Drug abuse prevention with multiethnic youth /

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Imprint:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995.
Description:x, 359 p.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1761214
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Other authors / contributors:Botvin, Gilbert J.
Schinke, Steven Paul.
Orlandi, Mario A.
ISBN:0803957114 (alk. paper)
0803957122 (pbk., : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity
  • Toward an Understanding of Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity, and Their Relationship with Drug Use Research
  • Issues of Ethnicity in Research on the Prevention of Substance Abuse
  • Conducting Research in Ethnic Minority Communities
  • Considerations and Challenges
  • Part 2. Drug Use Prevalence, Ethnic Differences, and Etiology
  • Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Drug Use
  • Exploring Possible Explanations
  • Ethnic Differences in Drug Use
  • Patterns and Paradoxes
  • Drug Use Etiology among Ethnic Minority Adolescents
  • Risk and Protective Factors
  • Causal Models of Substance Abuse among Puerto Rican Adolescents
  • Implications for Prevention
  • Cultural Identity and Drug Use among Latino and Latina Adolescents
  • Part 3. Promising Approaches to Drug Abuse Prevention
  • Drug Abuse Prevention in School Settings
  • Prevention Research in Multiethnic Communities
  • Developing Community Support and Collaboration, and Adapting Research Methods
  • Prevention in Community Settings
  • Developing Interventions for Multiethnic Populations
  • A Case Study with Homeless Youth
  • Strengthening Families to Prevent Drug Use in Multiethnic Youth
  • Substance Abuse Prevention Involving Asian/Pacific Islander American Communities