Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Public Health Reports logoLink to Public Health Reports
. 2002;117(Suppl 1):S30–S38.

Risk behaviors of Filipino methamphetamine users in San Francisco: implications for prevention and treatment of drug use and HIV.

Tooru Nemoto 1, Don Operario 1, Toho Soma 1
PMCID: PMC1913699  PMID: 12435825

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study describes the demographics, HIV risk and drug use behaviors, and psychosocial status of Filipino American methamphetamine users in the San Francisco Bay area. METHODS: Individual interviews were conducted with 83 Filipino American methamphetamine users, recruited through snowball sampling methods. A structured survey questionnaire included measures of drug use behaviors, HIV-related sexual behaviors, psychosocial factors, and demographics. RESULTS: Filipino methamphetamine users tended to be male, to have low levels of perceived personal control in their lives, and to report low levels of shame about their drug use. Methamphetamine use was strongly associated with HIV-related risk behaviors. Frequent methamphetamine users tended to engage in drug use before or during sex and to use condoms infrequently. Commercial sex activity was associated with frequency of methamphetamine use. About one-third of the study participants had never been tested for HIV. CONCLUSION: HIV/STD and drug abuse prevention programs that target Filipino Americans are needed. These programs should be tailored to meet clients' needs on the basis of gender, employment status, acculturation, and psychosocial variables that affect drug use and sexual behaviors.

Full text

PDF
S30

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Alvarez S. Z., Judan E., Bagsic R., Payawal D., Peña D., Sollano J., Fernandez J. Ulcer recurrence among Filipino patients: clinical profile and risk factors. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1995 Jan-Feb;10(1):98–102. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1995.tb01056.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Caetano R., Clark C. L., Tam T. Alcohol consumption among racial/ethnic minorities: theory and research. Alcohol Health Res World. 1998;22(4):233–241. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Coz F., Orvieto M., Bustos M., Lyng R., Stein C., Hinrichs A., San Francisco I. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy of 2000 urinary calculi with the modulith SL-20: success and failure according to size and location of stones. J Endourol. 2000 Apr;14(3):239–246. doi: 10.1089/end.2000.14.239. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. D'Avanzo C. E. Southeast Asians: Asian-Pacific Americans at risk for substance misuse. Subst Use Misuse. 1997 Jun;32(7-8):829–848. doi: 10.3109/10826089709055861. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Ellickson P. L., Morton S. C. Identifying adolescents at risk for hard drug use: racial/ethnic variations. J Adolesc Health. 1999 Dec;25(6):382–395. doi: 10.1016/s1054-139x(98)00144-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Greenfeld K. T. Speed demons. Time. 2001 Apr 2;157(13):32-4, 37-9. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Harachi T. W., Catalano R. F., Kim S., Choi Y. Etiology and prevention of substance use among Asian American youth. Prev Sci. 2001 Mar;2(1):57–65. doi: 10.1023/a:1010039012978. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Haselkorn T., Bernstein L., Preston-Martin S., Cozen W., Mack W. J. Descriptive epidemiology of thyroid cancer in Los Angeles County, 1972-1995. Cancer Causes Control. 2000 Feb;11(2):163–170. doi: 10.1023/a:1008932123830. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Huisman K. A. Wife battering in Asian American communities. Identifying the service needs of an overlooked segment of the U.S. population. Violence Against Women. 1996 Sep;2(3):260–283. doi: 10.1177/1077801296002003003. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Ja D. Y., Aoki B. Substance abuse treatment: cultural barriers in the Asian-American community. J Psychoactive Drugs. 1993 Jan-Mar;25(1):61–71. doi: 10.1080/02791072.1993.10472592. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. James W. H., Kim G. K., Armijo E. The influence of ethnic identity on drug use among ethnic minority adolescents. J Drug Educ. 2000;30(3):265–280. doi: 10.2190/CM46-UG9E-YHPW-AW6L. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Kuramoto F. H. Drug abuse prevention research concerns in Asian and Pacific Islander populations. NIDA Res Monogr. 1994;139:249–272. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Kuramoto F., Nakashima J. Developing an ATOD prevention campaign for Asian and Pacific Islanders: some considerations. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2000 May;6(3):57–64. doi: 10.1097/00124784-200006030-00010. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Lipman R. S., Covi L., Shapiro A. K. The Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL)--factors derived from the HSCL-90. J Affect Disord. 1979 Mar;1(1):9–24. doi: 10.1016/0165-0327(79)90021-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Maddahian E., Newcomb M. D., Bentler P. M. Single and multiple patterns of adolescent substance use: longitudinal comparisons of four ethnic groups. J Drug Educ. 1985;15(4):311–326. doi: 10.2190/2UEC-5ADY-GJMB-4J6G. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. McLaughlin D. G., Raymond J. S., Murakami S. R., Goebert D. Drug use among Asian Americans in Hawaii. J Psychoactive Drugs. 1987 Jan-Mar;19(1):85–94. doi: 10.1080/02791072.1987.10472383. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Nemoto T., Aoki B., Huang K., Morris A., Nguyen H., Wong W. Drug use behaviors among Asian drug users in San Francisco. Addict Behav. 1999 Nov-Dec;24(6):823–838. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4603(99)00020-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Nemoto T., Luke D., Mamo L., Ching A., Patria J. HIV risk behaviours among male-to-female transgenders in comparison with homosexual or bisexual males and heterosexual females. AIDS Care. 1999 Jun;11(3):297–312. doi: 10.1080/09540129947938. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Rossing M. A., Schwartz S. M., Weiss N. S. Thyroid cancer incidence in Asian migrants to the United States and their descendants. Cancer Causes Control. 1995 Sep;6(5):439–444. doi: 10.1007/BF00052184. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Srinivasan S., Guillermo T. Toward improved health: disaggregating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander data. Am J Public Health. 2000 Nov;90(11):1731–1734. doi: 10.2105/ajph.90.11.1731. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Public Health Reports are provided here courtesy of SAGE Publications

RESOURCES