Reducing the effects of parental substance abuse on children: A spiritual recommendation

An empirically supported and culturally specific engagement and intervention strategy for African American adolescent males.

“…An Afrocentric perspective posits that African American adolescent males are faced with a unique set of social forces (e.g., racial oppression, discrimination, poverty) which deter these youth from normal/healthy development (Moore et al, 2003). For example, young African American substance-abusing and juvenilejustice-involved youth may be less cognitively developed and socially mature than the mainstream adolescent population (Oetzel & Scherer, 2003).…”

“…These three cultures, however, themselves are nested within a youth or adolescent subculture, which is, in turn, embedded within the street culture. There are relatively few published studies on culturally specific interventions that address the multiple embedded cultural contexts of minority adolescents (Moore et al., 2003). Previous studies conducted with Native American and Hispanic youth demonstrated that interventions which address the multiple cultural and social contexts of the ethnic youth and families involved in treatment can have a positive impact on important therapy outcomes, such as reduced drug use (e.g., LaFromboise & Bigfoot, 1988; Malgady, Rogler, & Constantino, 1990; Szapocznik et al., 1986).…”

“…Facilitating therapeutic access into the world of African American adolescents through music and other salient issues (e.g., athletics and religion; Fisher, Juszczak, & Friedman, 1996; Moore, Madison-Colmore, & Moore, 2003) increases intervention opportunities with the adolescent. The following vignettes demonstrate the effectiveness of using the music of the adolescent's culture within the therapeutic context to help adolescents discuss areas of their lives to which the therapist otherwise would not have access.…”

“…Engaging clinically referred, juvenile-justice-involved, African American adolescent males in family therapy is a challenging task for many therapists (Kazdin, Stolar, & Marciano, 1995; Rowe & Grills, 1993). Advances in the field include the articulation and testing of culturally specific interventions for African American youths (Abram, Teplin, McClelland, & Dulcan, 2003; Caldwell et al., 2004; Gil, Wagner, & Tubman, 2004; Lyon & Woodward, 2003; Moore, Madison-Colmore, & Moore, 2003; Oyserman, Terry, & Bybee, 2002). Part of this stream of work, this article outlines a culturally specific, family-based treatment engagement and intervention strategy for assisting with the engagement of African American adolescents.…”

(M)Others in Altered States: Prenatal Drug-Use, Risk, Choice, and Responsible Self-Governance

“…Second, scholars have critiqued Project Prevention for its underlying eugenic-like rationales (Boyd, 2004;Glenn, 2006;Monroe and Alexander, 2005;Ross et al, 2001;Shatila et al, 2005;Smith, 2005;Wilson, 2002). Third, the program has been described as an unattractive option compared with therapeutic, religious and/or spiritual alternatives (Moore et al, 2005a(Moore et al, , 2005bYancey, 2005). Finally, scholars like Johnson (2001) and Mauldon (2003) have applied their legal and/or economic views to conclude that Project Prevention is an effective initiative.…”