1st Edition
Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Minority Populations Advances and Issues
By Bernard Segal
Copyright 1999
316 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
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Be a better researcher when studying drug abuse among minorities! Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Minority Populations: Advances and Issues brings you the voices of drug abuse researchers who discuss the most important concerns about conducting research in drug-taking minority populations. In this strategy-based book, you’ll find yourself beneficially involved in a discussion of many... Read more
Contents Foreword
- PART I. Theoretical Advances and Issues
- Structural Strain: An Ecological Paradigm for Studying African American Drug Use
- Explaining Race Differences in Adolescent and Young Adult Drug Use: The Role of Racialized Social Systems
- Stress Coping as a Conceptual Framework for Studying Alcohol and Drug Use Among Asian American Adolescents
- A Model for Explaining Drug Use Behavior Among Hispanic Adolescents
- Community Involvement: Advances and Issues
- Conducting Drug Abuse Prevention Research in Partnership with Native American Communities: Meeting Challenges Through Collaborative Approaches
- Involvement of the Hispanic Community in ATOD Research
- Building Bridges: Community Involvement in Drug and HIV Research Among Minority Populations
- PART II. Access, Recruitment and Retention: Advances and Issues
- Gaining Access to Hidden Populations: Strategies for Gaining Cooperation of Drug Sellers/Dealers and Their Families in Ethnographic Research
- Strategies for Accessing and Retaining Asian Drug Users in Research Studies
- Obtaining Consent and Other Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Research in American Indian Communities
- Retention of Minority Populations in Panel Studies of Drug Use
- Reducing Selection Bias in the Use of Focus Groups to Investigate Hidden Populations: The Case of Mexican-American Gang Members from South Texas
- Training and Development of Minority and Non-Minority Abuse Researchers and Research Teams: Advances and Issues
- Building Effective Research Teams When Conducting Drug Prevention Research with Minority Populations
- Constructing and Managing Culturally Competent Research Teams for Community-Based Investigations
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Minority Populations: Conclusions and Recommendations
- Index
Biography
Bernard Segal
