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1 online resource (xviii, 196 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Substance abuse among U.S. Latinos : a review of the literature / Mario R. De La Rosa [and others] -- Substance abuse among Puerto Rican and Dominican gang members in a small city setting / Mario De La Rosa, Douglas Rugh, Patria Rojas -- Childhood sexual abuse and drug use among low-income urban Puerto Rican women / Mildred Vera [and others] -- A comparison of African American and Cuban American adolescent juvenile offenders : risky sexual and drug use behaviors / Jessy G. Dévieux [and others] -- Acculturation status and substance use prevention with Mexican and Mexican-American youth / Flavio F. Marsiglia [and others] -- Culturally competent intervention with families of Latino youth at risk for drug abuse / Dhira Crunkilton, Juan J. Paz, David P. Boyle -- Psychiatric, family, and ethnicity-related factors that can impact treatment utilization among Hispanic substance abusing adolescents / Daniel A. Santisteban [and others] -- Factors associated with drug treatment entry patterns among Hispanic women injection drug users seeking treatment / Lena M. Lundgren, Hortensia Amaro, Linsey Ben-Ami -- Special topics -- HIV/AIDS prevention practice with Latino/a substance abusers : an interview with Jennifer Herrera / Lori K. Holleran -- Endpage -- The story of a bi-cultural, Latina addict / Evelyn B. |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Discover the role culture, family, and environment have in the prevention of Latino substance abuseInformation about the substance abuse behaviors among Latino populations has been limited. Substance Abusing Latinos: Current Research on Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment fills this void by presenting the latest research on the epidemic of substance abuse now afflicting the Latino community. Ethnic differences are reviewed, including specific studies covering gang members, low-income urban women, risky behaviors, and language preference indicators of acculturation. This book do. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Substance use.
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Hispanic Americans -- Substance use. |
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Hispanic Americans. |
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Hispanic Americans -- Substance use -- Prevention.
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Hispanic Americans -- Substance use -- Prevention. |
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Substance abuse -- United States.
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Substance abuse. |
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United States. |
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Substance abuse -- United States -- Prevention.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
De la Rosa, Mario.
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Holleran, Lori K.
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Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg.
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Journal of social work practice in the addictions.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Substance abusing Latinos. Binghamton, NY : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, ©2005 9780789028822 (DLC) 2004027877 (OCoLC)57068456 |
| ISBN |
9781136438929 (electronic book) |
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1136438920 (electronic book) |
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0789028824 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780789028822 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0789028832 (soft cover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780789028839 (soft cover ; alkaline paper) |
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