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Abstract Aims: Opioid misuse among African-Americans (AAs) has increased over the last two decades. However, there has been surprisingly little investigation into when/how AAs initiate their misuse of opioids. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to identify opioid misuse initiation patterns among AAs and assess whether these patterns differed from those of White Americans. The research goals were to identify the: (1) age at which opioid misuse initiation among AAs occurs, (2) opioids that AAs most commonly use at initiation, and (3) source of opioids used at initiation. Qualitative interview data are also presented to contextualize the circumstances surrounding initiation. Methods: Data were drawn from The Florida Minority Health Survey, a mixed-methods project that included online surveys ( n = 403) and qualitative in-depth interviews ( n = 30). Data collection was conducted from August 2021 to February 2022 throughout the state of Florida. Findings: The sample was approximately three-fourths male, half was age 34 or younger, and consisted of 303 AA and 100 White adults. Analyses revealed that AAs and White Americans differed somewhat in the way they begin their opioid misus

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Author

Khary K. Rigg; Samantha Strickland

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)