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An Alcohol Abuse Early Intervention Approach with Mi’kmaq

Adolescents

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher J. Mushquash
M. Nancy Comeau
Sherry H. Stewart
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 17-26
Describes the development and results of an intervention program, which found that students who participated in it drank less, engaged in less binge-drinking episodes, had fewer alcohol-related problems, and were more likely able to abstain from alcohol use.
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Alcohol and American Indians

Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Whittaker
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, September 1985, pp. 5-8
Concludes that alcohol abuse is tied to the dramatic lifestyle changes that have occurred over a relatively short time.
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Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use Problems in American Indian Youth: Multiple and Interactive Determinants, and Their Implications

Alternate Title
National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work ; 19th, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
ManSoo Yu
Examines multiple potential determinants in adolescents - psychiatric disorders, positive familial, social and cultural environments. Results will aid in intervention/prevention strategies.
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Alcohol and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Articles » General
Author/Creator
James O. Whittaker
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, March 1986, pp. 47-54
Results from 20 year follow up study on alcohol use at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation located in North and South Dakota.
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Alcohol Awareness

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ed Garrison
Rosanna Dean
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 3-10
Presents excerpt from Alcohol Awareness: A Handbook for Aboriginal Health Workers produced by the Public Health Department of Western Australia.
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Alcohol Consumption Among Radical/Ethnic Minorities: Theory and Research

Alternate Title
Alcohol Consumption Among Radical / Ethnic Minorities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raul Caetano
Catherine L. Clark
Tammy Tam
Alcohol Health and Research World, vol. 22, no. 4, 1998, pp. 233-241
Discussion of the "firewater myth," assumptions about binge drinking, differences in social attitude towards drinking, and the move away from the presumption of the existence of single-factor explanations about drinking.
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Alcohol Dependence and Conduct Disorder among Navajo Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen J. Kunitz
K. Rubin Gabriel
Jerrold E. Levy
Eric Henderson
Kathleen Lampert
Joanne McCloskey
Gilbert Quintero
Scott Russel
Alan Vince
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, vol. 60, no. 2, March 1999, pp. 159-[?]
Study probes the relationship between conduct disorder prior to age 15 and subsequent alcohol dependence among Navajo adults.
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Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Specialty Treatment Services and Race/Ethnicity: A National Study of Children and Families Involved With Child Welfare

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne M. Libby
Heather D. Orton
Richard P. Barth
Mary Bruce Webb
Barbara J. Burns ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 628-631
Used data from a national sample to compare Native American with White, Black, and Hispanic caregivers in their need for and receipt of treatment.
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Alcohol Killed 1145 Indigenous Australians In Five Years; 'One-Size Fits All' Doesn't Work: Researchers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dennis Gray
Tanya Chikritzhs
Rachael Lobo
Vic Rechichi
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. [14]-[15]
Statistics from the National Alcohol Indicators Project (NAIP) showed that Australia still has a long way to go address the health inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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The Alcohol Play

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Widders
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, July/August 2003, pp. 20-23
Contains dialogue from an Australian play designed to inform and advise audiences on the dangers of alcohol abuse.
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Alcohol Problems and Suitable Solutions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles Perkins
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 21-
Investigates causes and finds stereotypes that need shattering before progress can be made to resolving the issue.
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Alcohol Problems in Alaska Natives: Lessons From the Inuit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Paul Seale
Sylvia Shellenberger
John Spence
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 1, 2006, pp. 1-31
Analyzes by cultural insiders suggests integrating family treatment approaches that employ Inuit customs and values.
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Alcohol Rehabilitation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arnold F.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, June 1979, pp. 39-42
Author relates his experiences with alcohol abuse and recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous in Perth, Australia.
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Alcohol Rehabilitation Quarters Opened

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, March 1982, p. 55
Brief article announces the completion of a new facility in Alice Springs, Australia. Reprinted from Yimi Wangka Alpmillinia, 2:2 December 1981.
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Alcohol-Related Injury Death and Alcohol Availability in Remote Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael G. Landen
Michael Beller
Elizabeth Funk
Michael Propst
John Middaugh
Ronald L. Moolenaar
JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 278, no. 21, December 3, 1997, pp. 1755-1759
Statistics indicated deaths were higher in villages with no local alcohol restrictions.
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Alcohol Treatment in Native North America: Gender in Cultural Context

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Prussing
Joseph P.Gone
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, Women and Alcohol: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives, 2011, pp. 379-402
Examines the problem of cultural competence in substance abuse services and how gender plays within psychotherapeutic interventions in two community based programs.
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Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse, and Health in American Indians and Alaska Natives

Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, Monograph No. 1, pp.65-93
Behavioral Health Issues Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Explorations on the Frontiers of the Biobehavioral Sciences
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 1, 1988
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia Silk-Walker
R. Dale Walker
Daniel Kivlahan
Identifies four research needs relating to alcohol use including intervention and prevention.
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Alcoholism Among Aboriginal People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Harold Hunt
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 11-14
Examines the destructive effects of alcoholism on the Australian Aboriginal population.
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Alcoholism and Co-Morbid Psychiatric Disorders Among American Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Westermayer
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 10, no. 2, 2001, pp. 27-51
Describes factors causing disorders but reports the data is from specific areas and peoples and cautions against drawing generalized conclusions.
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The Alcoholism Counsellor Among Aboriginal People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Harold Hunt
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 25-28
Discusses prevention strategies that should be employed as part of a more proactive approach to combating the wide range of social problems that accompany this disease.
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Aldina Marie Stangby Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Aldina Marie Stangby
Brenda Arnault
Indian History Film Project
Interviewee gives a general description of her life.
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