UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Miguel Pinedo
DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016
REGION: Southern Mexico
REFERENCE: Pinedo M, Sim DE, Giacinto RE, Luisa zuñiga M. An Exploratory Study of Internal Migration and Substance Use Among an Indigenous Community in Southern Mexico. Fam Community Health. 2016;39(1):24-30.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: he primary aim of this study was to explore the association between internal migration experience within Mexico and lifetime substance use among a sample of 442 indigenous persons from Yucatan, Mexico. Adjusting for potential confounding, correlates of lifetime substance use were assessed among participants with and without internal migration experience. Internal migration to a tourist destination was independently associated with higher odds (adjusted odds ratio: 2.1; 95% confidence interval: 1.3-3.4) of reporting lifetime substance use. Findings suggest that environmental contexts of internal migration may be of importance in shaping vulnerability to substance use.
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