Miguel Pinedo1. 1. Department of Kinesiology & Health Education, College of Education, University of Texas, Austin, 2109 San Jacinto Blvd., Stop D3700, Austin, TX 78712, United States. Electronic address: mpinedo@austin.utexas.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Scant data has found that the deportation of a migrant family member has adverse health consequences for their US-citizen family members. However, no study has investigated how the detention or deportations of others (e.g., family, friends) relate to the alcohol and drug-using behaviors of US-citizen Latinos. METHODS: From April to May 2019, 3,446 adult participants of White, Black, and Latino racial/ethnic descent were recruited to complete a self-administered, structured, online questionnaire. Analyses were restricted to US-citizens only (n = 3,282). Using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise and the Substance Use Brief Screen scale, the two dependent outcome variables were hazardous drinking and symptoms of a drug use disorder (DUD). Three separate multivariable logistic regression models were conducted to explore how Latinos who personally knew a detained or deported migrant, and their relationship to the detainee/deportee (e.g., family, friend), related to each outcome, relative to other racial/ethnic groups. RESULTS: Overall 39% of Latinos reported personally knowing a detained or deported migrant. In multivariable analyses, Latinos who knew a detained or deported migrant had significantly higher odds of reporting hazardous drinking and DUD symptoms relative to Whites. Latinos who had a family member detained or deported had 3.91 times the odds of reporting symptoms of DUD, respectively, than Whites. Latinos who had a friend detained or deported had also greater odds of reporting hazardous drinking and DUD symptoms than Whites. Importantly, Latinos who did not personally know a detainee or deportee were not any more likely than Whites to report hazardous drinking and DUD symptoms. CONCLUSION: Findings underscore that detentions and deportations may be influencing the substance using behaviors of US-citizen Latinos and may potentially exacerbate or perpetuate substance abuse-related disparities. Public health and policy implications are discussed.
BACKGROUND: Scant data has found that the deportation of a migrant family member has adverse health consequences for their US-citizen family members. However, no study has investigated how the detention or deportations of others (e.g., family, friends) relate to the alcohol and drug-using behaviors of US-citizen Latinos. METHODS: From April to May 2019, 3,446 adult participants of White, Black, and Latino racial/ethnic descent were recruited to complete a self-administered, structured, online questionnaire. Analyses were restricted to US-citizens only (n = 3,282). Using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise and the Substance Use Brief Screen scale, the two dependent outcome variables were hazardous drinking and symptoms of a drug use disorder (DUD). Three separate multivariable logistic regression models were conducted to explore how Latinos who personally knew a detained or deported migrant, and their relationship to the detainee/deportee (e.g., family, friend), related to each outcome, relative to other racial/ethnic groups. RESULTS: Overall 39% of Latinos reported personally knowing a detained or deported migrant. In multivariable analyses, Latinos who knew a detained or deported migrant had significantly higher odds of reporting hazardous drinking and DUD symptoms relative to Whites. Latinos who had a family member detained or deported had 3.91 times the odds of reporting symptoms of DUD, respectively, than Whites. Latinos who had a friend detained or deported had also greater odds of reporting hazardous drinking and DUD symptoms than Whites. Importantly, Latinos who did not personally know a detainee or deportee were not any more likely than Whites to report hazardous drinking and DUD symptoms. CONCLUSION: Findings underscore that detentions and deportations may be influencing the substance using behaviors of US-citizen Latinos and may potentially exacerbate or perpetuate substance abuse-related disparities. Public health and policy implications are discussed.
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