The Etiology and Prevention of Drug Abuse Among Minority Youth

Steven Schinke, Gilbert J Botvin

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Routledge
27 January 2017

Age groups: children; Public health & preventive medicine; Health systems & services

Since 1992, marijuana use among 8th graders has tripled, among 10th graders it has nearly doubled, and its use among high school seniors has increased by 50 percent. The use of other illicit drugs is also heavily on the rise. Yet, there exists very little research and literature on the etiology and prevention of drug abuse among those most at risk--disadvantaged, inner-city, minority youth. The Etiology and Prevention of Drug Abuse Among Minority Youth is an important first step in remedying this gap in the literature and for getting at the heart of the psychosocial factors that promote and sustain drug use among minority youth.

The book’s chapters evolved from a program of research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Cornell University Medical College’s Institute for Prevention Research concerning drug abuse prevention with multi-ethnic youth. So that you might learn effective strategies for intervening with at-risk adolescents and teenagers, The Etiology and Prevention of Drug Abuse Among Minority Youth discusses:

correlates and predictors of alcohol and drug use

community-based skills interventions

how youths offset feelings of distress or self-derogation by bonding with deviant peers

the advantages of community-oriented outreach programs

the role of cultural factors as they shape vulnerability to adolescent alcohol and drug use

the role of ethnic identity as a moderator of psychosocial risk for alcohol and marijuana use

the needs of youth at high risk for future use

preventing gateway drug use

drug use among youth living in homeless shelters

the conditions of public housing and how they affect the etiology of drug abuseAn essential tool for policymakers, social workers, clinicians, researchers, psychiatrists, and other professionals in chemical dependency and narcotics rehabilitation, The Etiology and Prevention of Drug Abuse Among Minority Youth provides you with vital insight on the causes of drug use among minority adolescents, the strengths and limitations of different intervention approaches, and incentive to find appropriate ways for working with at-risk, minority teenagers.

By: Steven Schinke, Gilbert J Botvin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138989191
ISBN 10: 1138989193
Pages: 126
Publication Date: 27 January 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gilbert J. Botvin, Steven Schinke