Preventing Substance Abuse Among American-Indian Adolescents: A Bicultural Competence Skills Approach.
Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use are problems for American-Indian people. We reviewed these problems and the explanations for them and described a bicultural competence skills approach for preventing substance abuse with American-Indian adolescents. Data from a study of that approach suggest its efficacy with American-Indian youth. At posttest and a 6-month follow-up, American-Indian subjects who received preventive intervention based on bicultural competence skills concepts improved more than did American-Indian subjects in a no-intervention control condition on measures of substance-use knowledge, attitudes, and interactive skills, and on self-reported rates of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use. Our findings have implications for future substance-abuse prevention research with American-Indian people.
Schinke
Steven P
SP
School of Social Work Columbia University.
Orlandi
Mario A
MA
Botvin
Gilbert J
GJ
Gilchrist
Lewayne D
LD
Trimble
Joseph E
JE
Locklear
Von S
VS