Drug Abuse Prevention with Multiethnic Youth offers well-written chapters by well-qualified authors. This volume provides good documentation on a subject that is timely and important. --Jacob U. Gordon, Ph.D., Executive Director, Institute for Black Leadership Development and Research, The University of Kansas Contributors to this probing volume examine the connection between race/ethnicity and drug abuse and investigate how understanding this connection can play a role in the development of prevention programs for multiethnic youths. The first chapters review the terms ethnicity and ethnic identity and their representation in drug abuse research, considering specific problems and challenges that confront researchers who study substance abuse in minority communities. Next, the contributors focus on drug use prevalence rates and observed racial/ethnic differences in adolescent drug use. This sensitive and proactive volume concludes with a comprehensive analyses of models of drug abuse prevention in a variety of settings--homes, schools, communities, and homeless shelters. Members of the helping professions, researchers in drug abuse treatment and prevention, and students in related public health courses will find information in this volume invaluable to better understanding and responding to multiethnic youths in crisis and at risk of drug abuse.
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PART ONE: ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC IDENTITY
Toward an Understanding of Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity, and Their Relationship with Drug Use Research - Joseph E Trimble
Issues of Ethnicity in Research on the Prevention of Substance Abuse - R Lorraine Collins
Conducting Research in Ethnic Minority Communities - Robert E Fullilove and Mindy Thompson Fullilove
Considerations and Challenges
PART TWO: DRUG USE PREVALENCE, ETHNIC DIFFERENCES, AND ETIOLOGY
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Drug Use - John M Wallace et al
Exploring Possible Explanations
Ethnic Differences in Drug Use - Denise B Kandel
Patterns and Paradoxes
Drug Use Etiology among Ethnic Minority Adolescents - Michael D Newcomb
Risk and Protective Factors
Causal Models of Substance Abuse among Puerto Rican Adolescents - Orlando Rodriguez
Implications for Prevention
Cultural Identity and Drug Use among Latino and Latina Adolescents - Maria Felix-Ortiz and Michael D Newcomb
PART THREE: PROMISING APPROACHES TO DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION
Drug Abuse Prevention in School Settings - Gilbert J Botvin
Prevention Research in Multiethnic Communities - Mary Ann Pentz
Developing Community Support and Collaboration, and Adapting Research Methods
Prevention in Community Settings - Steven Schinke and Kristin Cole
Developing Interventions for Multiethnic Populations - Linda Dusenbury and Tracy Diaz
A Case Study with Homeless Youth
Strengthening Families to Prevent Drug Use in Multiethnic Youth - Karol L Kumpfer and Rose Alvarado
Substance Abuse Prevention Involving Asian/Pacific Islander American Communities - Sehwan Kim et al
