Substance abusing Latinos : current research on epidemiology, prevention, and treatment

Substance abusing Latinos : current research on epidemiology, prevention, and treatment /

Discover the role culture, family, and environment have in the prevention of Latino substance abuseInformation about the substance abuse behaviors among Latino populations has been limited. Substance Abusing Latinos: Current Research on Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment fills this void by pres...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: De la Rosa, Mario, Holleran, Lori K., Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Binghamton, NY : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, 2005
Series:Monographic separates from the Journal of social work practice in the addictions
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Substance use.
Hispanic Americans > Substance use > Prevention.
Substance abuse > United States.
Substance abuse > United States > Prevention.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Substance abuse among U.S. Latinos : a review of the literature / Mario R. De La Rosa [and others]
  • Substance abuse among Puerto Rican and Dominican gang members in a small city setting / Mario De La Rosa, Douglas Rugh, Patria Rojas
  • Childhood sexual abuse and drug use among low-income urban Puerto Rican women / Mildred Vera [and others]
  • A comparison of African American and Cuban American adolescent juvenile offenders : risky sexual and drug use behaviors / Jessy G. Dévieux [and others]
  • Acculturation status and substance use prevention with Mexican and Mexican-American youth / Flavio F. Marsiglia [and others]
  • Culturally competent intervention with families of Latino youth at risk for drug abuse / Dhira Crunkilton, Juan J. Paz, David P. Boyle
  • Psychiatric, family, and ethnicity-related factors that can impact treatment utilization among Hispanic substance abusing adolescents / Daniel A. Santisteban [and others]
  • Factors associated with drug treatment entry patterns among Hispanic women injection drug users seeking treatment / Lena M. Lundgren, Hortensia Amaro, Linsey Ben-Ami
  • Special topics
  • HIV/AIDS prevention practice with Latino/a substance abusers : an interview with Jennifer Herrera / Lori K. Holleran
  • Endpage
  • The story of a bi-cultural, Latina addict / Evelyn B.

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