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THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRUG USE AMONG TRANSNATIONAL MEXICAN FARMWORKERS

Award Number: R01DA019690
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2007
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2012

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THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRUG USE AMONG TRANSNATIONAL MEXICAN FARMWORKERS - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Drug use among transnational Mexican migrants, predominantly solo males, is drawing public concern in many agricultural communities across the country. The current knowledge attributes the problem primarily to situational factors associated with living and working in US farming regions, but fails to consider other community factors in the United States (i.e., drug availability and the presence of a drug subculture in local communities) and Mexico (i.e., drug availability and the presence of a drug subculture) as well as individual factors (i.e., background characteristics and predisposing factors). The roles of these community and individual factors are unclear, as are the relationships between these factors and their specific connections to drug use. We propose a bi-national social ecology model of drug use comprised of community, individual, and other factors in the United States and Mexico to understand the manner in which these factors contribute to drug use among transnational migrants. This model has not been elaborated or verified because few studies have been conducted in both the U.S. agricultural work sites and in migrant home communities in rural Mexico, and because of the lack of coordinated bi-national drug use studies that consider factors in both countries. In order to substantiate and elaborate on the key factors in the social ecology model, the contributing factors in both the United States and Mexico will be explored through four progressive, ethnographic field studies conducted over a three-year period. The field studies will be conducted in Southern Chester County, a major mushroom producing region of southeastern Pennsylvania, and in three municipalities in Guanajuato, Mexico, location of the home communities of the Mexican migrants working in Pennsylvania. This approach is essential to gaining access to the migrant population and to describing the complexity of factors contributing to drug use among the migrants. In each of the four field studies, the researchers will reside on site and gather qualitative data using observations, ethnographic interviews, informal interviews, focus groups, social network analysis, and genealogies. The findings will contribute to a comprehensive understanding of drug use among migrant farmworkers and to the design of bi-national substance abuse intervention and prevention programs as called for in public health policies. These programs will address the causes of substance abuse on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2012	2009	INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE	210 SOUTH 10TH STREET	INDIANA	PA	15705	INDIANA	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	4	10/26/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $192,601 )
2009	2009	INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE	210 SOUTH 10TH STREET	INDIANA	PA	15705	INDIANA	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	4	8/5/2009	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$192,601
														Subtotal = $192,601

Issue Date FY: 2008 ( Subtotal = $275,543 )
2008	2008	INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE	210 SOUTH 10TH STREET	INDIANA	PA	15705	INDIANA	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	8/26/2008	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$275,543
														Subtotal = $275,543

Issue Date FY: 2007 ( Subtotal = $254,600 )
2007	2007	INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	204 ADMINISTRATIVE ANNEX, IUP	INDIANA	PA	15705	INDIANA	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	9/25/2007	NEW	$254,600
														Subtotal = $254,600

Grand Total All Awards = $722,744

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THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRUG USE AMONG TRANSNATIONAL MEXICAN FARMWORKERS

Award Number: R01DA019690

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2007

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2012

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