title: Community-identified alcohol issues in the Mexican American community: research design and utilization.
abstract: This article describes a community-based study, Alcohol Outlet Density and Mexican American Youth Violence, funded by the California Wellness Foundation--Violence Prevention Initiative to the prevention Research Center in Berkeley, California. The study was conducted in three northern California cities in 1993-1996. The focus is on the inclusionary planning process in designing and implementing the study. Community members were an integral part in the identification of study questions. As a result, the findings of the study are relevant to community activists in advocating alcohol-related policies. The need for more utilization-based community studies is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Prevention Research Center, Berkeley, California 94704, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Alaniz
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002140:California; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D012109:Research Support as Topic