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Acculturation Stress
adolescent risk behaviors
African American Male Adolescents
African American Youth
AOD Abuse
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CBOs
Center For Substance Abuse Prevention
Community Based Prevention Programming
community-based interventions
cross-cultural health research
drug abuse epidemiology
Drug Abuse Prevention Programs
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ethnic groups
ethnic health disparities
Ethnic Identity Development
High School Seniors
Higher Acculturation Stress
Lay Health Advisors
Legal Drinking Age
Minimum Legal Drinking Age
Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws
multicultural communities
Multicultural Community
multicultural drug prevention strategies
Public Health Paradigm
public health policy
Risk Behaviors
School Based Substance Abuse Prevention
Social Influences Approaches
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Star Project
Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse Prevention
Substance Abuse Research
Product details
- ISBN 9780895031945
- Weight: 566g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 1999
- Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In thirteen chapters, twenty-four authors share their analyses, concerns, and conclusions in several domains including the: meaning and dynamics of multiculturalism affecting prevention intervention, relative risks and knowledge gaps across ethnic groups, social trends affecting health risks and substance abuse, lessons learned from substance abuse research and prevention, role of the media, promises and limits of the new public health paradigm for assessment, policy development, assurance of preventive services, and social action and empowerment for prevention in partnership with the public.
Snehendu Kar, Dr.O.H., received his M.Sc. in Psychology in 1958 from the University of Calcutta, India, and his Dr.P.H. in Public Health and Behavioral Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley. His professional and research interests include acculturation and health, health communication in multicultural communities, and empowerment and health education. Dr. Kar is currently at UCLA as Professor of Community Health Sciences, Director of the MPH Program for Health Professionals (MPHHP) in Health Promotion and Health Education, and Co-Director of Public Health Practice.
