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Journal of Addictive Diseases Volume 32, 2013 - Issue 4
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Correlates of Risky Alcohol and Methamphetamine Use Among Currently Homeless Male Parolees

Benissa E. Salem RN MSN PhD School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Adeline Nyamathi ANP PhD FAAN School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Colleen Keenan PhD School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Sheldon Zhang PhD San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Elizabeth Marlow PhD University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Farinaz Khalilifard MA LMFT School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Kartik Yadav MScH BScH School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Mark Faucette RAS CSAC Amistad De Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Barbara Leake PhD School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Mary Marfisee MD School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Pages 365-376 | Published online: 10 Dec 2013
 
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Abstract

Homeless men on parole are a hard-to-reach population with significant community reintegration challenges. This cross-sectional study describes sociodemographic, cognitive, psychosocial, and drug-related correlates of alcohol and methamphetamine use in 157 homeless male parolees (age range 18–60) enrolled in a substance abuse treatment center in Los Angeles, California. Logistic regression results revealed that being African American and older were negatively related to methamphetamine use, whereas being older and more hostile were related to riskier alcohol abuse. Findings from this study provide a greater understanding of correlates of methamphetamine and alcohol—-two of the most detrimental forms of substances abused among currently homeless parolees.

Acknowledgments

This study was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1R01DA27213-01.

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