prescription drug misuse? Second, is acculturation significantly correlated with prescription drug misuse among Asians? Findings indicate that Filipinos are at the greater risk for prescription drug misuse. Also, Asians who are more acculturated are at greater risk for prescription drug misuse. © 2011 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.

Publication Date

9-30-2011

Publication Title

Substance Use and Misuse

Volume

46

Issue

13

Number of Pages

1700-1708

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2011.605415

Socpus ID

80053480613 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/80053480613

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