Drug Abuse Prevention with Multiethnic Youth

by Botvin

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803957114
• ISBN13: 9780803957114
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Good exploration of race/ethnicity/culture

I primarily read parts of this book for my research focusing on the chapters that explored the challenges of research looking at just race, or just ethnicity, or just culture. Also explored the meanings of those terms. So, if you are an educator or researcher, I think this book is very useful!