Substance Use Among Native American Indian Youth: A Selected Review of Causality

Herring, Roger D.

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1994.tb01685.x

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“…Similarly, about the same percentages of AIAN adolescents (ages 12-17 years) and those in other racial groups used alcohol in the past year, but AIAN adolescents were more likely to meet criteria for 12-month alcohol use disorder (7). In general, AIAN adolescents tend to have earlier onset of substance use than other ethnic groups (8)(9)(10) and to move more quickly into regular use (11)(12)(13)(14), resulting in earlier onset of substance use disorders (15).…”

Section: Substance Abuse In American Indian/alaska Native Communitiesmentioning

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Substance Abuse Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Whitbeck

Walls

Welch

2012

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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In this article we review three categories of American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) substance abuse prevention programs: (1) published empirical trials; (2) promising programs published and unpublished that are in the process of development and that have the potential for empirical trials; and (3) examples of innovative grassroots programs that originate at the local level and may have promise for further development. AIAN communities are taking more and more independent control of substance abuse prevention. We point out that European American prevention scientists are largely unaware of the numerous grassroots prevention work going on in AIAN communities and urge a paradigm shift from adapting European American prevention science "best practices" to creating cultural "best practices" by working from inside AIAN communities.

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Substance Abuse Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Whitbeck

Walls

Welch

2012

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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“…In one study, approximately one third of American Indian youth began to use alcohol by age 11 (Mail, 1995), and the average age at substance use initiation among American Indian youth is younger than what is found in other ethnic groups . Additionally, substance use among American Indian youth is associated with higher rates of lifetime alcohol use and alcohol misuse in comparison to European Americans or other ethnic minority groups (Herring, 1994). American Indian youth also have disproportionate rates of morbidity and mortality as a result of substance misuse.…”

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School Bonding As a Moderator of the Effect of Peer Influences on Alcohol Use Among American Indian Adolescents

Dickens

Dieterich

Henry

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J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Previous research suggests that substance use among American Indian youth is associated with disproportionate rates of morbidity and substance misuse. Additional work to understand risk and protective factors for alcohol use is needed. The current study examined the role of school bonding in buffering the effect of peer alcohol use on a student's own alcohol use among American Indian adolescents. Method: The present study is part of a larger examination of alcohol use among American Indian youth. Survey data were collected from middle and high school students during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years from 37 school districts in the United States. The sample consisted of 2,582 students ages 11-19 years: 1,606 were younger than 16, and 976 were age 16 or older. All students self-identifi ed as American Indian or Alaskan Native. The sample was approximately equally divided by gender (49% male). Results: For all students, peer alcohol use was a risk factor for (a) lifetime alcohol use and (b) level of alcohol use among users. School bonding was associated with a lower likelihood of lifetime alcohol use for adolescents younger than age 16 and a lower level of use among users for all adolescents. School bonding emerged as a protective factor that buffers against peer alcohol use among adolescent alcohol users younger than 16. Conclusions: Results of the study demonstrate the infl uence of exposure to alcohol-using peers and the protective role of school bonding on alcohol use among American Indian adolescents. Implications for prevention are discussed. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 73, 597-603, 2012)

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“…Griffin (2002) observed that the reinforcement of both individual and familial autonomy has resulted in a fragile sense of internal community identity and contributed to increased dissipation of traditional Traveller culture within greater social structures. Research indicates that indigenous groups with low reported drug use are those which are selectively acculturated, having adopted and merged both ethnic values with those of the dominant society (Oetting and Beauvais 1991, Herring 1994, Moran et al 1999, Brook and Pahl 2005. It appears that cultural traditions and practices can simultaneously facilitate drug use and promote abstinence (Brady 1995, James et al 1997, Felix-Ortiz et al 2001, Waller et al 2003).…”

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Assimilation, habitus and drug use among Irish Travellers

Hout

2011

Critical Public Health

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The Travellers in Ireland maintain a strong sense of ethnic identity, attachment and affiliation to their culture against rising assimilatory efforts by governments and policies. The Traveller community is at increased risk of problematic substance use, as a consequence of marginalisation, social exclusion and health disparity. The aim of the research was to explore the assimilation process within the context of Traveller habitus and heightened drug activity within Traveller communities, once virtually non-existent. Qualitative research using 12 gender specific focus groups with Travellers (n ¼ 57) was conducted; see Western Regional Drug Task Force report [Van Hout, M.C. 2009a. Substance misuse in the traveller community: a regional needs assessment. WRDTF report, Galway: Western Regional Drug Task Force, Series 2. ISBN 978-0-9561479-2-9; Van Hout, M.C. 2009b. Irish travellers and drug use -an exploratory study. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care 2 (1), 42-49; Van Hout, M.C. 2010. Travellers and substance use in Ireland-recommendations for drug and alcohol policy. Policy Paper. Drugs: education, prevention and policy (in press)]. This initial descriptive drugs research was plotted against a selective assimilation theoretical framework, using the concept of habitus in exploring the recent advent of drug activity within Traveller associational life. Traditional anti-drug Traveller culture is diminishing in potency, as families become fragmented and Traveller youth assimilate within educational settings, and over time one would question if drug use among Travellers will replicate or even exceed that of the 'settled' population, given the marginalisation and discrimination they experience. Young Travellers are experiencing contradictory drug norms and values in their assimilatory experiences of cultural and social change, with the sedentarist world presenting normative contexts for drug activity. The level of Traveller attachment to both Traveller and sedentarist values, and development of new action schemas in Traveller habitus will predict Traveller negotiation of the risk environment, as this ethnic group strives to retain their culture within the dominant sedentarist Irish society.

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Substance Use Among Native American Indian Youth: A Selected Review of Causality

Abstract: The author presents a selected review of substance use causality among Native American Indian youth. A review of selected empirical research relative to substance use is given. In addition, selected examples of research-oriented implications and practical suggestions are offered.

Cited by 34 publications

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Substance Abuse Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Substance Abuse Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

School Bonding As a Moderator of the Effect of Peer Influences on Alcohol Use Among American Indian Adolescents

Assimilation, habitus and drug use among Irish Travellers

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