Self-reported Racial Discrimination and Substance Use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults Study

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dc.contributor.authorBorrell, Luisa N.
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, David R., Jr.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, David R.
dc.contributor.authorPletcher, Mark J.
dc.contributor.authorHouston, Thomas K.
dc.contributor.authorKiefe, Catarina I.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:00:28Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:00:28Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe authors investigated whether substance use and self-reported racial discrimination were associated in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Smoking status, alcohol consumption, and lifetime use of marijuana, amphetamines, and opiates were ascertained in 2000–2001, 15 years after baseline(1985–1986). Most of the 1,507 African Americans reported having experienced racial discrimination, 79.5% at year 7 and 74.6% at year 15, compared with 29.7% and 23.7% among the 1,813 Whites. Compared with African Americans experiencing no discrimination, African Americans reporting any discrimination had more education and income, while the opposite was true for Whites (all p < 0.001). African Americans experiencing racial discrimination in at least three of seven domains in both years had 1.87 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.18, 2.96) and 2.12 (95% CI: 1.42, 3.17) higher odds of reporting current tobacco use and having any alcohol in the past year than did their counterparts experiencing no discrimination. With control for income and education, African Americans reporting discrimination in three or more domains in both years had 3.31 (95% CI: 1.90, 5.74) higher odds of using marijuana 100 or more times in their lifetime, relative to African Americans reporting no discrimination. These associations were similarly positive in Whites but not significant. Substance use may be an unhealthy coping response to perceived unfair treatment for some individuals, regardless of their race/ethnicity.
dc.description.urihttp://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/166/9/1068.long
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/mfes-hpuf
dc.identifier.citationBorrell, Luisa N. and Jacobs, David R., Jr. and Williams, David R. and Pletcher, Mark J. and Houston, Thomas K. and Kiefe, Catarina I. (2007) Self-reported Racial Discrimination and Substance Use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 166 (9). pp. 1068-1079.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 781
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22780
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectCardiovascular Disease
dc.subjectHealth Risk Factors
dc.subjectAlcohol
dc.subjectIllegal Drug Use
dc.subjectSmoking & Tobacco Use
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectadaptation
dc.subjectpsychological
dc.subjectAfrican Americans
dc.subjectalcohol drinking
dc.subjectamphetamines
dc.subjectcannabis
dc.subjectcocaine
dc.subjectprejudice
dc.subjectsmoking
dc.titleSelf-reported Racial Discrimination and Substance Use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults Study
dc.typeArticle

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