Drug Abuse Prevention ith Multiethnic Youth [Paperback]

What is known about the influence of ethnicity upon drug use? How can this knowledge be used to develop prevention programmes for multi-ethnic youth? Contributors to this invaluable book address these and other pressing questions. They consider specific problems and challenges confronting researchers involved in studying substance abuse in minority communities; explore explanations for racial and ethnic differences in drug use; and examine possible risk and protective factors which influence use. Current drug abuse prevention models in settings including schools, communities and homeless shelters are also presented.What is known about the influence of ethnicity upon drug use? How can this knowledge be used to develop prevention programmes for multi-ethnic youth? Contributors to this invaluable book address these and other pressing questions. They consider specific problems and challenges confronting researchers involved in studying substance abuse in minority communities; explore explanations for racial and ethnic differences in drug use; and examine possible risk and protective factors which influence use. Current drug abuse prevention models in settings including schools, communities and homeless shelters are also presented.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 Etló!