Substance Abusing Latinos: Current Research on Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment

by Shulamith L A Straussner, Mario De La Rosa, Lori Holleran

Overview

Discover the role culture, family, and environment have in the prevention of Latino substance abuse

Information 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 presenting the latest research on the epidemic of substance abuse now afflicting the Latino community. Ethnic differences are reviewed, including specific studies covering gang members, low-income urban women, risky behaviors, and language preference indicators of acculturation. This book does more than simply present the researchit discusses effective treatment strategies to help practitioners provide quality, culturally competent care to lacking Latino populations.

Latinos, the largest minority in the United States, have an increasing alcohol and illicit drug use problem. Culture, acculturation, and language hold powerful sway in the research of Latino/a substance abuse. Substance Abusing Latinos: Current Research on Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment delves deeply into troubling issues such as gang membership, sexual abuse, the lack of healthy family role models, the effects of different levels of acculturation, the lack of health insurance, and rampant involvement with the criminal system. The research is used as a foundation to focus on the latest advances of substance abuse prevention and culturally competent intervention programs.
Each chapter is extensively referenced to reinforce research.

Substance Abusing Latinos: Current Research on Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment explores:

• substance abuse among gang members in a small city
  
• childhood sexual abuse and drug use among low-income Puerto Rican women
  
• a comparison of risky behaviors of African-American and Cuban-American adolescent juvenile offenders
  
• acculturation status and substance use prevention with Mexican and Mexican-American youth
  
• culturally competent intervention with families of Latino youth at risk for drug abuse
  
• psychiatric, family, and ethnicity-related factors that can impact treatment among Hispanic substance abusing adolescents
  
• HIV/AIDS prevention practice with substance abusers
  
  

Substance Abusing Latinos: Current Research on Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment is essential reading for educators, students, practitioners working with Latino/a populations, and substance abuse researchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136438998
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	210
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Shulamith L A Straussner, Mario De La Rosa, Lori Holleran

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Substance Abuse Among U.S. Latinos: A Review of the Literature, Mario R. De La Rosa, Lori K. Holleran, Douglas Rugh, Samuel A. MacMaster; Chapter 2 Substance Abuse Among Puerto Rican and Dominican Gang Members in a Small City Setting, Mario R. De La Rosa, Douglas Rugh, Patria Rojas; Chapter 3 Childhood Sexual Abuse and Drug Use Among Low-Income Urban Puerto Rican Women, Mildred Vera, Margarita Alegría, Angela M. Pattatucci-Aragón, Marisol Peña; Chapter 4 A Comparison of African American and Cuban American Adolescent Juvenile Offenders: Risky Sexual and Drug Use Behaviors, Jessy G. Dévieux, Robert M. Malow, Emma Ergon-Pérez, Deanne Samuels, Patria Rojas, Sarah R. Khushal, Michèle Jean-Gilles; Chapter 5 Acculturation Status and Substance Use Prevention with Mexican and Mexican-American Youth, Flavio F. Marsiglia, Stephen Kulis, David A. Wagstaff, Elvira Elek, David Dran; Chapter 6 Culturally Competent Intervention with Families of Latino Youth at Risk for Drug Abuse, Dhira Crunkilton, Juan J. Paz, David P. Boyle; Chapter 7 Psychiatric, Family, and Ethnicity-Related Factors That Can Impact Treatment Utilization Among Hispanic Substance Abusing Adolescents, Daniel A. Santisteban, Frank Dillon, Maite P. Mena, Yannine Estrada, Ellen L. Vaughan; Chapter 8 Factors Associated with Drug Treatment Entry Patterns Among Hispanic Women Injection Drug Users Seeking Treatment, Lena M. Lundgren, Hortensia Amaro, Linsey Ben-Ami; Chapter 9 SPECIAL TOPICS HIV/AIDS Prevention Practice with Latino/a Substance Abusers: An Interview with Jennifer Herrera; Chapter 10 ENDPAGE The Story of a Bi-Cultural, Latina Addict, Evelyn B.;